Heart Transplant Program Team | Inova

Holiday Hours

With the exception of Inova hospitals, Inova Emergency Care and Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care, all Inova outpatient offices will be closed for the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays – Wednesday, Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 1.

Some Inova care sites have additional closures for the holidays, which will be noted on the relevant location pages.

The prospect of having a heart transplant can be intimidating and overwhelming for patients and their loved ones. Regardless of where you are in the transplant process, you don't need to face your concerns and anxiety alone. Our dedicated transplant team recognizes the unique needs of transplant patients and works with you to coordinate every facet of the transplant procedure.

Inova has performed heart transplants for more than three decades now. Our team's years of experience, dedication to research and continual training ensures that we can provide a level of care that yields excellent surgical results.

Medical Director – Heart Transplant Team

Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologists

Ahmad Abdul-Aziz, MD

Ahmad A. Abdul-Aziz, MD

Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Years of Experience

10

Vanessa Blumer, MD

Vanessa Blumer, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Years of Experience

16

Shashank Desai, MD

Shashank S. Desai, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

Years of Experience

30

Michael Casey Flanagan, MD

Michael C. Flanagan, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Cardiac

Years of Experience

20

Iyad Isseh, MD

Iyad Isseh, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Years of Experience

13

Sumeet Mitter, MD

Sumeet S. Mitter, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Years of Experience

14

Mitchell Psotka, MD, PhD

Mitchell Psotka, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Years of Experience

14

Allman Rollins, MD

Allman T. Rollins, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Adult Heart Surgery, Cardiac

Years of Experience

10

Palak Shah, MD

Palak Shah, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiac

Years of Experience

19

Shashank Sinha, MD

Shashank S. Sinha, MD

Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Years of Experience

15

Timothy Welch, MD

Timothy S. Welch, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

Years of Experience

21

Surgical Director – Heart Transplant Team

Surgeons

Liam Ryan, MD

Liam P. Ryan, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Adult Heart Surgery

Years of Experience

22

Eric Sarin, MD

Eric L. Sarin, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Adult Heart Surgery

Years of Experience

26

Ramesh Singh, MD

Ramesh Singh, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Adult Heart Surgery

Years of Experience

24

Advanced Practice Providers