​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Structural Heart Disease Fellowship Faculty Members

Director, Structural Heart Program and Harold C. Schott Foundation Endowed Chair for Structural and Valvular Heart Disease

Santiago A. Garcia, MD Interventional Cardiology The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 122 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1222 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Heart Valve Repair, Heart Valve Replacement, Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery, Mitral And Aortic Valve Repair See all View Profile View Locations (2) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

President, Heart and Vascular Institute; Professor of Clinical Medicine, The Ohio State University 

5 of of 5 Stars 209 Ratings Dean J. Kereiakes, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 136 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1060 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Cardiac CT Angiography (CTA), Angioplasty, Cardiomyopathies, Complex Coronary Artery Intervention See all View Profile View Locations (3) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Director, Echocardiography Laboratory and Interventional Echocardiography​

Richard Y. Bae, MD Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 122 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1222 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Valvular Heart Disease, Structural Heart Disease (Heart Valve Disease), Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Transcatheter Valve Surgery See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Director, Cardiovascular CT

4.9 of of 5 Stars 420 Ratings Mark D. Berlacher, MD Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Outpatient Center - Fort Wright 1955 Dixie Hwy, Suite E1 Ft Wright, KY 41011 (859) 292-4560 39.0554664 -84.5461755 Areas of Interest Preventive Cardiology, Valvular Heart Disease, General Cardiology, Cardiac CT Angiography (CTA) See all View Profile View Locations (3) Schedule Online Accepting New Patients Offers Online Scheduling

Advanced Imaging 

Nadia El Hangouche, MD Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Outpatient Center - Montgomery 11140 Montgomery Rd, Suite 1300 Cincinnati, OH 45249 (513) 792-7800 39.2662499 -84.3317391 View Profile View Locations (3) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Castellini Foundation Chair of Cardiac Surgery

5 of of 5 Stars 164 Ratings J. Michael Smith, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 201 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1170 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Robotic-Assisted Surgery, Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation and IST (Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia), Mitral and Aortic Valve Repair, Ross Procedure See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Chief of Cardiac Surgery 

4.9 of of 5 Stars 149 Ratings Geoffrey A. Answini, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 201 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1170 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair, Adbominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Treatment See all View Profile View Locations (2) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Heart Failure and Advanced Echocardiography 

View Video Spotlight 4.9 of of 5 Stars 148 Ratings Eugene S. Chung, MD Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 138 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1180 39.1212062 -84.5103696 Areas of Interest Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiology Clinical Research (Trials) See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

View Video Spotlight 5 of of 5 Stars 276 Ratings Gregory F. Egnaczyk, MD Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 138 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1180 39.1212062 -84.5103696 Areas of Interest Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiology Clinical Research (Trials) See all View Profile View Locations (2) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Service Line

4.9 of of 5 Stars 390 Ratings Thomas M. O'Brien, MD Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Center - Liberty Township 6939 Cox Rd., Suite 250 Liberty Township, OH 45069 (513) 206-1460 39.374931 -84.3628433 Areas of Interest Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiology Clinical Research (Trials) See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details Accepting New Patients