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Our Experts
The Heart Failure Program brings together experts in diagnosing and treating heart failure and associated heart rhythm abnormalities as well as the underlying conditions. Our team also recognizes that treating heart failure is not just a physical challenge but requires the patient's intellectual and emotional support. We work with our patients to provide the highest quality of care.
Doctors
Dr. Michael S. Blum, cardiologist
Dr. Michael H. Crawford, chief of Clinical Cardiology
Dr. Teresa De Marco, director of heart transplantation
Dr. William Grossman, cardiologist
Dr. T. Sloane Guy, cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr. Gregory M. Marcus, cardiologist and electrophysiologist
Dr. Dana P McGlothlin, cardiologist
Dr. Scot H. Merrick, chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr. Rajni K Rao, cardiologist
Dr. Isobel Russell, cardiac anesthesiologist
Dr. Whittemore G. Tingley, cardiologist
Dr. Elaine E. Tseng, cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr. Ethan J. Weiss, cardiologist
Nurses Amanda Browne, heart failure nurse coordinatorAmanda Browne is the heart failure nurse coordinator at the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center. Her key interests are educating patients about the signs and symptoms of heart failure exacerbation as well as lifestyle changes and therapy to help patients live with this chronic disease. In addition, Browne has been involved in research studying gene mutations that can cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Her research on heart disease has been widely published in medical journals. Browne earned a nursing degree and graduate degree in cardiovascular nursing and genomics at UCSF. She is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, Heart Failure Society of America and American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
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