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Cardiac Transplantation Specialists in California

17 verified specialists treating cardiac transplantation are listed for California. Coverage is strongest around Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Common hospital affiliations include Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, and UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital.

Jon Kobashigawa

Jon Kobashigawa, M.D.

Associate Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute; Director, Heart Transplant Program

Cardiology

Beverly Hills, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Teresa De Marco

Teresa De Marco, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine; Medical Director, Heart Transplantation; Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Babak Azarbal

Babak Azarbal, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Program Director, Fellowship Training in Interventional Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cardiology

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Interventional CardiologyAdvanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Randall Vagelos

Randall Vagelos, MD

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Cardiology

Stanford, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
James Heywood

James Heywood, M.D.

Cardiology

La Jolla, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Francois Haddad

Francois Haddad, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Institute Biomarker and Phenotypic Core Laboratory

Cardiology

Stanford, CA20+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Jorge Silva Enciso

Jorge Silva Enciso, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Cardiology

San Diego, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Dmitry Abramov

Dmitry Abramov, M.D.

Associate Professor, Medicine

Cardiology

Loma Linda, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Ernst Schwarz

Ernst Schwarz, M.D.

Cardiology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Marcus Urey

Marcus Urey, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Cardiology

San Diego, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Gurpreet Sodhi

Gurpreet Sodhi, M.D.

Cardiology

Auburn, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Harry Peled

Harry Peled, M.D.

Medical Director of Cardiology and Critical Care

Cardiology

Los Angeles, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Laith Alshawabkeh

Laith Alshawabkeh, MD

Cardiology

San Diego, CA20+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Amar Pohwani

Amar Pohwani, M.D.

Cardiology

Modesto, CA30+ years
Interventional CardiologyAdvanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Michael Pham

Michael Pham, M.D.

Cardiology

Mountain View, CA20+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Ramin Beygui

Ramin Beygui, MD

Heart Transplant Surgery

Cardiology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Structural Heart Disease
Aly Elezaby

Aly Elezaby, M.D. PH.D.

Cardiology

Stanford, CA9 years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is this list of cardiac transplantation specialists in California built?
This page includes physicians in Convene Health's public directory whose profile lists Cardiac Transplantation as a clinical focus area and whose practice state is California. Providers are ordered by composite score (research output, peer recognition, frequency of care, and outcomes signals).
What should I look for when choosing a cardiac transplantation specialist in California?
Start with clinical fit. Compare credentials, hospital affiliations, years of experience, and how the profile describes their approach to cardiac transplantation. Many of these specialists are concentrated in major medical centers — drill into a specific city below to see who's nearest you.
Are these cardiac transplantation specialists accepting new patients in California?
Profile detail on availability and accepted insurance varies. Open a specific provider profile to see what they've published about new-patient access, insurance accepted, and typical wait times.
What is Cardiac Transplantation?
Cardiac Transplantation is a clinical focus area covered by the specialists listed here. Each provider profile describes their training, sub-specialties, and the conditions they regularly treat — open a profile for the most authoritative description of how that specific physician approaches cardiac transplantation care.