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Heart Failure Specialists in California

135 verified specialists treating heart failure are listed for California. Coverage is strongest around Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and San Francisco. Common hospital affiliations include Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Gregg Fonarow

Gregg Fonarow, MD

Chief (Interim), UCLA Division of Cardiology; Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center; Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program; Professor of Medicine; The Eliot Corday Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science

Cardiology

Santa Monica, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & TransplantPreventive Cardiology
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
Kevin Alexander

Kevin Alexander, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Cardiology

Redwood City, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Timothy Cornell

Timothy Cornell, M.D.

Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Professor - University Medical Line, Pediatrics - Critical Care | Chambers-Okamura Endowed Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Pediatrics

Palo Alto, CA30+ years
Pediatric CardiologyPediatric Critical Care
Laura Koth

Laura Koth, MD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cardiology

San Francisco, CA30+ years
Cardiac Critical Care
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
Christopher Barnett

Christopher Barnett, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine; Chief, Section of Critical Care Cardiology

Cardiology

San Francisco, CA20+ years
Cardiac Critical CareAdvanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Brandy Hattendorf

Brandy Hattendorf, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Pediatrics

Los Angeles, CA20+ years
Pediatric Cardiology
James Heywood

James Heywood, M.D.

Cardiology

La Jolla, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Paul Heidenreich

Paul Heidenreich, MD

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Cardiology

Stanford, CA30+ years
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Alexander Sandhu

Alexander Sandhu, MD

Professor in Stanford Cardiology and the Stanford Prevention Research Center.

Cardiology

Los Angeles, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Nayan Desai

Nayan Desai, MD

Neurology

Mountain View, CA30+ years
Headache Medicine
Shudhanshu Alishetti

Shudhanshu Alishetti, M.D.

Attending Physician of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Cardiology

Sacramento, CA10+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Mirela Tuzovic

Mirela Tuzovic, M.D.

Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiology

Stanford, CA10+ 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
Sarina Behera

Sarina Behera, M.D.

Associate Medical Director of Quality, Pediatric Echocardiography

Pediatrics

Palo Alto, CA
Pediatric Cardiology
Hirsch Mehta

Hirsch Mehta, MD

Cardiology

San Diego, CA15+ 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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is this list of heart failure specialists in California built?
This page includes physicians in Convene Health's public directory whose profile lists Heart Failure 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 heart failure specialist in California?
Start with clinical fit. Compare credentials, hospital affiliations, years of experience, and how the profile describes their approach to heart failure. Many of these specialists are concentrated in major medical centers — drill into a specific city below to see who's nearest you.
Are these heart failure 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 Heart Failure?
Heart Failure 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 heart failure care.