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Heart Transplantation Specialists in California

12 verified specialists treating heart transplantation are listed for California. Coverage is strongest around Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and Redwood City. 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
Kevin Alexander

Kevin Alexander, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Cardiology

Redwood City, CA15+ 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
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
Shudhanshu Alishetti

Shudhanshu Alishetti, M.D.

Attending Physician of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Cardiology

Sacramento, CA10+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Peter Pak

Peter Pak, M.D.

Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology

Cardiology

Santa Monica, CA30+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Gurpreet Sodhi

Gurpreet Sodhi, M.D.

Cardiology

Auburn, CA15+ years
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant
Peter Hoagland

Peter Hoagland, M.D.

Cardiology

San Diego, CA
Advanced 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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is this list of heart transplantation specialists in California built?
This page includes physicians in Convene Health's public directory whose profile lists Heart 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 heart transplantation specialist in California?
Start with clinical fit. Compare credentials, hospital affiliations, years of experience, and how the profile describes their approach to heart 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 heart 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 Heart Transplantation?
Heart 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 heart transplantation care.