How to Refer a Patient
For a consultation or to refer a patient, please complete this form or contact the UAB Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Program office at (205) 934-3438 or via fax at (205) 975-9320. We will contact your patient to schedule an appointment. In the meantime, please look for a follow-up fax from us confirming the referral.
For urgent referrals or inpatient transfers, please call UAB MIST (Medical Information Service via Telephone) at 1-800-UAB-MIST (1-800-822-6478) or email mist@uabmc.edu. UAB MIST is a toll-free, 24-hour service that connects physicians anywhere in the country with UAB Medicine specialists.
Care Providers
Enrique Gongora, MD
Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery, Lung Transplant Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Charles Hoopes, MD
Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery
Ayman Haj Asaad, MD
Cardiology
Erik Orozco Hernandez, MD
Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Joanna Joly, MD
Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
Andrew Lenneman, MD
Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
Jose' Tallaj, MD
Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
Program Highlights
UAB has maintained an active cardiac transplantation program since 1980, and we have performed over 1,150 heart, heart/lung, and heart/kidney transplants since that time. Our diverse team of specialists is equally committed to treating heart failure through optimizing medical management and expanding the role of mechanical circulatory support devices. When a transplant is needed, our outcomes are excellent; UAB’s one-year and three-year patient and graft survival rates are better than the expected rates and U.S. averages. Patients can expect a wide range of support and educational services designed to ease concerns and promote more successful outcomes.
Clinical Trials
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