HaoTranMD
Cardiology • La Jolla, CAHeart Failure & Transplantation
Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplant Cardiologist
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Office
9434 Medical Center Dr
La Jolla, CA 92037Phone+1 858-657-8530Fax+1 619-543-3183- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr Tran, MD, is board-certified transplant cardiologist who specializes in treating patients with end-stage or advanced heart failure. He cares for patients who require heart transplants and mechanical circulatory support devices, including ventricular assist devices (VADs) and percutaneous ventricular assist devices (PVADs).
As an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Dr. Tran instructs students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
He has lectured and coauthored numerous journal articles on advanced therapies in heart failure and the use of VADs. His work has appeared in Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation: Heart Failure.
Dr. Tran did his medical training in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and transplant cardiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a general cardiology fellowship at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, where he also completed a residency in internal medicine. Dr. Tran earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.
Education & Training
Brown UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2011 - 2014- Brown UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
RI State Medical License 2007 - 2014- National Board of EchocardiographyEchocardiography
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Regional Strain of Right Ventricle From Computed Tomography Improves Risk Stratification of Right Ventricle Failure.Anderson Scott, Zhennong Chen, Seth Kligerman, Paul Kim, Hao Tran, Eric Adler, Anna Narezkina, Francisco Contijoch> ;ASAIO Journal. 2024 Jan 3
- Preventing Readmissions by Preventing the First Admission.Hao Tran, Hilary Shapiro> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2023 Jun 1
- 3 citationsHeart-liver-kidney transplantation for AL amyloidosis using normothermic recovery and storage from a donor following circulatory death: Short-term outcome in a first-i...Aleah L Brubaker, Marcus A Urey, Raeda Taj, Justin R Parekh, Jennifer Berumen, Mark Kearns, Mita Shah, Adnan Khan, Yuko Kono, Veeral Ajmera, Pranab Barman, Hao Tran, E...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2023 Feb 1
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation - ISHLTMember
- Heart Failure Society of America - HFSAMember
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs - ASAIOMember
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin), Vietnamese
Hospital Affiliations
UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
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