| Faculty: LHI Faculty

ATRIA Co-Director (LHI)

Lin Yee Chen, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine,
Cardiovascular Division
Director, Lillehei Heart Institute
Fred C. & Katherine B. Andersen Chair in Adult Cardiology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Specializes in: atrial fibrillation and atrial myopathy – predictors, outcomes, and treatment

ATRIA Assistant Director (LHI)

Jeremy Van’t Hof, MD, MS

Assistant Professor,
Cardiovascular Division
Director of Cardiac Rehab,
UMMC West Bank
Associate Director, Rasmussen Center of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
University of Minnesota Medical School
Specializes in: preventive cardiology, personalized and precision medicine, early disease detection and prevention.

Selcuk Adabag, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine,
Cardiovascular Division
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Specializes in: preventing and treating heart rhythm disorders and preventing sudden cardiac death

Y. Chandreshekar, MD

Professor of Medicine,
Cardiovascular Division
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Specializes in: multimodality imaging

Rebecca Cogswell, MD

Medical Director, ISHLT Registry
Associate Professor,
Cardiovascular Division
Section Lead - Heart Failure, Transplantation, and Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Minnesota Medical School
Specializes in: Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Cardiac Transplantation. Her research focus is on sarcopenia in advanced heart failure.

Val Maharaj, MD

Assistant Professor,
Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota Medical School
Specializes in: advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies, and cardiogenic shock. Research interests include amyloid cardiomyopathy and outcomes or complications related to heart transplantation.

Sasha Z. Prisco, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota Medical School
Specializes in: pulmonary hypertension. She leads a basic and translational research program that investigates approaches to treat pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction.

Ganesh Raveendran, MD, MBA

Professor and Chief,
Cardiovascular Division
Dr. Jay N. Cohn Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Specializes in: innovative cardiac catheterization techniques and cardiovascular interventions. His research focuses on structural heart disease procedures and devices.

Thenappan Thenappan, MD

Professor of Medicine,
Cardiovascular Division
Specializes in: pulmonary vascular disease. His research focus is on developing novel therapies for right ventricular failure secondary to pulmonary vascular disease.