​​​​Heart Transplant Care Team

The Christ Hospital Heart Transplant Center brings together a team of expert specialists who provide vital transplant care for Greater Cincinnati and beyond. Our program is led by two exceptional, highly experienced cardiac transplant specialists.

To schedule a consultation with The Christ Hospital Heart Transplant Center, call 513-585-2493 or click here to request a second opinion with our heart transplant experts.

Medical Director

Geetha Bhat, PhD, MD, FACC, FAST, FHFSA, is an expert in mechanical cardiac support with vast heart transplantation experience, having established several nationally recognized and highly successful heart transplant programs. Most recently, she facilitated all aspects of the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program at Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute, where she was also a professor of medicine.

Geetha Bhat, MD Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 138 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1180 39.1212062 -84.5103696 Areas of Interest Heart Transplant, Heart Failure, Cardiology Clinical Research (Trials), Cardiovascular Critical Care See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details Accepting New Patients

Surgical Director

Robert D. Dowling, PhD, MD, specializes in cardiac transplantation and mechanical cardiac support with a successful track record of over 6,000 open-heart operations. A pioneering innovator, Dr. Dowling's interests extend to mechanical and biomechanical designs. He has been a central figure for innovation and development of these technologies and continues to research cardiac assist devices for severe heart failure. Dr. Dowling is the Chris and Trey Heekin Family Endowed Chair for CardiacTransplantation.

4.9 of of 5 Stars 48 Ratings Robert D. Dowling, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery The Christ Hospital Physicians - Heart & Vascular Primary Location The Christ Hospital Medical Office Building 2123 Auburn Ave, Suite 201 Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 206-1170 39.1211546 -84.510667 Areas of Interest Heart Transplant, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Cardiology Clinical Research (Trials), Cardiovascular Critical Care See all View Profile View Locations (1) Practice Details

Additional Care Team Members

Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologists

Ankit K. Bhatia, MD

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Cardiovascular Disease

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Eugene S. Chung, MD

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Cardiovascular Disease

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Gregory F. Egnaczyk, MD

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Cardiovascular Disease

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Sitaramesh Emani, MD

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Interventional Cardiology

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Thomas M. O'Brien, MD

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Cardiovascular Disease

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Timothy E. Raymond, DO

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant / Cardiovascular Disease / Internal Medicine

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Cardiac Surgery

Geoffrey A. Answini, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

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Saad M. Hasan, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

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