Portrait of Wissam Khalife, MD, FACC, MACC

Wissam Khalife, MD, FACC, MACC

  • Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

About Me

Dr. Khalife is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UTMB Division of Cardiology. His educational background includes Heart Failure/Transplant Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart Institute and Cardiology Fellowship at UTMB. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular disease, Heart Failure and transplantation, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. He was awarded the title of Master of the American Academy of Cardiology in 2010.

Dr. Khalife is currently the Director of the Heart Failure/Transplant and Left Ventricular Assist Device Program at UTMB. He is interested in invasive cardiology, invasive heart failure and transplant as well as cardiology imaging. He has multiple ongoing research projects and many publications.

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Education

Medical/Professional School:

Antonine University - Baabda, Lebanon, MD, 1999

Internships:

Transitional, Antonine University - Baabda, Lebanon, 2000

Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota School of Medicine - Vermillion, SD, 2003

Residencies:

Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota School of Medicine - Vermillion, SD, 2005

Fellowships:

Heart Failure and Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX, 2006

Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, 2009


Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

Research

Publications