Dr. Chandra Kunavarapu completed his adult cardiovascular fellowship training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York and his heart failure and transplant fellowship training at the renowned Columbia-NY Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Prior to joining his current practice he served as the Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Transplant Program at the Medical College of Georgia.  While at the Medical College of Georgia he successfully started their Heart Transplant Program.  In February 2009 Dr. Kunavarapu joined the Texas Transplant Physician Group where he currently serves as Medical Director of the Heart Failure Transplant Program, Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio Texas. He has been significant in the expanded growth and services at Methodist.

He is board certified in advanced heart failure and transplant, adult cardiovascular diseases, comprehensive echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.  He is also a certified cardiac rhythm specialist by the IBHRE.  His interests along with heart failure and transplant include device therapy in advanced heart failure patients and pulmonary hypertension.

He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member if the International Society of heart and Lung Transplant and the Heart Failure Society of America.  He has published several book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals in the field of heart failure and transplant as well as other areas of cardiology. 

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