Richard W. Smalling, MD, PhD

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Dr. Smalling is a native Texan who received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S.M.E. in Bio-Medical Engineering from UT Austin, and PhD from what is now The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He is an AOA graduate of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and did his residency training and cardiology fellowship at the University of California-San Diego. Board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, and interventional cardiology, he is Past President of the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate, and Past President of the Medical Staff of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center where he was also named a Distinguished Physician. He has been honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of both McGovern Medical School (1991) and the Cockrell College of Engineering at the University Texas at Austin (1997).

Named an America’s Top Doctor for the past fifteen years, Dr. Smalling received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Heart Association Texas Affiliate in 1990. He is on the editorial boards of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, The Journal of Interventional Cardiology,and Journal of the American College of Cardiology- Interventions并且是流通的过去的副编辑。2016年，他被任命为导管插入和心血管干预协会的硕士。此外，他拥有六项专利和共同创建的风车心血管系统，以生产新的植入式左心室辅助装置。他和他的团队开发了第一个与心脏周期同步泵送的脉动流量LVAD，并自动更改其泵送功能以优化心脏功能。

Dr. Smalling specializes in the treatment of valvular heart disease and adult congenital heart disease percutaneously. His research interests include development of 3-D, fluoroscopically guided structural heart interventions and reduction of reperfusion injury by mechanical LV unloading and endothelin inhibition. Clinically, his team is actively pursuing the role of very early treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction and evaluating new percutaneous methodologies for treating valvular heart disease.

Dr. Smalling is the author of over 250 peer-reviewed articles, 25 book chapters, 2 books, and more than 15 web-based CME articles. He and his wife Sharon have 3 children, Geoffrey, Elizabeth and Stephanie and 2 grandchildren. They enjoy cooking, cycling, skiing and traveling together.

Accomplishments:

• James D. Woods Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
• America’s Top Doctors and Texas Super Doctor
• UTHealth McGovern Medical School: Distinguished Alumnus Award
• The University of Texas at Austin, College of Engineering: Distinguished Alumnus Award
• Distinguished Physician Award Memorial Hermann Hospital