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Cardiovascular Disease

Teaching is at the Heart of Next-level Care

As the region’s only academic heart program, our cardiologists and cardiac surgeons train tomorrow’s specialists. This teaching focus enables us to offer the latest breakthroughs and research trials to treat the Tri-state’s highest-risk patients. As our many heart-care firsts attest, we not only use cutting-edge technology, we help develop it.

Divison Chief

Dr. Manyam received his training at Case Western Reserve University Hospitals (2012-2014) and stayed there as faculty and Assistant Professor of Medicine from 2013-2016. He served as the Head of the Lead Extraction Program at University Hospitals Case Western Reserve prior to joining the UT Cardiology group.

Dr. Manyam currently holds the position of Chair for the UT College of Medicine - Chattanooga.  He is also Chief of Cardiology at Erlanger. Dr. Manyam is actively involved with multiple research trials including monitoring the recurrence of atrial fibrillation, optimizing programing options in patients with biventricular defibrillators, and the assessment of lead extraction risk.

He has extensive experience in complex ablation (atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia), laser lead extraction, and device implantation.

Education and Credentials:  

  • MD:  American University - Netherland Antilles
  • Residency: Internal Medicine - Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh, PA
  • Fellowship:  Cardiovascular Disease - Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Fellowship:  Electrophysiology - Case Western Reserve University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH

Clinical Interests:

  • AFib
  • Electrophysiology
  • Complex Ablation (Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia)
  • Laser Lead Extraction

Harish Manyam, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine
Erlanger Chief of Cardiology
Harish.Manyam@erlanger.org

Harish Manyam, MD

Fellowship

Dharmendra Patel, MD is the Program Director for our Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship and leader in the Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease and specializes in general cardiology and multimodality cardiovascular imaging. Dr. Patel received his medical degree from the Government Medical College in India and completed an internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. Prior to joining Erlanger, Dr. Patel served as chief cardiology fellow during his fellowship training at Ochsner.

Education/Credentials:

  • Medical Degree:  Government Medical College
  • Residency: Ochsner Clinic Foundation (Internal Medicine)
  • Fellowship:  Ochsner Clinic Foundation (Cardiovascular Disease)

Clinical Interests:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography
  • Nuclear Cardiology

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Dharmendra Patel headshot

Faculty

Harish Manyam, MD
Division Chief, Cardiovascular Disease
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Diana Alvarez, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

William Blalock, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Walter Few, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Alvaro Manrique Garcia, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Rehan Kahloon, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Michael Love, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor (Retired), Department of Medicine

Kendrick L. Mills, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Jennifer Mirza, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Joseph Pendley, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Jonathan Powell, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Poonam Puri, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Patrick Stevens, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Kinsman Wright, MD
Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

May 2, 2025