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Arya Mani, MD, director of the Yale Medicine Cardiovascular Genetics Program, is a leading expert on the genetic causes of heart disease. An interest in the genetics of disease and a desire to improve outcomes for cardiac patients led him into his field. “I wanted to make a change not only by diagnosing and healing patients, but also by identifying causes and treatments of disease,” he says.

Ilir Maraj, MD, is a cardiologist who specializes in clinical cardiac electrophysiology (EP), a technology used to manage complex electrical issues of the heart and heart rhythm disturbances.

As a cardiologist who specializes in advanced heart failure and transplantation, Lavanya Bellumkonda, MD, says offering hope is key when she first meets a patient.