Jay Brent Sterling Professor Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute
Dr. Smalling is a native Texan who received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.S. in Bio-Medical Engineering, and Ph.D. from The University of Texas. He is an AOA graduate of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and did his residency training and cardiology fellowship at UCSD. Board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, and interventional cardiology and is Past President of the American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate. He has been honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of both The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the College of Engineering of the University Texas at Austin.
Named an America’s Top Doctor for the past seven years, Dr. Smalling has received a number of awards from the American Heart Association including 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 is a past associate editor for Circulation. In addition, he holds several patents and has formed a company, Windmill Cardiovascular Systems, to produce a new implantable left ventricular assist device.
Dr. Smalling specializes in coronary artery angiography and revascularization, treatment of adult congenital heart disease percutaneously, and the treatment of valvular heart disease percutaneously. Additionally, he has significant expertise in treatment of peripheral vascular disease including carotid stenting, percutaneous endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm, renal, iliac, femoral and below-knee angioplasty and stenting. Additionally, his team has been active in the role of utilizing left ventricular assist devices to support high risk coronary angioplasty and complicated valve treatment procedures.
His research interests include advanced intravascular imaging procedures for coronary artery disease and three-dimensional analysis of coronary and peripheral vascular abnormalities. Clinically, his team is actively pursuing the role of very early treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction in evaluating new percutaneous methodologies for treating valvular heart disease.
Dr. Smalling is the author of 183 Scientific Papers, 126 abstracts, 21 book chapters, 2 books, and more than 15 web based CME articles
