Professor
UTHSC - Houston, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
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 the 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).
He is on the editorial board of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, and is a past associate editor for Circulation. In 2016, he was named a Master in the Society of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. In addition, he holds six patents and Co-founded Windmill Cardiovascular Systems, to produce the first valveless, pulsatile flow LVAD that pumps in synchrony with the cardiac cycle and automatically changes its pumping function to optimize cardiac function..
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 and 25 book chapters.. He and his wife Sharon have 3 children, Geoffrey, Elizabeth and Stephanie and 2 grandchildren. They enjoy cooking, cycling, skiing and traveling together.
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Session 3: Valvular Shock - Evolving Approaches
Friday, March 6, 2026
8:35 AM - 9:57 AM CST