Dr. Georges Chahoud

Georges Chahoud, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA, FASE, is a cardiologist specializing in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He serves as Regional Director for the Heart Failure Clinical Program at SSM Health across the St. Louis and Southern Illinois region, Director of Cardiology at St. Joseph Hospital–Lake St. Louis, and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Clinical Faculty at Saint Louis University. His clinical focus includes transplant cardiology and mechanical circulatory support, structural and valvular heart care, and cardiovascular imaging and hemodynamics. Dr. Chahoud’s leadership includes service on the American Heart Association Board of Directors in St. Louis and past roles as Co-Director of the Heart Failure and Transplant Program and Director of the Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo School of Medicine, completed internal medicine residencies at the University of Aleppo and Saint Louis University, a cardiology fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and advanced training in heart failure and transplantation at UAMS and Washington University in St. Louis.