Dr. Natalie Tapaskar

Natalie Tapaskar, MD, is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. She is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she also serves as Medical Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic and as an attending physician in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the UT Southwestern University Hospital Heart and Lung Clinic. Her clinical focus includes advanced heart failure management, heart transplantation and longitudinal transplant care, and mechanical circulatory support for patients with complex cardiovascular conditions. Dr. Tapaskar’s research interests center on donor heart evaluation and transplant outcomes, disparities in complex cardiovascular care, and innovation in cardiogenic shock and heart failure therapies. In addition to her academic work, she holds leadership roles through her directorship of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic and her prior service as chief resident in internal medicine. She earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, followed by a chief residency through Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital and the University of Chicago program. She then completed fellowship training in cardiovascular medicine and advanced fellowship training in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Stanford University Health Care.