Division of Cardiovascular Diseases:

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic (HCM)

The Scripps Clinic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy program draws expertise from board-certified specialists across all areas of cardiology. The program involves medical experts in interventional cardiology, heart failure, echocardiography, electrophysiology, advanced imaging (CT & MRI), and radiology. The team’s collaborative work earned it recognition as San Diego’s first Center of Excellence (COE) on this topic, designated by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA).

Areas of particular interest and expertise are noted below:

Douglas Gibson, MD

  • Electrophysiology

Jorge A. Gonzalez, MD

  • Co-Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic (HCM)
  • Cardiac CT
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Aorta Pathologies
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
  • General Cardiology

J. Thomas Heywood, MD

  • Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Heart failure medical therapies
  • Hemodynamics
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Renal dysfunction in heart failure
  • Implanted heart failure monitors
  • Mechanical circulatory support devices

Rajeev Mohan, MD

  • Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Cardiac transplant care
  • Inter-atrial shunt devices
  • Mechanical circulatory support devices

Nicholas Olson, MD

  • Electrophysiology

Matthew Price, MD

  • Transcatheter mitral valve repair (MitraClip) and replacement
  • Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair
  • Transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure
  • Transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure
  • Transcatheter left atrial appendage closure (Watchman)
  • Complex coronary stenting
  • Coronary atherectomy
  • Coronary brachytherapy
  • Supported PCI

John Rogers, MD

  • Electrophysiology

Steven Romero, MD

Michael Smith, MD

  • General Cardiology
  • Echocardiology

Ajay Srivastava, MD

  • Co-Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic (HCM)
  • Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Heart failure systems of care/population health
  • Heart rhythm devices in heart failure
  • Cardiogenic shock/circulatory support devices
  • Cardiac sarcoidosis

Curtiss Stinis, MD

  • Peripheral vascular intervention including critical limb ischemia and limb salvage
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
  • Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)
  • Transcatheter pulmonic valve intervention and replacement
  • Mechanical circulatory support devices
  • Alcohol septal ablation procedures for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • Complex coronary stenting
  • Coronary atherectomy
  • Coronary brachytherapy
  • Supported PCI

Paul Teirstein, MD

  • Transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR)
  • Complex coronary stenting
  • Coronary atherectomy
  • Coronary brachytherapy
  • Supported PCI

Featured Services

  • Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA)

  • Cardiac CT – 3D Structural (TAVR, MVR, LAA closure device, Mitral Clip)

  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR)

  • 4D-Flow (MRI flow analysis in aortic and valvular pathologies, congenital heart disease)

  • Parametric mapping (T1, T2, T2* mapping)

  • Stress MRI

  • Stress ECG treadmill

  • 24 Holter, 2 week patch and 30 day event monitors

  • Implantable loop recorders

  • Pacemaker and Implantable defibrillators

  • Septal ablation by catheterization

  • Septal Myomectomy

  • Advanced heart failure therapies (CardioMems)

  • Left and right heart catheterization

  • Heart Transplantation referral

Recognitions & Awards

  • The HCM clinic has become the first Center of Excellence (COE) recognized by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA) in the San Diego region (2019)