Sonia Garg, M.D.

Sonia Garg, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Cardiology. She is the Associate Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation.

I always start from the beginning, even if the patient was diagnosed a long time ago. The right questions can sometimes take us back decades to where it all began.

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Garg holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She started her career in the computer industry working for the Microsoft Corporation. She later earned her medical degree at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She completed internal medicine residency training at the University of California-San Francisco and completed advanced training through fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology, 

In addition to her clinical focus on the comprehensive care of heart failure patients, Dr. Garg’s research interests include cardiac remodeling, quality outcomes, and best practices in cardiac transplantation. Dr. Garg joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2016. She is the Associate Medical Director of Heart Transplant.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Garg is a member of the Herat Transplant/LVAD Selection Committee and the Heart Transplant/LVAD QAPI Committee, and is Co-Director of the Multidisciplinary Heart Team.

Dr. Garg is a member of several professional societies, including the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the American Heart Association, and the American Society of Transplantation.

Dr. Garg's research interests include heart failure, heart transplantation, and cardiopulmonary assist devices such as LVAD. Her findings have resulted in over 20 peer-reviewed publications, as well as reviews, chapters, case reports, and lectures. 

Medical School

Brown University Medical School (2009)

Residency

University of California, San Francisco (2012)

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015), Cardiology

Fellowship

UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology

• Advanced Heart Failure
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Heart Transplantation and Rejection
• Left Ventricular Assist Devices
• Left Ventricular Remodeling

Featured Publications

Refining the classification of left ventricular hypertrophy to provide new insights into the progression from hypertension to heart failure.

Garg S, Drazner MH Curr. Opin. Cardiol. 2016 Jul 31 4 387-93

Efficacy and Safety of Exercise Training in Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pandey A, Garg S, Khunger M, Garg S, Kumbhani DJ, Chin KM, Berry JD Circ Heart Fail 2015 Nov 8 6 1032-43

Association of a 4-Tiered Classification of LV Hypertrophy With Adverse CV Outcomes in the General Population.

Garg S, de Lemos JA, Ayers C, Khouri MG, Pandey A, Berry JD, Peshock RM, Drazner MH JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2015 Sep 8 9 1034-41

Human ventricular unloading induces cardiomyocyte proliferation.

Canseco DC, Kimura W, Garg S, Mukherjee S, Bhattacharya S, Abdisalaam S, Das S, Asaithamby A, Mammen PP, Sadek HA J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2015 Mar 65 9 892-900

In-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests in patients with left ventricular assist devices.

Garg S, Ayers CR, Fitzsimmons C, Meyer D, Peltz M, Bethea B, Cornwell W, Araj F, Thibodeau J, Drazner MH J. Card. Fail. 2014 Dec 20 12 899-904

Prevalence and factors associated with false-positive ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction diagnoses at primary percutaneous coronary intervention–capable centers: a report from the Activate-SF registry.

McCabe JM, Armstrong EJ, Kulkarni A, Hoffmayer KS, Bhave PD, Garg S, Patel A, MacGregor JS, Hsue P, Stein JC, Kinlay S, Ganz P Arch. Intern. Med. 2012 Jun 172 11 864-71

Predictors of depressed left ventricular function in patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Bhave PD, Hoffmayer KS, Armstrong EJ, Garg S, Patel A, Macgregor JS, Stein JC, Kinlay S, Ganz P, McCabe JM Am. J. Cardiol. 2012 Feb 109 3 327-31

Redesigning the medical science curriculum at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Garg S, Gruppuso PA, Dumenco L Med Health R I 2007 Sep 90 9 272-4

• American Heart Association
  (2016)
• American Society of Transplantation
  (2016)
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  (2016)
• Heart Failure Society of America
  (2014)
• American College of Cardiology
  (2012)

• American College of Cardiology (2012)
• Heart Failure Society of America (2014)
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2016)