Email

gvsilva@bcm.edu

Positions

Director, Structural Heart Disease

Associate Professor
Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Director of Structural Heart Disease

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Baylor Clinic (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St
Suite 6C
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2545

Administrative Office (Office)

6624 Fannin Street, #2089
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Baylor CHI St. Luke's Hospital (Clinic)

1101 Bates Ave
THI Clinic - Suite P115
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2776

Education

MD from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

12/1994 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

07/2013 - Boston, Massachusetts United States

Structural Heart Disease

Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine

06/2008 - Houston, Texas United States

Interventional Cardiology

Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine

06/2007 - Houston, Texas United States

Adult Cardiology

Residency at University of Texas Health Science Center

06/2003 - Houston, Texas United States

Internal Medicine

Certifications

Interventional Cardiology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Nuclear Cardiology

Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology

Echocardiography

National Board of Echocardiography

Honors & Awards

Star Award for Excellence in Patient Care (2024)

Baylor College of Medicine

Top Doctors 2021

Houstonia (09/2021)

Professional Interests

• Structural Heart Disease Intervention
• Interventional cardiology
• Cardiology
• Cardiovascular disease

Professional Statement

Guilherme Vianna Silva, M.D, is Director of Structural Heart Disease at Baylor College of Medicine and at the Texas Heart Institute, and Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography.
Dr. Silva earned his medical degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and subsequently trained for three years in Cardiology. After coming to the United States, he completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at The University of Texas-Houston, as well as four years in Research and Adult Cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. Dr. Silva held the position of Chief Cardiology Fellow at Texas Heart Institute and was awarded The Tauber Award for Outstanding Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Silva also completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute was Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow during that time. Dr. Silva subsequently completed a fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Structural Heart Disease.
The major focus of Dr. Silva has been in cardiovascular disease research. He is one of the pioneers in the utilization of stem cells for treating heart attacks and heart failure. He has over 60 publications in peer-reviewed literature, over 100 abstracts, and 13 books and book chapters along with multiple invitations to teach in the United States and South America. This is a testament of his commitment to clinical research and patient care. Dr. Silva’s academic work includes topics such as: stem cell therapy for heart disease, interventional cardiology, coronary imaging, and structural heart disease interventions.
Dr. Silva is an expert in complex interventional cardiology procedures, as well as structural heart disease interventions and procedures. Dr. Silva specializes in percutaneous techniques to treat Mitral Valve Disease, as well as MitraClip, a less-invasive treatment option for those with mitral regurgitation who are high risk for surgery. Dr Silva and his Team also perform Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) and Pascal Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER).

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• Gao F, Kherallah R, Koetting M, Simpson L, Seger J, Koneru S, Coselli J, Preventza O, Orozco-Sevilla V, Manon N, Silva GV. "Leadless pacemaker with transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A single-center experience.." Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2023;46(7):615-622. Pubmed PMID: 37120712
• Patel V, Gray Z, Alam M, Silva GV, Simpson L, Liao K. "Peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support expands the application of robot- assisted coronary artery bypass.." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;13:92-100. Pubmed PMID: 36466372
• Cekmecelioglu D, Preventza O, Dougherty KG, Chatterjee S, Green SY, Silva GV, Díez JG, Coselli JS. "Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for degenerated stentless aortic bioroots.." Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021;10(5):641-650. Pubmed PMID: 34733691
• Kherallah RY, Koneru S, Krajcer Z, Preventza O, Dougherty KG, McCormack ML, Costello BT, Coulter S, Strickman NE, Plana Gomez JC, Mortazavi A, Díez JG, Livesay JJ, Coselli JS, Silva GV. "Hemodynamic outcomes after valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-center experience.." Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021;10(5):630-640. Pubmed PMID: 34733690

Languages

Portuguese, Spanish