Sonia Nimtz is a Nurse Practitioner in General Cardiology. She graduated from UTMB with a bachelor's degree in nursing and then worked as an RN in Cardiology. She later went on to obtain certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners after graduating from UTMB with a master's degree in Nursing. Sonia is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, as well as a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has a passion for cardiology – working with patients to help them achieve maximum cardiovascular health through positive health behaviors and knowledge of their medications and disease process. She loves to garden, cook, and bake. She and her husband love to travel and enjoy spending time with family.

Dr. Haider Al Taii is a dedicated Cardiac Electrophysiologist with diverse experience in the field. He specializes in catheter-based rhythm management and the implantation of cardiovascular devices. Throughout his career, he has participated in multiple clinical outcome studies in medicine and cardiovascular medicine. He has multiple research projects published in national journals. His clinical interests include atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular complexes, ventricular tachycardia, cardiac device implantation, and laser leads extraction of cardiac devices.

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Sinju Jacob is a nurse practitioner specializing in general cardiology. She has over 17 years of experience in direct patient care. She graduated in 2003 with a BSN and worked in various cardiac and acute care settings in India and United states. She completed her MSN – NP in 2017 from UTMB school of nursing., and she holds a certification from American Academy of nurse practitioners as an Adult gerontology nurse practitioner. Before becoming a part of UTMB cardiology she has worked in internal medicine setting. she has been taking care of patients in both inpatient and outpatient setting. She has received various awards and scholarships in her academic and professional career. She is passionate about patient education. She believes strongly in preventive medicine.

She is multilingual she can speak Malayalam, and Hindi fluently. She loves to read and travel. Singing is her another passion. She is settled in league city, Texas with her husband and 3 children.

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Dr. Jiwani received his medical degree from Sindh Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1989. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Schneider Children's Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New Hyde Park, New York.

He went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology in 1998, as well as a fellowship in Pediatric Echocardiography in 1999 at Schneider Children's Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. After finishing these fellowships, he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor and Attending Pediatric Cardiologist for the Schneider Children's Hospital, the Jacobi Medical Center, and North Central Bronx Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he served until joining UTMB in 2006.

He was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics in September 2012. Dr. Jiwani is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. He sees patients with acquired and congenital heart diseases from the fetal life throughout adulthood. He enjoys teaching and believes in high quality patient care.

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Dr. Ashraf Aly is the director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and a professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He received his M.D. from Cairo University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt and completed his Pediatric residency at Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Genetics from the George Washington University in Washington DC.

Dr. Aly specializes in Pediatric Cardiology and sees patients with possible congenital heart diseases from the fetal life throughout adulthood.

Before joining UTMB in 2003, Dr. Aly was in private practice in Michigan.

Dr. Aly is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other professional medical and scientific organizations.

I believe in working together with each patient and their family to provide the best possible outcome and experience. My goal is to bring together world-class care with leading-edge technology and innovation.

Dr. Bashar Al hemyari is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Al hemyari obtained his MD from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine. He then worked on Clinical Research at David Geffen School of Medicine at UC Los Angeles to help optimize care for patients with cardiovascular and kidney disease.

Dr. Al hemyari completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the UC Riverside/RCH and was awarded as the Best Clinical Resident & Best Overall Resident. He had a great interest in the field of Cardiology and pursued fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Al hemyari joined the Cardiology Department at UTMB in September of 2022.

Dr. Al hemyari is a general cardiologist with a special interest in preventive cardiology, cardiac disease in women, coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardiac CT imaging. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Echocardiography. Dr. Al hemyari provides care for patients at UTMB Galveston, League City campus and Clear Lake campus.

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