Email

basant.arya@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor Medicine - McNair Campus (Clinic)

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

Education

MD from Madras Medical College

01/1996 - Chennai, India

Residency at Medical College of Wisconsin

06/2006 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin

06/2009 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Cardiology

Residency at Royal College of Physicians

12/2000 - London, United Kingdom

Certifications

Board Certified - Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

Board Certified - Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Graduate, Master Teacher Fellowship Program (2017)

Baylor College of Medicine

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching & Evaluation (2016)

Baylor College of Medicine

Member, Academy of Distinguished Educators (2016)

Baylor College of Medicine

Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (2016)

Nasser Lakkis Teaching Award, Cardiovascular Fellows (2012)

Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

• Non-invasive Cardiology
• Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging
• Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology
• General Cardiology
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Cardiovascular Genetics

Professional Statement

Dr. Basant Arya is a cardiology physician-educator at Baylor College of Medicine. He has been in practice at Baylor for more than 15 years. Within the field of cardiology, he specializes in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and preventative cardiology. He sees patients at the McNair campus and at Baylor St Luke's Hospital.
In addition to his busy clinical practice, he is also actively involved in education of medical students, residents, cardiology fellows and other physicians. For his role as an educator, he has been awarded the Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence award as well as the Nasser Lakkis Excellence in Teaching award.
Dr. Arya has served as faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography, delivering lectures annually at the Scientific Sessions from 2016 to present. He has also co-authored book chapters on various aspects of the echocardiographic evaluation of the heart.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Safdar Z, Tamez E, Chan W, Arya B, Ge Y, Deswal A, Bozkurt B, Frost A, Entman M "Circulating collagen biomarkers as indicators of disease severity in pulmonary arterial hypertension.." JACC Heart Fail. 2014;2(4):412-21. Pubmed PMID: 25023820
• Krittanawong C, Maitra NS, Hassan Virk HU, Farrell A, Hamzeh I, Arya B, Pressman GS, Wang Z, Marwick TH "Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023;16(3):282-294. Pubmed PMID: 36648033