Dr. Samar Sheth Bio

Dr. Sheth was born in Virginia and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He obtained a Bachelor of Public Health with Highest Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He stayed on for medical school at UNC Chapel Hill. During his time there, he did an extra year of research on thrombosis as a Howard Holderness Scholar and attended many college basketball games.

Dr. Sheth attended the University of Michigan Ann Arbor for the Internal Medicine residency. He was voted Intern of the year and awarded an extra year as a Chief Resident and Junior Faculty member at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital. While Enjoying Michigan Football, Dr. Sheth and his wife decided that snow was not for them and they moved to the Texas Heart Institute here in Houston. He completed both his general and interventional cardiology fellowships here at the Texas Heart Institute Baylor College of Medicine. He again was given the honor of Chief Cardiology fellow during his general fellowship and was selected as a Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow during his interventional year.

At the end of his training he joined a private practice group located here at Texas Heart in order to continue the Texas Heart traditions of excellence in cardiovascular care and cardiovascular education.

He lives here in Houston with his wife and two young children. In his free time he enjoys visiting the various restaurants in the area and traveling with his family, as well as supporting the local professional sports teams, and of course, Tarheel Sports!

Dr. Sheth provides patient centered comprehensive care of cardiovascular illness and takes the time to involve the patient and their families every step of the way.