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Amin Yehya, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.C., F.H.F.S.A.

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Sentara Advanced Heart Failure Center

Dr. Yehya is a distinguished cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation at Sentara Healthcare. He serves as the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. In addition, he leads the Heart Failure Research Program and serves as Program Director for the Cardiology Fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University.

Dr. Yehya completed a prestigious fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Stanford University. He completed his internal medicine residency at Emory University, followed by a cardiovascular diseases fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia. He earned both his medical degree and master’s in biochemistry from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.

Board-certified in cardiovascular diseases and advanced heart failure and transplantation, Dr. Yehya is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America, and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society.

Dr. Yehya has been recognized among the top cardiologists in Virginia, and, in 2025, was named a Cardiology Research All-Star by Avant-garde Health, placing him among the top 5% of hospitals and physicians contributing to cutting-edge cardiovascular research. He has served as principal investigator on multiple clinical trials and received the Excellence in Research Award from the Heart Failure Society of America.

An accomplished educator and researcher, Dr. Yehya has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to numerous book chapters. He is a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences and currently serves as editor of the textbook Heart Failure: What a Non-Heart Failure Specialist Needs to Know.

 

M.D.
American University of Beirut

Residency:
Emory University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:
Medical College of Georgia
Cardiovascular Disease

Stanford University
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant

  • Advances Heart Failure
  • Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  • Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  • Mechanical circulatory support
  • Genetic testing
  • Heart transplantation

Publications on PubMed

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