Alvin Chandra, M.D.

Biography

Alvin Chandra, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. 

Dr. Chandra received his initial medical training at UT Southwestern, where he earned his medical degree, performed an internal medicine residency, and completed a general cardiology fellowship. During residency, he was awarded the Best Research Article by an Internal Medicine Resident at UT Southwestern. He then received advanced training in cardio-oncology through an additional fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, followed by a research fellowship in cardiovascular imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. 

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, he returned to UT Southwestern, joining the faculty in 2019. 

Dr. Chandra is a cardiologist and echocardiographer whose clinical and research interests focus on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), cardiovascular imaging, and cardio-oncology. He serves as Director of the Cardiometabolic Research Unit Echo Core Laboratory and Director of the Cancer Center Echo Lab, where he oversees echocardiographic imaging for clinical programs and research studies, including the Dallas Heart Study. He also serves as the site principal investigator for several clinical trials. In 2022, he received the Ware Family Clinical Research Award at UT Southwestern.

Dr. Chandra is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He has served as a reviewer for several journals, including Circulation, European Heart Journal, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He is Co-Chair of the Cardio-Oncology Section of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and serves as an assistant editor for JACC: CardioOncology. Dr. Chandra has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications.

Personal Note

His interests outside of cardiology include spending time with his family, pickleball, the Texas Longhorns, and fantasy football.