Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine - Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

CHI St. Luke's Health (Hospital)

6720 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-1000

Fannin Tower (Clinic)

6624 Fannin, Suite 2480
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5570
raymond.stainback@bcm.edu

Education

MD from Baylor College Of Medicine

06/1987 - Houston, Texas United States

Fellowship at The Cardiovascular Research Institute At UCSF

01/1995 - San Francisco, California United States

Clinical and Research Imaging

Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Affiliate Hospitals

01/1993 - Nashville, Tennessee United States

Clinical Cardiology

Residency at Vanderbilt University

01/1990 - Nashville, Tennessee United States

Internal Medicine

Internship at Vanderbilt University

01/1988 - Nashville, Tennessee United States

Internal Medicine

BA from Vanderbilt University

06/1983 - Nashville

Certifications

Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Medical Director, Noninvasive Cardiology

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center / Texas Heart Institute

Fellow (FASE)

American Society of Echocardiography

Honors & Awards

Chair, Board of Directors

Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (12/2015 - 12/2017)

Board of Directors

American Society of Echocardiography (06/2015 - 06/2017)

2024 Top Doctor

Castle Connolly

Professional Statement

Dr. Stainback received his education at Vanderbilt University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Stainback is recognized as an expert in noninvasive cardiology and echocardiography. He serves as Medical Director of Non-invasive Cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center. He is the current President of the American Society of Echocardiography, past-President of the Greater Houston Society of Echo-Vascular (2018), past-President of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (2017) and past member of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate use oversight committee. Through these activities he helps to ensure quality cardiovascular imaging and clinical care at his institutions and for his personal patients in his general cardiology practice with the same group for over 25 years.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Arora H, Virani SS, Simpson L, Stainback RF "Contrast echocardiography for right-sided heart conditions: case reports and literature review.." Tex Heart Inst J. 2008;35(1):38-41. Pubmed PMID: 18427650
• Russo AM, Stainback RF, Bailey SR, Epstein AE, Heidenreich PA, Jessup M, Kapa S, Kremers MS, Lindsay BD, Stevenson LW "ACCF/HRS/AHA/ASE/HFSA/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2013 Appropriate Use Criteria for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force,Heart Rhyth." Heart Rhythm. 2013 Apr;10(4):e11-58. Pubmed PMID: 23473952
• Hendel RC, Patel MR, Allen JM, Min JK, Shaw LJ, Wolk MJ, Douglas PS, Kramer CM, Stainback RF, Bailey SR, Doherty JU, Brindis RG "Appropriate Use of Cardiovascular Technology: 2013 ACCF Appropriate Use Criteria Methodology Update: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force.." J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2013 Mar 26;61(12):1305-17. Pubmed PMID: 23433633
• Chee HK, Tuzun E, Ferrari M, Conger JL, Stainback RF, Hernandez A, Bruno N, Shah NL, Tamez D, Eya K, Clark LL, Vaughn WK, Gregoric ID, Frazier OH, Kadipasaoglu KA "Baseline hemodynamic and echocardiographic indices in anesthetized calves.." ASAIO J..;50(3):267-71. Pubmed PMID: 15171480