Biography

Maria Bano, M.D., is a pediatric cardiologist and Director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Children's Health℠, specializing in heart failure, heart transplant and [Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)](/ui/provider/D2K30XSLJM/Ventricular%20Assist Devices (VAD)). She is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. 

Her clinical interests include heart failure and transplantation as well as mechanical circulatory support for end-stage heart failure. Her research interests include novel imaging techniques to assess right heart dysfunction and imaging techniques in transplant-related coronary artery disease.

After earning her medical degree from Aga Khan Medical University in Pakistan, Dr. Bano moved to the U.S., where she completed residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and a cardiology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta.

Dr. Bano is a member of several professional societies including the American Heart Association, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) and ACTION (Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes) Network.

Biography