Todd

Dardas

MD

MS

CONTACTS

Mailing Address:
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific Street,
Box 356422,
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

Non-Clinical Administrative Support:
Mary Ann Bonds

Clinical Contacts:
For appointments or other clinical matters, please contact the Heart Institute.

About

Dr. Dardas is an attending physician in heart failure transplant cardiology and a UW acting assistant professor of medicine. He sees patients with all types of heart failure, advanced valve disease, ischemic heart disease, patients before and after heart transplants and patients with mechanical hearts. His research is currently supported by grant funding from the American College of Cardiology. 

He conducts research about the fairness and effectiveness of the heart allocation system. He has an interest in the cost and effectiveness of the many available cardiovascular devices and surgeries available for advanced cardiovascular disease. 

Dr. Dardas earned his bachelor’s degree from Miami University at Oxford and his M.D. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He received a master’s degree in clinical research design and statistical analysis from the University of Michigan. He came to the UW as a fellow in 2013 for the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship. He did his Heart Failure and Transplant Clinical Fellowship and his internal medicine residency at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During his UW training, he was chief cardiology fellow. 

He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is also a member of the American Heart Association. His personal interests include hiking, photography, and board games.

Education & Training 

Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2013

MS

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

2009

Heart Failure and Transplant Clinical Heart Failure

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

2009

Residency in Internal Medicine

University of Michigan Health System

Ann Arbor, MI

2006

MD

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2003

BA

Miami University

Oxford, OH

1999

Honors 

Chief Cardiology Fellow, University of Washington

2013

Runner-up, Journal of the American College of Cardiology's Parmley Prize for Young Investigators

2012

Research Interests 

• Timing of advanced heart failure therapies
• Cost-effectiveness of heart failure therapies
• Diastolic heart failure

Clinical Interests 

• Heart Failure

Publications