Dr. Gelow is the inaugural Medical Director of Heart Transplantation at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland Oregon. She led the program to successful UNOS approval and CMS certification and later expanded the program to include transplantation of HCV NAT + and DCD heart donors. She is a former Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship and Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship program director. She provides inpatient and outpatient care for advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, cardiogenic shock, and heart transplantation patients and has a long-standing interest in health equity and improving access to advanced heart failure therapies.