Ilyas Colombowala

Dr. Ilyas Colombowala is currently in the private practice of cardiac electrophysiology in Houston, TX. He has academic appointments at Baylor College of Medicine (Clinical Assistant Professor) and the Texas Heart Institute. He is also the Chief Medical and Compliance Officer at Octagos.

He was previously the Chairman of the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho (04/2017 – 09/2022), where he was also Co-Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services and Director of Device Based Arrhythmia Management and Remote Monitoring.

Other past roles include Director of Electrophysiology at Kalispell Regional Medical Center (08/2011 – 08/2015), and Electrophysiologist at Texas Heart Institute (07/2009 – 07/2011). He trained at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute. He has published and lectured nationally and internationally on a range of topics including stroke and sudden death prevention, cardiac ablation, and artificial intelligence in cardiac medicine.

He passionately supports leveraging of digital health hardware and software help patients live healthier lives.