Dr. Munagala is Director of the Advanced Heart Failure program at Jackson Health Systems, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at U.M. Miller School of Medicine. She specializes in Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (MCSD) and Transplant. Dr. Munagala is also experienced in managing patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiac Heart and Lung amyloidosis. She undertook advanced training in Heart Failure, MCSD and Transplant fellowship at UCLA-Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA after completing her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiovascular Diseases fellowship at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. She also completed a Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Munagala received her medical degree from Sri Venkateswara Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India. She has been involved in clinical research in Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) and Transplant and authored several articles and book chapters. She is an active member in various professional societies, including the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant and American Medical Association. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure and Transplant, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology.