Originally from Houston, TX, Dr. Colombowala attended Dartmouth College. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 2002, and he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at Baylor. While in medical school he earned certification in medical ethics. He continued with advanced training in Electrophysiology at the world-renowned Texas Heart Institute. He is board certified in cardiology, electrophysiology, and nuclear cardiology.
He started the first cardiac arrhythmia program in Northwest Montana in 2011. Dr. Colombowala then served as the Chairman of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, where he was also Co-Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Services and Director of Device Based Arrhythmia Management and Remote Monitoring.
Having returned home to Texas, Dr. Colombowala continues to provide caring and state of the art arrhythmia management services, collaborating with other physicians to continue the Houston tradition of excellence in cardiac medicine.
He is involved in multiple large clinical trials, and he is published and lectures nationally and internationally on topics such as atrial fibrillation ablation, remote cardiac monitoring, stroke and sudden death prevention, and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Colombowala sees all types of cardiac patients. His care philosophy is to approach patients as individuals, carefully managing risk factors and conditions leading to heart disease and arrhythmia.
He implants pacemakers, defibrillators, heart failure therapy devices, and cardiac rhythm monitors. In addition to treating arrhythmias with medications, he specializes in advanced diagnostic monitoring and catheter-based ablation procedures for heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Gujarati.
Away from the hospital, he enjoys spending time with his wife Elizabeth and their three sons. They enjoy travel, fly fishing, and skiing.
