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EricAdler,MD
MedicalDirector
CardiacTransplant
ClinicalProfessorofMedicine
UniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego
LaJolla,California
JeanineAlbu,MD,FACP
Chief
DivisionofEndocrinology,DiabetesandNutrition
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
ProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
DianaAnca,MD
CardiothoracicAnesthesiologist
AssistantClinicalProfessorofAnesthesiology
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
EdgarArgulian,MD,MPH,FACC,FASE
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
Co-DirectorEchocardiographyLaboratory
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
MountSinaiHeartInstitute
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
EmadF.Aziz,DO,MBCHB,FACC,FHRS
DirectorCardiovascularResearch
AssociateDirectorofCardiovascularFellowship
AssociateProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
JoshuaAziz,BMEs
RutgersUniversity
NewBrunswick,NewJersey
MayBakir,MD
DepartmentofCardiology
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
SandhyaK.Balaram,MD,PhD
AssociateProfessorofSurgery
DepartmentofCardiovascularSurgery
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
GabrielaBambrick-Santoyo,MD
DirectorofSimulation
AssociateProgramDirector
InternalMedicineResidencyProgram
HackensackUniversityMedicalCenter
MountainsideHospital
Montclair,NewJersey
ChiragBavishi,MD,MPH
Fellow
CardiovascularDiseases
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
LouisBrusco,MD,FCCM
ChiefMedicalOfficer
MorristownMedicalCenter
Morristown,NewJersey
SujataB.Chakravarti,MD
MedicalDirector
CongenitalCardiovascularCareUnit
HassenfeldChildren’sHospitalatNYULangoneHealth
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DivisionofPediatricCardiology
NewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicine
NewYork,NewYork
PatriciaChavez,MD
CardiologyFellow
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
JoannaChikwe,MD
TheEugeneandCarolChenChairofCardiothoracicSurgery
ProfessorandChief
CardiothoracicSurgery
Co-DirectoroftheHeartInstitute
StonyBrookUniversityHospital
Professor
DepartmentofCardiovascularSurgery
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
AnkitChothani,MD
ChiefFellowinCardiovascularMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
RandyCohen,MD
AttendingPhysician
CrystalRunHealthcare
WestNyack,NewYork
JohannaContreras,MD,MSc,FACC,FAHA,FASE,FHFSA
AssistantProfessor
AdvancedHeartFailureandTransplantCardiology
DirectorHeartFailure
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
AshishCorrea,MD
ChiefResident
InternalMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
JacquelineDanik,MD,DrPH
CardiologyDivision
MassachusettsGeneralHospital
Boston,Massachusetts
AsafDanon,MD,MSc
Consultant
ElectrophysiologyUnit
CarmelMedicalCenter
Haifa,Israel
SeyedHamedHosseiniDehkordi,MD
ResidentPhysician
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
ErnestG.DePuey,MD
DirectorofNuclearMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
ClinicalProfessorofRadiology
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
MatthewDurst,MD
HouseStaff
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
AeshitaDwivedi,MD
FellowinCardiovascularDiseases
TheLeonH.CharneyDivisionofCardiology
NewYorkUniversityMedicalSchoolofMedicine
NewYork,NewYork
KarimElHachem,MD
AttendingPhysician
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
MosheFlugelman,MD
Director
DepartmentofCardiology
LadyDavisCarmelMedicalCenter
FacultyofMedicine
Technion–IsraelInstituteofTechnology
Haifa,Israel
DiandraFortune,BS
ResearchAssistant
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
ElissaK.Fory,MD
AttendingNeurologist
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
AssistantProfessorofNeurology
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
RodolfoJ.Galindo,MD
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
EmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine
Investigator
CenterforDiabetesandMetabolismResearch
DivisionofEndocrinology,DiabetesandLipids
MedicalChair
HospitalDiabetesTaskforce
EmoryHealthcareSystem
Atlanta,Georgia
CarlyE.Glick,MD
GastroenterologyFellow
MountSinaiBethIsrael,MountSinaiSt.Luke’s,andMountSinaiWest
Hospitals
NewYork,NewYork
JacobGoldstein,MD,FESC
CardiologyDepartment
LadyDavisCarmelMedicalCenter
Haifa,Israel
GustavoS.Guandalini,MD
CardiovascularDiseaseFellow
TheLeonH.CharneyDivisionofCardiology
NewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicine
NewYork,NewYork
DanG.Halpern,MD
Director
AdultCongenitalHeartDiseaseProgram
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
TheLeonH.CharneyDivisionofCardiology
NewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicine
NewYork,NewYork
HarveyHecht,MD,FACC,FSCCT
DirectorofCardiovascularComputedTomography
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
ProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
YaronHellman,MD
CardiologyDepartment
RambamHealthCareCampus
Haifa,Israel
EyalHerzog,MD
Director
CardiacCareUnit
Director
EchocardiographyLaboratories
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
AssociateProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
LeeHerzog
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
AndrewHiggins,MD
FellowinCardiovascularDisease
ClevelandClinicLernerCollegeofMedicine
CaseWesternReserveUniversity
ClevelandClinic
Cleveland,Ohio
ChetanHuded,MD
FellowinCardiovascularDisease
ClevelandClinicLernerCollegeofMedicine
CaseWesternReserveUniversity
ClevelandClinic
Cleveland,Ohio
RonenJaffe,MD
DirectorofInterventionalCardiology
CarmelMedicalCenter
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
RappaportSchoolofMedicine
Technion–IsraelInstituteofTechnology
Haifa,Israel
JamesJones,MD†
DivisionofNephrology
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
KarenKan,MD
Fellow
CardiovascularDisease
NYULangoneMedicalCenter
NewYork,NewYork
SamirKapadia,MD
ProfessorofMedicine
SectionHead
InterventionalCardiology
Director
CardiacCatheterizationLaboratory
ClevelandClinic
Cleveland,Ohio
BasheerKarkabi,MD
SeniorCardiologist
CardiologyDivision
LadyDavisCarmelHospital
Haifa,Israel
BetteKim,MD
Director
CardiomyopathyProgram
Director
MountSinaiWestEchocardiographyLaboratory
AssistantProfessorofClinicalMedicine
MountSinaiWestHospital
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
ToddKobrinski,DO,MD
ClinicalCardiacElectrophysiologyFellow
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
MountSinaiHeart
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
DonaldP.Kotler,MD
Chief
DivisionofGastroenterology
JacobiMedicalCenter
Bronx,NewYork
IsminiKourouni,MD
SeniorFellow
PulmonaryandCriticalCareMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
ItzhakKronzon,MD
ProfessorinCardiology
HofstraUniversitySchoolofMedicine
LenoxHillHospital—NorthwellHealth
DepartmentofCardiology
NewYork,NewYork
NinaKukar,MD
Director
Women’sHeartNY
Director
CardiacMRIMountSinaiWestandMountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospitals
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
MarrickL.Kukin,MD,FACC,FAHA,FHFSA
ProfessorofMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
GinaLaRocca,MD
AssociateDirector
AdultCongenitalHeartDisease
AssistantProfessorofMedicineinCardiology
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
ShawnLee,MD
MedicalResident
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
StevenB.Levy,PharmD
AssistantDirectorofClinicalPharmacy
DepartmentofPharmacy
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork
ClinicalAssociateProfessor
LongIslandUniversity
LIUPharmacy
Brooklyn,NewYork
AdjunctAssistantProfessor
UniversityofConnecticutSchoolofPharmacy
Storrs,Connecticut
PavanK.Mankal,MD
DivisionofGastroenterology
DepartmentofMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
PetraZubinMaslov,MD
MedicalResident
InternalMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
JosephP.Mathew,MD,FACP,FCCP
Co-Director
CriticalCareUltrasonographyProgram
MedicalDirector
CenterforAdvancedMedicalSimulation(CAMS)
DivisionofPulmonary,CriticalCare,andSleepMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
AssociateProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
StephanA.Mayer,MD,FCCM
Director
NeurocriticalCare
MountSinaiHealthSystem
ProfessorofNeurologyandNeurosurgery
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
DavendraMehta,MD
Director
CardiacElectrophysiologyCardiology
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
IraMeisels,MD
Chief
DivisionofNephrology
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
AssociateProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
VenuMenon,MD,FACC,FAHA
Director
CICU
Director
CardiovascularFellowship
AssociateDirector
ProfessorofMedicine
ClevelandClinicLernerCollegeofMedicine
CaseWesternReserveUniversity
Cleveland,Ohio
ArieMilitianu,MD
Director
ArrhythmiaService
LadyDavisCarmelMedicalCenter
Technion–IsraelInstituteofTechnology
Haifa,Israel
AhmadrezaMoradi,MD
InternalMedicineResident
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
NoahMoss,MD
MedicalDirectorofMechanicalCirculatorySupport
MountSinaiHospital
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
GopalNarayanswami,MD,FCCP
AssociateDirector
MedicalIntensiveCareUnit
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
MaryO’Sullivan,MD
DirectorofMargaritaCamcheSmokingCessationClinic
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
AssociateProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
AngelaPalazzo,MD,FACC
AssociateChiefCardiology
ClinicalOperations
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
YuvrajsinhJ.Parmar,MD
Fellow
DepartmentofCardiology
HofstraUniversitySchoolofMedicine
LenoxHillHospital–NorthwellHealth
NewYork,NewYork
VishalP.Patel,DO
AttendingPhysician
NaplesCommunityHospital
Naples,Florida
SeanP.Pinney,MD
Director
HeartFailureandTransplantation
MountSinaiHealthSystem
ProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
HoomanPoor,MD
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
DirectorofPulmonaryVascularDisease
MountSinai–NationalJewishHealthRespiratoryInstitute
AssociateProgramDirector
FellowshipTrainingProgram
DivisionofPulmonary,CriticalCareandSleepMedicine
ZenaandMichaelA.WienerCardiovascularInstitute
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
JonathanPrice,MD
DepartmentofSurgery
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
OlgaReynbakh,MD
MedicalResident
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
MarioRodriguezRivera,MD
Resident
InternalMedicine
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
RichardRo,MD
ClinicalCardiologist
DivisionofCardiovascularDiseases
AssistantProfessorofMedicine
ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter
MountSinaiMedicalCenter
Miami,Florida
AlanRozanski,MD
Director
CardiovascularFellowshipTrainingProgram
Director
NuclearCardiologyandCardiacStressTesting
ProfessorofMedicine
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
RonenRubinshtein,MD,FACC,FESC
Director
CardiovascularImaging
LadyDavisCarmelMedicalCenter
ClinicalAssociateProfessorofMedicine
Technion–IsraelInstituteofTechnology
Haifa,Israel
ManpreetSabharwal,MBBS
Cardiologist
UnitedHeartandVascularClinic
St.Paul,Minnesota
JavierSanz,MD,FACC
Director
CardiacCT/MR
ZenaandMichaelA.WienerCardiovascularInstituteandMarie-Joséeand
HenryR.KravisCenterforCardiovascularHealth
AssociateProfessorofMedicine/Cardiology&Radiology
IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai
NewYork,NewYork
MuhamedSaric,MD,PhD
AssociateProfessor
Director
NoninvasiveCardiology
TheLeonH.CharneyDivisionofCardiology
NewYorkUniversity
NewYork,NewYork
KimberlyM.Sarosky,MS,PharmD
ClinicalPharmacySpecialist
CriticalCare/InfectiousDisease
DepartmentofPharmacy
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
ClinicalAssociateProfessor
LongIslandUniversity
LIUPharmacy
Brooklyn,NewYork
JorgeE.Schliamser,MD
Director
CardiacElectrophysiologyLaboratory
DepartmentofCardiovascularMedicine
LadyDavisCarmelMedicalCenter
Haifa,Israel
AllisonSelby,DO
CardiologyFellow
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sandMountSinaiWestHospitals
NewYork,NewYork
ZiadSergie,MD,MBA,FACC
MonmouthCardiologyAssociates,LLC
Director
CardiovascularMRI
JerseyShoreUniversityMedicalCenter
Eatontown,NewJersey
ArpitShah,MD
InterventionalCardiologyFellow
MountSinaiSt.Luke’sHospital
NewYork,NewYork
JanetM.Shapiro,MD,FCCP
Director