Faculty
Ziad A. Ali MD, DPhil Master Faculty
Columbia University Irving Medical Center – New York, NY
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Intravascular Imaging and Physiology, Invasive Cardio-nephrology, Chronic Total Occlusion PCI, Complex PCI, Device Innovation
Education
Medical School: University of Sheffield, University of Oxford
Residency: Cambridge University, Stanford University
Fellowships: Stanford University, Mount Sinai Hospital
Aditya Bharadwaj MD Master Faculty
Loma Linda University Medical –San Bernadino, CA
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Education
Medical School: Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
Residency: Detroit Medical Center
Fellowships: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Daniel "Dan" Burkhoff MD, PhD Master Faculty
Columbia University Medical Center–New York, NY
Leadership: Director of Heart Failure at CRF
Specialties: Cardiology, Hemodynamics, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Thomas "Thom" Dahle MD Master Faculty
St. Cloud Hospital –Hutchinson, MN
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Medicine
Education
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School
Fellowships: Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, University of Minnesota
Michael "Mike" Gibson MD Master Faculty
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
Leadership: CEO of the combined non-profit Baim and PERFUSE research institutes at Harvard Medical School.
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Editor-In-Chief of WikiDoc Foundation.
Director of a Cardiac Catheterization laboratory, Coronary Care Unit Director, Chief of Cardiology (in the past).
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: interventional cardiologist, researcher & educator
Education
Medical School: University of Chicago
Residency: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fellowships: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Cindy L. Grines MD Master Faculty
Northside Cardiovascular Institute –Atlanta, GA
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease,Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Specialties: Cardiac Imaging, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: Ohio State University Medical Center
Residency: Ohio State University Medical Center
Fellowships: Ohio State University Medical Center, University of Michigan
Amir Kaki MD Master Faculty
Ascension St. John’s Hospital – Warren, MI
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: IC, MSC, Large Bore Access and Endovascular Intervention.
Education
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana School of Medicine - Dominican Republic
Residency: Erlanger Medical Center
Fellowships: Lenox Hill, University of Arizona Medical Center
Sanjog Kalra MD Master Faculty
Albert Einstein Healthcare Hospital – Philadelphia, PA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine
Residency: University of Toronto
Fellowship: Columbia University
Navin Kapur MD Master Faculty
Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Medicine
Expertise: Interventional cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dimitri Karmpaliotis MD Master Faculty
Columbia University Medical Center/ New York-Presbyterian – New York, NY
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: chronic total occlusions in coronary arteries
Education
Medical School: University of Athens School of Health Sciences
Residency: Brown University
Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, MGH
Morton Kern MD Master Faculty
UCI Health Cardiovascular Center – Orange, CA
Leadership: Chief of Medicine, VA Long Beach Heath Care System
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Acute coronary syndromes, Hemodynamics, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Education
Medical School: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital - New York
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston
John M. Lasala MD, PhD Master Faculty
Washington University School of Medicine – St. Louis, MO
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Structural Heart procedures
Education
Medical School: University of Connecticut
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
Fellowships: Yale University School of Medicine
Michael Lim MD Master Faculty
Saint Louis University Hospital - St Louis, MO
Hospital Leadership: Director: Division of Cardiology, Director: Cardiac Cath Lab
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Catheter-based Heart Therapies, Interventional cardiology, Valve Disease
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
Fellowships: University of Michigan Hospitals
William "Bill" Lombardi MD Master Faculty
University of Washington Medical Center – Seattle, WA
Hospital Leadership: Director of Complex Coronary Artery Disease Therapies in the Regional Heart Center Cardiology Clinic. UW associate professor of Cardiology.
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization
Education
Medical School: Tulane University-School of Medicine
Residency: University of Utah
Fellowships: University of Utah
Ehtisham Mahmud MD Master Faculty
UCSD – San Diego, CA
Leadership: Division Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine; Executive Director, Medicine - Cardiovascular Institute; Director, Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Cath Lab; president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: MitraClip Implantation
Education
Medical School: University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada
Residency: UC San Diego, School of Medicine
Fellowship: A Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center Emory University Atlanta; UC San Diego School of Medicine
Jeffrey "Jeff" Moses MD Master Faculty
New York-Presbyterian Hospital – New York, NY
Hospital Leadership: Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization, Coronary Artery Disease, Stents, Angioplasty, Percutaneous Transluminal, Valvular Heart Disease
Education
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Fellowships: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
William "Bill" O’Neill MD Master Faculty
Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI
Hospital Leadership: Medical Director: Center for Structural Heart Disease
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: Wayne State University, Internal Medicine
Fellowships: University of Michigan, Cardiovascular Disease
Rajan "Raj" Patel MD Master Faculty
Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, LA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Specialties: Interventional Cardiology, Complex PCI, CTO PCI (Director), Peripheral Interventions, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: Yale University
Fellowships: University of Virginia
Duane Pinto MD Master Faculty
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Boston, MA
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology; Vascular Medicine
Education
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowships: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Theodore "Ted" Schreiber MD Master Faculty
St. John’s Macomb Hospital Ascension – Warren, MI
Hospital Leadership: Chief of Cardiology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Carotid Artery Diseases, Coronary Artery Angioplasty & Stent, Coronary Atherectomy, Coronary Thrombosis, Heart Catheterization, Hemorrhage, Myocardial Infarction, Transluminal Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty, Unstable Angina
Education
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Residency: New York Hospital
Fellowships: William Beaumont Hospital
Timothy "Tim" Smith MD Master Faculty
The Christ Hospital – Cincinnati, OH
Director Cardio-Vascular Intensive Care Unit
Board Certifications: Critical Care, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Endovascular Medicine
Expertise: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care
Education
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
Fellowships: Rush University Medical Center
Rajiv "Raj" Tayal MD Master Faculty
Newark Beth Israel – Newark, NJ
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation, Nuclear Cardiology
Expertise: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences
Fellowship: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Craig Thompson MD Master Faculty
NYU Langone Hospitals – New York, NY
Leadership: (2014-2016) CMO Boston Scientific
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: University of Mississippi
Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, MGH
George Vetrovec MD Master Faculty
Virginia Commonwealth University, Professor Emeritus – Richmond, VA
Abiomed, Medical Consultant - Danvers, MA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: General Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Jason Wollmuth MD Master Faculty
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute – Portland, OR
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University School Of Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona
Fellowship: Washington University
Malissa Wood MD Master Faculty
Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA
Hospital Leadership: Co-Director, Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease
Specialties: Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease, Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), Cardiovascular disease in women, Cardiovascular disease prevention, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular disease in athletes, Valvular heart disease.
Education
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Residency and General Cardiology Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center