Meet Your Heart Team

Meet Your Center for Heart & Vascular Care Team

We’re home to a multi-disciplinary Heart and Vascular team, many are recognized internationally for their contributions to medicine and science–and appreciated deeply by patients and families for the compassionate care they provide.

Leadership

Robert E. Michler, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief, Montefiore Health System

Mario J. Garcia, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Richard J. Lucariello, MD

Clinic Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology, Wakefield Campus, Montefiore Medical Center

Our Specialists

Ibrahim Abdullah, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Aryeh Abelow, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Mohammed M. Algodi, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Anoushiravan Amini Hadjibashi, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Manaf Assafin, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Kujtim Balidemaj, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center

Anna Bortnick, MD, PhD

Associate Director, Structural and Valvular Heart Disease

Matthew Carnevale, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Richard Charney, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Jay Chudow, MD

Attending Physician Section of Clinical Cardiology Division of Cardiology

Joseph J. DeRose, MD

Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD

Section Head of Electrophysiology

Kevin J. Ferrick, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Stephen J. Forest, MD

Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation

John S. Futchko, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Marco Gentilucci, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Daniel Goldstein, MD

Vice Chairman, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Carlos A. Gongora, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Maday D. Gonzalez, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Mark A. Greenberg, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine

Jay N. Gross, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Michael J. Grushko, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Joseph B. Helft, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Edwin C. Ho, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Fathima F. Jahufar, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

William A. Jakobleff, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Ulrich P. Jorde, MD

Head of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support

Manasa Kanneganti, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Peter K. Keller, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Theodore N. Keltz, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Anna Kezerashvili, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Asma Khaliq, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Soo G. Kim, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Harold N. Klestzick, DO

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Guliz Kozdag Gold, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Mohamed Azeem Latib, MD

Section Head of Interventional Cardiology

Bryan R. Latzman, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

Daniel K. Levy, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Evan C. Lipsitz, MD

Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Ali Y. Mansour, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation

Marshall I. Matos, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Mark A. Menegus, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Andrea Mignatti, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Donald S. Miller, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine

Ernest S. Monrad, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Sandhya Murthy, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Moyses Niremberg, MD

Instructor, Department of Medicine

Charles W. Nordin, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Robert J. Ostfeld, MD, MS

Director of Preventive Cardiology

Snehal R. Patel, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Min Pu, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine

Daniel N. Pugliese, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Judah N. Rauch, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Yogita M. Rochlani, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Carlos J. Rodriguez, MD

Director, Clinical Cardiology Research

Maria A. Rodriguez, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Omar Saeed, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Aldo L. Schenone, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Larry A. Scher, MD

Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Saadat Shariff, MD

Attending Vascular Surgeon

Jooyoung J. Shin, MD

Section Head, Heart Failure

Daniel B. Sims, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Leandro N. Slipczuk Bustamante, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Brendon M. Stiles, MD

Chief, Divisions of Thoracic Surgery & Surgical Oncology

Tadahisa Sugiura, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Laura E. Sutaria, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Sonia S. Talathi, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Nicola Tarantino, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

James M. Tauras, MD

CCU Director, Weiler Hospital

Heather A. Trivedi, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Mayuko Uehara, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Samson Wiseman, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Danny Woo, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Patricia O. Yau, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Xiaodong Zhang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine