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
Jonathan A. Bradlow, MD
Attending Physician
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
Sammar Alsunaid, MD
Transplant Pulmonologist
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
Neel P. Chudgar, MD
Attending Physician
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
Nils A. Guttenplan, MD
Attending Physician
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
Shivank A. Madan, MD, Masters in Health Administration
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
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
Eugen C. Palma, MD
Attending Physician
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
Marc Vimolratana, MD, MS
General Thoracic Surgeon
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