Meet Your Heart Failure & Transplant Team

Our heart failure and transplant team at Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care delivers advanced care using the latest techniques available. Working together, we create treatment plans tailored to the individual needs of each patient, and offer guidance and support at every step of the way.

Leadership

Ulrich P. Jorde, MD

Head of Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support

Daniel Goldstein, MD

Vice Chairman, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Mario J. Garcia, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Ibrahim Abdullah, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Our Specialists

Stephen J. Forest, MD

Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation

Fathima F. Jahufar, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

William A. Jakobleff, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

Sandhya Murthy, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Snehal R. Patel, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Yogita M. Rochlani, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Omar Saeed, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Jooyoung J. Shin, MD

Section Head, Heart Failure

Daniel B. Sims, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Tadahisa Sugiura, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery

James M. Tauras, MD

CCU Director, Weiler Hospital

Mayuko Uehara, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery