Division Chief
Mario J. Garcia, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Professor, Department of Radiology
Pauline Levitt Chair in Medicine
Chief, Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.4117
Fax: 718.920.6798
mariogar@montefiore.org
Judah N. Rauch, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.6700
Fax: 718.920.7447
jrauch@montefiore.org
Dario F. Riascos Bernal, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room: G35S
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.2882
Fax: 718.430.8989
dario.riascosbernal@einsteinmed.edu
Areas of Research: Molecular mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cell biology that drive cardiovascular disease, the number one cause of death worldwide. Emphasis on restenosis, atherosclerosis, and acute coronary syndrome.
Yogita M. Rochlani, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2626
yrochlani@montefiore.org
Areas of Research: Cardiac sarcoidosis, inflammatory cardiomyopathies, cardiac transplantation
Carlos J. Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Epidemiology)
Director, Clinical Cardiology Research
Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Block, Room: 509
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.2232
carlos.rodriguez@einsteinmed.edu
Maria A. Rodriguez, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2248
Fax: 718.652.1833
mariar@montefiore.org
Omar Saeed, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
MMC-MAP, Room: 7305
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2626
Fax: 718.652.1833
osaeed@montefiore.org
Areas of Research: Mechanisms of thrombosis and hemorrhage during mechanical circulatory support; hemolysis; heart transplantation.
Gaetano Santulli, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room: G35A
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.3370
Fax: 718.430.8989
gaetano.santulli@einsteinmed.edu
Areas of Research: Aging, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus, Gerontology, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Calcium, microRNA, Endothelium, Mitochondria, Exosomes, Angiogenesis, Physiology, Myocardial Infarction, Pancreatic Beta Cells, Fibrosis.
Jooyoung (Julia) Shin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
MMC-MAP, Room: 7301
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2248
Fax: 718.652.1833
jushin@montefiore.org
Nicholas E.S. Sibinga, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room: G46
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.2881
nicholas.sibinga@einsteinmed.edu
Areas of Research: Basic mechanisms of vascular remodeling and obstruction, including relevant inflammatory, metabolic, and signaling pathways, with evaluation via mouse models of vascular injury, graft vascular disease, and atherosclerosis.
Daniel B. Sims, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
MMC-MAP, Room: 7-307
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2626
Fax: 718.652.1833
dsims@montefiore.org
Leandro N. Slipczuk Bustamante, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
MMC-MOSES, Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.4117
Fax: 718.920.6798
lslipczukb@montefiore.org
Seth I. Sokol, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building 1, Room: 5W
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.918.5735
seth.sokol@nychhc.org
David C. Spray, Ph.D.
Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Center
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Room: 840
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.2537
Fax: 718.430.8594
david.spray@einsteinmed.edu
Kai Su, M.S.
Associate, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room: G48
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.8098
kai.su@einsteinmed.edu
James M. Tauras, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Room: 2S-46
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.904.4009
jtauras@montefiore.org
Jose M. Taveras, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.4116
Fax: 718.920.6798
jostaver@montefiore.org
Gurkan F. Taviloglu, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
2814 Middletown Road
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 347.657.1700
Fax: 718.823.6070
gtavilog@montefiore.org
Rosy Thachil, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building 1, Room: 5E2
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.918.5937
Fax: 718.918.7370
thachilr@nychhc.org
Jincy Thankachen, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building 1, Room: 5E2
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.918.5904
Fax: 718.918.7370
thankachenj@nychhc.org
Nidhish Tiwari, M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building 1, Room: 5E-2F
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.918.8884
Fax: 888.588.2920
nidhish.tiwari@nychhc.org
Gordon F. Tomaselli, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Montefiore Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Belfer Building, Room: 312
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.2801
Fax: 718.430.8705
gordon.tomaselli@einsteinmed.edu
Mark I. Travin, M.D.
Professor, Department of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine)
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.5011
mtravin@montefiore.org
Sasa Vukelic, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.2424
Fax: 718.652.1833
svukelic@montefiore.org
Samson Wiseman, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
3201 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.933.2244
Fax: 718.365.0657
swiseman@montefiore.org
Diana S. Wolfe, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health (Maternal Fetal Medicine)
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Room: 701
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.904.2794
Fax: 718.904.2799
dwolfe@montefiore.org
Danny Woo, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
1578 Williamsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.892.7817
dawoo@montefiore.org
Lili Zhang, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.8162
Fax: 718.231.6257
lilizhan@montefiore.org
Areas of Research: Cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis, racial disparities in cardiovascular care and the application of multimodality imaging and machine-learning techniques in cardiovascular disease.
Xiaodong Zhang, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.7929
Fax: 718.547.2111
xiaozhan@montefiore.org
Areas of Research: Atrial arrhythmia, ventricular arrhythmia, cardiovascular implantable electronic device and left atrial appendage closure
Bin Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics
Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetic Medicine)
Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael F. Price Center
1301 Morris Park Avenue
Room: 420
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.678.1067
Fax: 718.678.1016
bin.zhou@einsteinmed.edu
Areas of Research: Heart Development, Disease, Aging and Repair
Fenglan Zhu, M.D.
Associate, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room: G48
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.430.8081
fenglan.zhu@einsteinmed.edu
Part-Time Faculty
Kalman Ausubel, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.796.0100
Kausubel@cs.com
Kujtim Balidemaj, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center - Division of Cardiology
2426 Eastchester Road
Room: 202
Bronx, NY 10469
Tel: 718.708.5470
Fax: 718.708.4715
kbalidem@montefiore.org
Anna Kezerashvili, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 646.530.8447
Fax: 718.577.5462
ankezera@montefiore.org
Heather A. Trivedi, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.904.2927
Fax: 718.904.2675
htrivedi@montefiore.org
Voluntary Faculty
Miguel A. Alvarez Villela, M.D.
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Building 1, Room: 5W
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.918.5735
Fax: 718.918.5733
miguel.alvarezvillela@nychhc.org
Sachin Kumar Amruthlal Jain, M.B.B.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jain Medical PC
944 North Broadway
Room: 106
Yonkers, NY 10583
Tel: 348.961.1758
Fax: 917.979.8170
jaincardiovascular@gmail.com
Jonathan A. Bradlow, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
3201 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10468
Tel: 718.933.2244
Fax: 718.365.0657
jbradlow@montefiore.org
Vikram Brahmanandam, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
East Hawaii Health Clinic
1190 Waianuenue Avenue
Hilo, HI 96720
Tel: 808.932.3730
Fax: 808.974.6798
vbrahmanandam@hhsc.org
Martin Noel Cohen, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
1825 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.904.2927
Fax: 718.904.2675
macohen@montefiore.org
John Devens Fisher, M.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.4292
Fax: 718.547.2111
jfisher@montefiore.org
William H. Frishman, M.D.
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
New York Medical College
Administration Building
Munger Pavilion
Room: 263
Valhalla, NY 10595
Tel: 914.594.4383
Fax: 914.594.4432
william_frishman@nymc.edu
Bernard Gitler, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Westchester Heart Specialists
150 Lockwood Avenue
Suite 28
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Tel: 914.633.7870
Fax: 914.633.7626
bgmd@aol.com
Garet Mark Gordon, M.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.7638
Fax: 718.920.7709
ggordon@montefiore.org
Cesar J. Herrera, M.D.
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Room: 2F
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: 718.920.4172
Fax: 718.920.6798
Rita A. Jermyn, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Saint Francis Hospital
100 Port Washington Boulevard
Room: G02
Roslyn, NY 11567
Tel: 516.562.6426
rita.jermyn@chsli.org
Ilya V. Kaplan, M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore Medical Center
1200 Waters Place
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: 718.881.4891
Theodore N. Keltz, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore New Rochelle
150 Lockwood Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Tel: 914.633.7870
Fax: 914.633.7626
Thomas K. Landau, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
16 Guion Place
New Rochelle, NY 10802
Tel: 914.365.3615
Thomas V. McDonald, M.D.
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
University of South Florida
12901 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Room: 36
Tampa, FL 33612
Areas of Research: Ion channel behavior in health and disease with a focus on human genetics, structure/function relationships, epigenetics and regulation of protein translation.
Donald S. Miller, M.D.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
Montefiore New Rochelle
150 Lockwood Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Tel: 914.633.7870
Fax: 914.633.7626
donmille@montefiore.org