Xiaodong Zhang

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Xiaodong

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 19.5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Xiaodong Zhang, MD, PhD, FHRS received his medical degree at Qingdao University, China. Dr. Zhang completed his fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and cardiac electrophysiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He earned his PhD degree in cardiac electrophysiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He then come to US to finish his second cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222;">Dr Zhang is now Attending Physician at Montefiore Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He specializes in the treatment of complex arrhythmias, particularly in catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias and ventricular tachycardia using cutting-edge technology. He is one of the few electrophysiologists in the country who performs these procedures without fluoroscopy, which avoids radiation exposure to both patients and staff. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Zhang has an exceptional ablation experience, he completed more than 2000 ablation procedures totally.</span></p>

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Luigi Di Biase

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<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Luigi Di Biase is Section Head of Electrophysiology, Director of Arrhythmia Services, and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Einstein/Montefiore. In addition, he serves as Senior Researcher at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.</p>
<p>Improving patient care is the heart of Dr. Di Biase's mission. He believes that this is possible through dedicated clinical practice associated to cutting-edge clinical research. Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology with specific emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. Additionally, his research focuses on heart failure, particularly cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is a 2000 graduate (summa cum laude) of the medical school and a 2004 graduate (summa cum laude) of the cardiology residency program at the University of Bari, Bari, Italy. In 2006, he completed a second-level master degree in Electrophysiology and Pacing (summa cum laude) at the University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.</p>
<p>In 2007, Dr. Di Biase received a grant from the Italian National Society of Cardiology to pursue a research fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Natale at the Miller Family Heart &amp; Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. The following year, he accepted a position in cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Texas Medical School Branch in Galveston, Texas, where he continued to focus on his research projects at St. David's Medical Center under the leadership of Dr. Natale.</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase was appointed Assistant Professor in 2007 at the University of Foggia, Italy, where he completed the PhD program in cardiovascular physiopathology in November 2010.</p>
<p>In 2009, Dr. Di Biase was appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor in 2012, the same year he joined Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center&nbsp;with the title of Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology).</p>
<p>In September 2014 Dr. Di Biase was appointed Section Head of Electrophysiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services at Einstein/Montefiore, while continuing to serve as Senior Researcher at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Subsequently Dr. Di Biase was promoted to the rank of Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Cardiology).</p>
<p>Dr. Di Biase is the author of more than 450 publications in indexed journals, about 500 abstracts, and 18 electrophysiology book chapters. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences as an invited speaker.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Di Biase is a member of the Italian Federation of Cardiology and Electrophysiology (FIC-AIAC), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), and the American College of Cardiology (FACC). He is also an honorary member of the Korean Society of Cardiology.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr Di Biase serves as reviewer of major electrophysiology and cardiology journals, and as an editorial board member of&nbsp;<em>Heart Rhythm Journal</em>,&nbsp;<em>Heart Rhythm Journal Case Report</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine</em>. He is Associate Editor for&nbsp;<em>Journal Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE)</em>&nbsp;and Associate Section Editor for&nbsp;<em>Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE)</em>.</p>
<p class="lessPadding">Dr. Di Biase sees patients on both Einstein and Moses campuses of Montefiore Medical Center and at the Hutch Metro Center at Water Place.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/cardiology/ne…; target="blank">Can the shape of the left atrial appendage affect stroke risk?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/cardiology/ne…; target="blank">Continuous Warfarin Therapy for Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation</a></p>
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<p>Improving patient care is the heart of Dr. Di Biase's mission. He believes this is possible through dedicated clinical practice associated to cutting-edge clinical research.</p>

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<p>Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology with specific emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. Additionally, his research focuses on heart failure, particularly cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p>

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<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P, Sanchez J, Mohanty S, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Bailey SM, Zagrodzky JD, Santangeli P, Hao S, Hongo R, Beheiry S, Themistoclakis S, Bonso A, Rossillo A, Corrado A, Raviele A, Al-Ahmad A, Wang P, Cummings JE, Schweikert RA, Pelargonio G, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Santarelli P, Lewis WR, Natale A. Left atrial appendage: an underrecognized trigger site of atrial fibrillation. Circulation. 2010;122:109-18. PMID 20606120.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Mohanty P, Sanchez J, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Lakkireddy D, Verma A, Khaykin Y, Hongo R, Hao S, Beheiry S, Pelargonio G, Della Russo A, Casella M, Santarelli P, Santangeli P, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Patel D, Themistoclakis S, Bonso A, Rossillo A, Corrado A, Raviele A, Cummings JE, Schweikert RA, Lewis WR, Natale A. Periprocedural stroke and management of major bleeding complications in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the impact of periprocedural therapeutic international normalized ratio. Circulation. 2010;121:2550-6. Epub 2010 Jun 1. PMID: 20516376.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Burkhardt JD, Santangeli P, Mohanty P, Sanchez JE, Horton R, Gallinghouse GJ, Themistoclakis S, Rossillo A, Lakkireddy D, Reddy M, Hao S, Hongo R, Beheiry S, Zagrodzky J, Rong B, Mohanty S, Elayi CS, Forleo G, Pelargonio G, Narducci ML, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Fassini G, Tondo C, Schweikert RA, Natale A. Periprocedural Stroke and Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation With Different Anticoagulation Management: Results From the Role of Coumadin in Preventing Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation (COMPARE) Randomized Trial. Circulation. 2014 ;129:2638-44.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Burkhardt D, Bai R, Mohanty P, Carbucicchio C, Dello Russo A, Casella M, Mohanty S, Pump A, et al. Endo-epicardial homogenization of the scar versus limited substrate ablation for the treatment of electrical storms in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 60:132-141.</li>
<li>Di Biase L, Santangeli P, Anselmino M, Mohanty P, Salvetti I, Gili S, Horton R, Sanchez JE, Bai R, Mohanty S, Pump A, Mauricio Cereceda Brantes, Gallinghouse GJ, Burkhardt JD, Federico Cesarani, Scaglione M, Natale A, Gaita F. Does the left atrial appendage morphology correlate with the risk of stroke in patients with AF? Result from a multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:531-8.</li>
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<p>Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is Section Head of Electrophysiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services at Montefiore as well as Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at our&nbsp;<a href="http://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/13629/luigi-di-biase/&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Albert Einstein College of Medicine</a>.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase attended University of Bari in Bari, Italy, graduating&nbsp;from its medical school in 2000 and Cardiology residency program in 2004. In 2006, he completed a second-level master&rsquo;s degree in Electrophysiology and Pacing at the University of Insubria, in Varese, Italy.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Di Biase received a grant from the Italian National Society of Cardiology to pursue a research fellowship at the Miller Family Heart &amp; Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Di Biase completed the PhD program in cardiovascular physiopathology at the University of Foggia, Italy, in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase's research focuses on cardiology and electrophysiology, with an emphasis on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias performed either manually or with robotic catheter navigation. His research focuses on heart failure, particularly in cases treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase is the author of more than 450 publications in indexed journals, roughly 500 abstracts, and 16 electrophysiology book chapters. He has presented as an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences and serves as Associate Editor for Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) as well as&nbsp;the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology (JICE). He is the Editorial Team Lead for the American College of Cardiology in the field of Electrophysiology. He co-authored the 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation, which is globally referenced for best-practices in cardiac ablation.</p><p>Dr. Di Biase is the highest published Electrophysiology faculty member and is also one of the world&rsquo;s most published physicians on the topic of cardiac electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation.<br /><br /> Dr. Di Biase is a member of the Italian Federation of Cardiology and Electrophysiology (FIC- AIAC), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American Heart Association (AHA). He is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS) and the American College of Cardiology (FACC), and is an honorary member of the Korean Society of Cardiology.</p>

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Lili Zhang

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Lili

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Non-invasive cardiology, echocardiography, cardio-oncology, multimodality cardiovascular imaging

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Cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis, and the application of multimodality imaging and machine-learning techniques in cardiovascular disease.

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<p>Lili Zhang, MD, is Director, Cardio-Oncology Program and Assistant Professor, Cardiology at Montefiore Einstein. A non-invasive cardiologist and a cardiac imaging specialist, Dr. Zhang&rsquo;s clinical focus is in Cardio-Oncology, cardiomyopathy, general cardiology, echocardiography and multimodality cardiac imaging.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Zhang earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Peking University, Beijing, China. Further education and postdoctoral training brought her to the U.S., completing her Master of Science in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2011. She then came to Einstein, completing her residency in internal medicine in 2015 and her fellowship in cardiology in 2018. In 2019, Dr. Zhang completed her fellowship in Cardio-Oncology and cardiac imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital.</p><p>Dr. Zhang&rsquo;s research focuses on cardiotoxicity of cancer therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis, cardiovascular care and the application of multimodality imaging and machine-learning techniques in cardiovascular disease. Her research experience includes retrospective studies, prospective cohorts (ARIC and CHS), large multi-cohort consortiums (CHARGE and PAGE consortiums), randomized clinical trials (PROMISE trial), and international collaborative registries (international immune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis registry and Global Cardio Oncology Registry). She has shared her work through more than 60 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and abstract publications.</p><p>Dr. Zhang is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and is a member of the American Heart Association and the international Cardio-Oncology Society. In 2021, she was awarded the Glorney-Raisbeck Junior Faculty Research Award in Cardiovascular Disease by New York Academy of Medicine.</p>

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Heather A. Trivedi

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<p>Non-invasive imaging including transthoracic and transesophageal &#160;echocardiography; stress testing; clinical cardiology; women's health.&#160;</p>

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James M. Tauras

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James

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<p>My major interests are teaching cardiology to trainees of all levels, as well as researching different teaching techniques.&nbsp; Areas of clinical expertise are congestive heart failure and echocardiography.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Jim Tauras, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist, Assistant Professor, Medicine and
Course Director,Cardiovascular Diseases Physiology and Pathophysiology at
Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Tauras&rsquo; major clinical interests include critical
care cardiology, congestive heart failure and cardiac amyloidosis.
</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in biological engineering from Cornell
University in 1995, Dr. Tauras earned his Doctor of Medicine at Weill Cornell
Medical College in 2003. He then came to Montefiore Einstein to complete an
internal medicine internship in 2004, an internal medicine residency in 2006
and a cardiology fellowship in 2009.
</p><p>Dr. Tauras has been site principal investigator for multiple national and
international clinical trials regarding novel therapeutics for acute heart
failure and cardiac amyloidosis. His work has been published in numerous
peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts, and he
has given several invited presentations.
</p><p>Dr. Tauras is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in
Cardiovascular Diseases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
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Leandro N. Slipczuk Bustamante

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Leandro

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Slipczuk Bustamante

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Clinical focus is the treatment of coronary artery disease, familial hypercholesterolemia and lipid disorders in both prevention and established diseases, cardiometabolic disorders, hypertension, valvular heart disease and heart failure with a comprehensive clinical and multimodality imaging approach.

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Dr. Slipczuk&rsquo;s research focus is on the identification of high-risk patients and plaque features, lipid disorders, cardiovascular imaging and valvular heart disease.

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<p>Leandro Slipczuk Bustamante, MD, PhD, FACC is a board certified cardiologist,&nbsp; Director of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Program and the Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis and Lipid Disorder Center at Montefiore Cardiology Division. Additionally, Dr. Slipczuk is an Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is the treatment of coronary artery disease, familial hypercholesterolemia and lipid disorders in both prevention and established diseases, cardiometabolic disorders, hypertension, valvular heart disease and heart failure with a comprehensive clinical and multimodality imaging approach.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Slipczuk received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Buenos Aires. He continued studying at this institution, and in 2010 received his Doctor of Philosophy. Dr. Slipczuk began his postgraduate training with a residency in internal medicine at Einstein Medical Center, which he completed in 2013. He then completed a fellowship in cardiology and advanced cardiovascular imaging in 2016 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.</p><p>Dr. Slipczuk&rsquo;s research focus is on the identification of high-risk patients and plaque features, lipid disorders, cardiovascular imaging and valvular heart disease. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and articles.</p><p>Dr. Slipczuk is board certified by the American Board of Clinical Lipidology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is also board certified in cardiovascular CT, comprehensive adult echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He is an active member of the National Lipid Association where he is a member of the publications committee as well as the imaging and cardiometabolic working groups. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.</p>

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Daniel B. Sims

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<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel Sims, MD, FAHA, FACC, serves as the Program Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program and is the Medical Director of the Moses Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Dr. Sims is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Originally from Bellmore, NY, Dr. Sims graduated from Yale University with a BA in history in 1999. He attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, graduating in 2003. He stayed at Emory for his 3-year internal medicine internship and residency training, finishing in 2006. He was selected to stay an additional one year to serve as the chief resident at the Emory University Hospital. Dr. Sims did his 3-year cardiology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center and served as chief cardiology fellow during his final year, finishing in 2010. He completed an additional one-year advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship at Columbia in 2011. Dr. Sims returned to Emory to serve on the cardiology faculty and as a member of the Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After 2 years, Dr. Sims was recruited to Montefiore in 2013 to be the Medical Director for the Moses CICU and a member of the cardiac transplant and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) team. At Montefiore, Dr. Sims has been active in clinical research involving heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac critical care, cardiac transplantation, and LVADs. He has mentored numerous residents and fellows on research projects. Dr. Sims served 2 2-year terms as a member of the AHA&rsquo;s Acute Cardiac Care Committee and has been a member of the AHA writing groups for scientific statements on neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest, management of fulminant myocarditis, the prevention of complications in the CICU, and escalating and de-escalating temporary mechanical circulatory support devices. Dr. Sims is a two-time winner of the Department of Medicine&rsquo;s Sharon R. Silbiger Faculty Teaching Award as the subspecialist of the year. Prior to becoming Program Director, Dr. Sims was a two-time winner of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program &ldquo;Program Director&rsquo;s Training Award.&rdquo; Dr. Sims is board certified in Cardiology as well as in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.&nbsp;</p>

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Dr. Sim's clinical focus has been the treatment of patients with acute and chronic heart failure due to multiple kinds of cardiomyopathy such as dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive, among others.&nbsp;

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Dr. Sims&rsquo; research focuses on a number of topics, including the delivery of cardiac critical care and improving outcomes in the CICU and the use of temporary mechanical circulatory support with intra-aortic balloon pumps, Impella, percutaneous heart pumps, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) pumps and other devices to treat cardiogenic shock. He also aims to improve left ventricular assist device patient and heart transplant patient survival.&nbsp;

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<p>Daniel Sims, MD, serves as the Program Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program and is the Medical Director of the Moses Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Dr. Sims is an Associate Professor of Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Originally from Bellmore, NY, Dr. Sims graduated from Yale University with a BA in history in 1999. He attended medical school at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, graduating in 2003. He stayed at Emory for his 3-year internal medicine internship and residency training, finishing in 2006. He was selected to stay an additional one year to serve as the chief resident at the Emory University Hospital. Dr. Sims did his 3-year cardiology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center and served as chief cardiology fellow during his final year, finishing in 2010. He completed an additional one-year advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship at Columbia in 2011. Dr. Sims returned to Emory to serve on the cardiology faculty and as a member of the Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation.</p><p>After 2 years, Dr. Sims was recruited to Montefiore in 2013 to be the Medical Director for the Moses CICU and a member of the cardiac transplant and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) team. His clinical focus has been the treatment of patients with acute and chronic heart failure due to multiple kinds of cardiomyopathy such as dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive, among others. Dr. Sims also cares for patients with myocarditis, left ventricular assist devices, and cardiac transplants.</p><p>Dr. Sims has been active in clinical research involving heart failure, cardiogenic shock, temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, cardiac critical care, cardiac transplantation, and LVADs. He has mentored numerous residents and fellows on research projects and his work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Dr. Sims served 2 2-year terms as a member of the AHA&rsquo;s Acute Cardiac Care Committee and has been a member of the AHA writing groups for scientific statements on neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest, management of fulminant myocarditis, the prevention of complications in the CICU, and escalating and de-escalating temporary mechanical circulatory support devices. Dr. Sims is a two-time winner of the Department of Medicine&rsquo;s Sharon R. Silbiger Faculty Teaching Award as the subspecialist of the year. Prior to becoming Program Director, Dr. Sims was a two-time winner of the Cardiology Fellowship Training Program &ldquo;Program Director&rsquo;s Training Award.&rdquo; Dr. Sims is a member of the AHA, the ACC, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Additionally, he is board certified in Cardiology as well as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.</p>

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Jooyoung (Julia) Shin

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Dr. Shin's clinical focus is on caring for patients with heart failure, particularly providing expertise in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.

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Heart failure treatment is the primary focus of Dr. Shin&rsquo;s research. She is the site principal investigator for the effectiveness of omecamtiv mecarbil/AMG 423 to treat chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (GALACTIC-HF) and multiple cardiac sensors for the management of heart failure (MANAGE-HF) trials.

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<p>Jooyoung Julia Shin, MD, is Fellowship Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Shin&rsquo;s clinical focus centers on heart failure, cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan in 1994, Dr. Shin earned her Doctor of Medicine at George Washington University in 1999. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland in 2002 before completing a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Emory University in 2005. Following this, Dr. Shin remained at Emory to complete an additional fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology in 2006.</p><p>Dr. Shin&rsquo;s research focuses on fellow education. She has been principal investigator and co-principal investigator on several funded research projects, and she has presented at invited lectures nationwide. Her work has also been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she has been a reviewer for scientific publications, including the <em>Mayo Clinic Proceedings</em>, the <em>American Journal of Cardiology</em> and <em>Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Shin is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.</p>

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Carlos J. Rodriguez

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Carlos

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Dr. Rodriguez&rsquo;s clinical focus is general cardiology, echocardiology, hypertension, heart failure and cholesterol management.

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Expanding on his clinical focus, Dr. Rodriguez&rsquo;s research investigates cardiovascular epidemiology and the impact of psychosocial and behavioral factors on cardiovascular health.

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<p>Carlos Jose Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, is Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Research at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs and Attending Physician, Echocardiology and Cardiology at Montefiore. Dr. Rodriguez&rsquo;s clinical focus is general cardiology, echocardiology, hypertension, heart failure and cholesterol management.</p><p>In 1992, Dr. Rodriguez received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He then attended Columbia University College, receiving both his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees in 1996. In 1996, he began a three-year internship and residency in internal medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. He continued training at this institution and completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases in 2002. Dr. Rodriguez then completed an advanced clinical and research fellowship in 2003 at Columbia University&rsquo;s College of Physicians and Surgeons.</p><p>Expanding on his clinical focus, Dr. Rodriguez&rsquo;s research investigates cardiovascular epidemiology and the impact of psychosocial and behavioral factors on cardiovascular health. He has shared his work at many of invited presentations and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and books.</p><p>From 1989 to 1996, Dr. Rodriguez worked with the United States National Guard as a combat medic. In 2007, he received the Columbia University Medical Center Diversity Faculty Research Award.</p><p>Dr. Rodriguez is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography.</p>

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Yogita M. Rochlani

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Yogita

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Rochlani

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Dr. Rochlani's clinical areas of focus include cardiac sarcoidosis, myocarditis, cardiac transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Rochlani's research interests include inflammatory cardiomyopathies, particularly cardiac sarcoidosis, donor selection for transplantation, and factors that impact post-transplant longevity, particularly cardiac allograft vasculopathy. She serves as a principal investigator for a study evaluating the phenotypic profiles and natural history of cardiac sarcoidosis, and as the site principal investigator for the Cardiac Sarcoidosis Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial evaluating immunosuppressive treatment strategies for the treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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