Samson Wiseman
Heather A. Trivedi
<p>Non-invasive imaging including transthoracic and transesophageal  echocardiography; stress testing; clinical cardiology; women's health. </p>
Mark I. Travin
Dr. Travin's <span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">clinical focus is on cardiac stress testing, radionuclide myocardial (perfusion and metabolic) imaging, and quantitative blood flow.</span><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<span style="color:#4d4d4d;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;font-size:16px;background-color:#ffffff;">Dr. Travin's research focus is on cardiac innervation radionuclide imaging with I-123 mIBG and analogous PET tracers, and quantitative blood flow assessment with myocardial perfusion PET.</span><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Mark I. Travin, MD, FACC, MASNC, is Director of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine at Montefiore. He is also a Professor of Radiology and Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on cardiac stress testing, radionuclide myocardial (perfusion and metabolic) imaging, and quantitative blood flow.</p><p>Dr. Travin earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in 1979 at Yale College, followed by his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1983 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After graduating, he went on to complete both an internship and a residency in medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital. In 1986, Dr. Travin began a fellowship in cardiology at the Brown University Integrated Fellowship Program. After that, he went on to complete a clinical and research fellowship in medicine and cardiology, with emphasis in nuclear cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. </p><p>Dr. Travin?s research focus is on cardiac innervation radionuclide imaging with I-123 mIBG and analogous PET tracers, and quantitative blood flow assessment with myocardial perfusion PET. He has a significant body of published research on cardiac imaging, and has received numerous awards and honors, including the Cardiology Program Director?s Training Award, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2015 Zaret-Beller Distinguished Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Service Award. </p>
Vlad A. Tomuta
Jose M. Taveras
Nicole J. Sutton
Pulmonary Hypertension
Single Ventricle
Radiation Safety
Quality Improvement
<p>Nicole Jampol Sutton, MD, is Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Director, Invasive Cardiology, Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and Interim Codirector, Pediatric Heart Center at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Sutton’s clinical focus is on congenital heart disease, pediatric interventional cardiology, pediatric pulmonary hypertension and adult congenital heart disease.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1994, Dr. Sutton attended New York University Medical School, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1998. She began her postdoctoral training with a three-year pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, which she completed in 2001. She followed this with a cardiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, acting as Chief Cardiology Fellow in 2004 and Senior Catheterization Fellow in 2005.</p><p>Dr. Sutton’s research focuses on improving interventional techniques and on quality improvement in the cardiac catheterization lab, including radiation safety. She is also involved in several clinical trials of medications for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Her work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, books and abstracts. Dr. Sutton is a reviewer for several journals including the <em>American Journal of Cardiology</em>, <em>Pediatric Cardiology</em> and <em>Cardiology in the Young</em>.</p><p>Dr. Sutton is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. In 2005, she was winner of the poster competition in clinical science at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. </p>
Asli S. Sucu
Tihomir Stefanec
<p>I am interested in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. My current interest is Critical Care Medicine. </p>
Multidisciplinary Critical Care Medicine (Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Cardiothoracic).<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Role of the endothelium and its progenitors in the pathogenesis of disease.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Tihomir Stefanec, MD, is Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Neurology at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is multidisciplinary critical care medicine including medical, surgical, neurologic and cardiothoracic critical care.</p><p>After earning his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Zagreb Medical School in Zagreb, Croatia in 1992, Dr. Stefanec completed an internal medicine internship and residency at Long Island College Hospital in 1997. He then completed a critical care medicine fellowship at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in 1999. Following this, Dr. Stefanec completed a pulmonary medicine fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001.</p><p>Dr. Stefanec’s past research focuses on the role of the endothelium and its progenitors in the pathogenesis of disease. His work has been published in peer-reviewed original publications, reviews, editorials and abstracts, and he has presented nationally.</p><p>Dr. Stefanec is board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, as well as in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians since 2003, and is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians and the European Respiratory Society.</p>