Nationally Recognized Cardiac Care
Our nationally-recognized heart and vascular program is led by Dr. Richard Shlofmitz, Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital Chairman of Cardiology, and a dedicated and compassionate team of cardiology experts in multiple disciplines.
St. Francis Heart Center
In addition to Long Island's most awarded heart program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® in Roslyn, NY, you can find excellence in heart and vascular care at St. Francis Heart Center locations across Long Island.
Our Leadership
Richard Shlofmitz, MD, Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
Newell Robinson, MD, Chair, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Newell Robinson, MD, Chair, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Albert DiMeo, MD, Vice Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Edward Lundy, MD, Surgical Director, Left Ventricular Assist Device and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program (LVAD/MCS) at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Lawrence Garcia, MD, Director, Endovascular Intervention and Vascular Medicine at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Lawrence Durban, MD, Chief, Thoracic Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Christopher La Mendola, MD, Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Program at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- Timothy Carter, MD, Director, Aortic Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® Open Heart Surgery Program at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- Larry Altschul, MD, Chief, Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- Thierry Duchatellier, MD, Section Chief, Cardiology at Mercy Hospital
- George Petrossian, MD, Director, Interventional Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Thomas Pappas, MD, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Evan Shlofmitz, MD, Director, Intravascular Imaging at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- William Chung, MD, Director, Transcatheter Mitral Interventions at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Ezra Deutsch, MD, Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- David Reich, MD, Chief, Interventional Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- Gary Freidman, MD, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mercy Hospital
- Sidharth Yadav, DO, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mercy Hospital
- Ralph Caselnova, MD, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Joseph Hospital
- Allen Jeremias, MD, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Joseph Hospital; Associate Director, Cardiac Cath Lab at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Director, Interventional Cardiology Research at St. Francis Hospital
- Rakesh Patel, MD, Chief, Invasive Cardiology at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
- Joseph Levine, MD, Director, Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Center at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Armen Ovsepian, MD, Director, Electrophysiology Services at Good Samaritan University Hospital; Chief, Electrophysiology at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
- Rita Jermyn, MD, Director, Advanced Cardio Therapeutics Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and Heart Failure Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Syed Saad Mahmood, MD, Director, Cardio-Oncology Program at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Sean Levchuck, MD, Chair, Pediatric Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Douglas Luxenberg, MD, Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital
- Omar Khalique, MD, Director, Cardiovascular Imaging at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research and Education at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Jie Jane Cao, MD, Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Director, Translational Research at DeMatteis Research Institute
- Ziad Ali, MD, Director, DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute; Director, Investigational Interventional Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Director, Cardiorenal Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
- Jaffar Khan, MD, Director, Cardiovascular Innovation Services at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®; Associate Director, Structural Heart Research Services at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
Our Care Team
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Interventionalists
- Richard Shlofmitz, MD
- George Petrossian, MD
- Thomas Pappas, MD
- Meyer Abittan, MD
- Ziad Ali, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Ari Ezratty, MD
- Gary Friedman, MD
- Alan Goldman, MD
- Andrew Grunwald, MD
- Allen Jeremias, MD
- Andrew Lituchy, MD
- Antonio Madrid, MD
- Stephen Mezzafonte, MD
- Joseph Minadeo, MD
- Edward Oruci, MD
- Chong Park, MD
- Maulik Patel, MD
- Kiran Reddy, MD
- Evan Shlofmitz, DO
- Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, MD
- Sidartha Yadav, DO
- Jeffery Moses, MD
Interventional Neurology
- Jeffrey Farkas, MD
- Karthikeyan Arcot, MD
- David Turkel-Parrella, MD
- Jeremy Liff, MD
- Nitin Mariwalla, MD
- Ambooj Tiwari, MD
- Miguel Litao, MD
- Ketevan Kerekashvili, MD
Invasive
- Rita Jermyn, MD
- Patrick Monteleone, MD
- Felix Oviasu, MD
- Aman Shah, MD
(Pulmonary embolisms) INARI/EKOS
- Kiran Reddy, MD
Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- (adult and pediatric) Sean Levchuck, MD
TAVR
- George Petrossian, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
MitraClip
- George Petrossian, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
- Joseph Levine, MD
- Joshua Stern, MD
- Vinod Jayam, MD
- William Shin, MD
- Gregory Siroky, MD
- David Hock, MD
- Marlon Rosenbaum, MD
- Omar Khalique, MD
- Eddy Barasch, MD
- Sylvia Biso, MD
- Jane Cao, MD
- Lu Chen, MD
- Jason Craft, MD
- Kana Fujikura, MD
- Amanda Leung, MD
- Dennis Mihalatos, MD
- Afiachukwu Onuegbu, MD
- Roosha Parikh, MD
- Vijayapraveena Paruchuri, MD
- Xiao Ren, MD
- Kathleen Stergiopoulos, MD
- Billal Tokhi, DO
- Andrew Van Tosh, MD
- Lin Wang, MD
- Haoyi Zheng, MD
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Interventionalists
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Matthew Liakos, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Ralph Caselnova, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
- Samy Selim, MD
- Puneet Gandotra, MD
Interventional Neurology
- Kimon Bekelis, MD
- Symeon Missios, MD
(Pulmonary embolisms) INARI/EKOS
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Matthew Liakos, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Ralph Caselnova, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- David Reich, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
TAVR
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
MitraClip
- David Reich, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Armen Ovsepian, MD
- Justin Shaber, MD
- Eric Uyguanco, MD
- Alex Vidal, MD
- Ching Wei Russell Chen, MD
- Michael Weber, MD
- Leigh Ann Hutchinson, MD
- Anastasios Manaris, MD
- Todd Cohen, MD
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- Bassiema Ibrahim, MD
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Interventionalists
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Michael Rosenband, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Shamin Khan, MD
- Abram Mozes, MD
- Armen Ovsepian, MD
- Michael Weber, MD
- Leigh Hutchinson, MD
- Alex Vidal, MD
- Trevor Verga, MD