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

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Richard Shlofmitz, MD, Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®

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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

     

    • 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®

     

    • 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

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    TAVR

    • George Petrossian, MD
    • William Chung, MD
    • Andrew Berke, MD

    MitraClip

    • George Petrossian, MD
    • William Chung, MD
    • Andrew Berke, MD

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    • Joseph Levine, MD
    • Joshua Stern, MD
    • Vinod Jayam, MD
    • William Shin, MD
    • Gregory Siroky, MD
    • David Hock, MD

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    • Marlon Rosenbaum, MD

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    • 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

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    TAVR

    • Ezra Deutsch, MD
    • David Reich, MD
    • Paul Lee, MD
    • Michael Happes, MD
    • Thomas Chengot, DO

    MitraClip

    • David Reich, MD
    • Michael Happes, MD

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    • 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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    Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at Mercy Hospital (Rockville Centre, NY)

    Interventionalists

    • Sidartha Yadav, DO
    • Maulik Patel, MD

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    • Bassiema Ibrahim, MD

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    Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital (Smithtown, NY)

    Interventionalists

    • Ezra Deutsch, MD
    • Michael Happes, MD
    • Michael Rosenband, MD
    • Rakesh Patel, MD
    • Shahram Hormozi, MD
    • Shamin Khan, MD

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    • Abram Mozes, MD
    • Armen Ovsepian, MD
    • Michael Weber, MD
    • Leigh Hutchinson, MD
    • Alex Vidal, MD
    • Trevor Verga, MD

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    Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at St. Joseph Hospital (Bethpage, NY)

    Interventionalists

    • Allen Jeremias, MD
    • Ralph Caselnova, MD
    • Thomas Chengot, DO

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    Heart & Vascular Services