Here are 154 cardiologists stepping into new roles:
Note: This is a running list of all cardiology appointments made in 2023 and is updated regularly.
- Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare appointed David Shavelle, MD, chief of cardiology of the system.
- NYU Langone Health in New York City appointed Michelle Bloom, MD, system director of its cardio-oncology program, effective Dec. 1.
- CHI Health Clinic Heart Institute in Kearney, Neb., welcomed two interventional cardiologists: Hemang Panchal, MD, and John Waters, MD.
- Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network added Sheryl Christy, DO, to its team of cardiologists.
- Siloam Springs (Ark.) Regional Hospital added interventional cardiologist Anthony Klappa, MD, to its team of providers.
- John Streitman, MD, a board-certified cardiac surgeon with a special interest in complex cardiovascular cases, joined the Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as an associate professor.
- Anchorage-based Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute added Jasleen Tiwana, MD, an interventional cardiologist, to its team.
- Covington, Ga.-based Piedmont Newton Hospital and Piedmont Heart Institute welcomed two cardiologists, Kalaimani Elango, MD, and Maulikkumar Patel, MD, who formed the Piedmont Heart of Newton.
- Cincinnati Children's named Michael Gaies, MD, executive co-director of its heart institute.
- New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Raymond Benza, MD, director of pulmonary hypertension.
- Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular Institute added Dorothy Pei, MD, to its team of cardiologists.
- Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences added Muhammad Ali Zulqarnain, MD, to its cardiology staff.
- Bethlehem, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute added seven cardiologists to its practice:
- Amornpol Anuwatworn, MD, joined the non-invasive cardiology team, specializing in cardiovascular imaging.
- Courtney Bennett, DO, joined the noninvasive cardiology team as director of inpatient cardiac services specializing in cardiovascular disease and critical care.
- Arune Gulati, MD, joined the noninvasive cardiology team, recently completing a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine.
- Mohamed Salem, MD, joined the interventional cardiology team working in the catheterization lab.
- Shivam Saxena, MD, joined the electrophysiology team, recently completing a clinical cardiac fellowship.
- Paul Secheresiu, DO, returned to LVHN following an interventional cardiology fellowship.
- Alison Wand, MD, joined the noninvasive cardiology team following a recent fellowship.
- Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomed interventional cardiologist David Lee, MD.
- Arkansas Heart Hospital, based in Little Rock, added Hamza Rayes, MD, to its team of cardiologists.
- Cardiologist Will Hurley, MD, joined Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's Cardiology Associates.
- Sanford Bemidji (Minn.) Heart and Vascular Center welcomed Linda Gossett, MD, to its cardiology team.
- Cardiothoracic surgical innovator David Winlaw, MD, was appointed division head of cardiovascular-thoracic surgery and surgical co-executive director of the Heart Center at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago starting Nov. 1.
- Baptist Health South Florida named Tom Nguyen, MD, chief medical executive and Barry T. Katzen Endowed Chair of Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
- Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health Network added two cardiologists to its team:
- George Linsenmeyer III, MD
- Zachary Curtis, MD
- Rome, Ga.-based AdventHealth Redmond welcomed three cardiologists:
- Ademola Adeseye, MD
- Dhru Girard, MD
- Cyrus Parsa, MD
- Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network added Islam Badawy, DO, to its team of cardiologists.
- Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center welcomed cardiologist Danielle Henkel, MD.
- Jacksonville, Fla.-based C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute at Wolfson Children’s Hospital welcomed three pediatric cardiologists:
- Judy Ashouri, MD, pediatric electrophysiologist
- Kaushal Dosani, MD, pediatric cardiac intensivist
- Umakumaran Ponniah, MD, pediatric cardiologist and cardiac imaging specialist
- Bader Alotaibi, MD, who practices clinical cardiac electrophysiology, joined Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Cardiology.
- The UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Williamsport, Pa., added three cardiologists to its team:
- David Ambrose, DO, a noninvasive cardiologist
- Robert Davis, DO, a cardiovascular disease specialist
- Thomas Scott, DO, an interventional cardiologist
- Iosif Gulkarov, MD, has been selected to be the new chief of cardiothoracic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens in New York City.
- Pankaj Malhotra, MD, joined MarinHealth's Cardiovascular Medicine clinic in Larkspur, Calif.
- Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Southeast Health is adding two cardiologists to its team in early 2024:
- Michael Pinson, MD, cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology.
- Darius Aliabadi, MD, interventional cardiologist.
- Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center welcomed non-invasive cardiologist Ryan Anderson, MD, to its team.
- Poplar Bluffs (Mo.) Regional Medical Center added Michael Lim, MD, to its medical staff.
- Vascular surgeons Theodore Teruya, MD, and Sally Schonefeld, MD, joined the Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute.
- Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center added Chikashi Nakai, MD, and Saeed Tarabichi, MD, to its division of cardiothoracic surgery.
- Cardiologist Roland Njei, MD, joined the Greenwood, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network.
- Cardio-oncologist Kevin Cao, MD, joined the cardiology and oncology teams at Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health.
- Linda Njoroge, MD, and George Koromia, MD, joined Sandusky, Ohio-based Firelands Physician Group.
- Houston-based Modern Heart and Vascular Institute welcomed interventional cardiologist Mouzam Faroqui, MD, to its practice.
- Cardiologist Cherisse Baldeo, MD, joined Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health and the Baxter Health Cardiology Clinic at Harrison (Ark.).
- Interventional cardiologist Hadi Elias, MD, has joined Thibodaux (La.) Regional Health System.
- Anne Cahill, MD, joined Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Heart & Vascular Institute as a cardiothoracic surgeon.
- Cardiologist Abul Basher, MD, joined Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network.
- Dilpreet Singh, MD, joined the Genesis Heart & Vascular Group in Zanesville, Ohio.
- FirstHealth Cardiology in Rockingham, N.C., welcomed Benjamin Marengo, DO, to its heart care team.
- Eric Fenstad, MD, joined the Essentia Health St. Joseph's Clinic in Brainerd, Minn.
- Lafayette, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South added three cardiologists to its practice in Baton Rouge:
- Phillip Smith, MD, an interventional and structural cardiologist
- Shashi Gavini, DO, a general cardiologist
- Ryan Gullatt, MD, an electrophysiologist
- Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Cardiology added Malachy Sullivan, MD, to its team of cardiologists.
- Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health welcomed Setri Fugar, MD, an interventional cardiologist, to Fresno, Calif.-based Northwest Medical Group.
- Arnar Geirsson, MD, was appointed director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Surgical Heart Valve Program at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, both based in New York City, effective Sept. 1.
- Brainerd, Minn.-based Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center welcomed Andrew Jacobson, MD.
- North Conway, N.H.-based Memorial Hospital, part of Portland-based MaineHealth, added cardiologist Robert Bender, DO.
- Jared Davis, MD, an interventional cardiologist, joined Thomasville-based Cardiovascular Consultants of South Georgia.
- Interventional cardiologist Joseph Elliott, MD, joined the Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health cardiology team.
- Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare welcomed Muhammad Ahsan, MD.
- Keith McLean, MD, joined Norton King's Daughters' Health in Madison, Ind.
- Orange Beach, Ala.-based Southern Rapid Care added Ken Francez, MD.
- Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular added cardiologist Mouzam Faroquia, MD, to its team.
- Douglas, Ga.-based Coffee Regional Medical Center welcomed William "Bill" Knopf, MD, to CRH Cardiology Group and Coffee Regional.
- Orange Beach, Ala.-based Southern Rapid Care added Ken Francez, MD, to its new cardiology unit.
- Houma, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South welcomed three new cardiologists to its team:
- Ayush Arora, MD
- McCall Walker, MD
- Paritosh Kafle, MD
- Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Cardiology added Thorarinn Arni Bjarnason, MD, to its team of cardiologists.
- Essentia Health-Fargo welcomed cardiologist Abdallah Mansour, MD, to its medical staff.
- Phillip Erwin, MD, PhD, joined My Cardiologist at its Boca Raton, Fla., location.
- Mark Peterson, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic surgeon, was named system director of aortic surgery at New York City-based NYU Langone Heart, effective Aug. 1.
- Cynthiana, Ky.-based Harrison Memorial Hospital welcomed Yazan Daaboul, MD, to its cardiology team.
- Doria Scortichini, MD, a cardiology specialist, joined the Auburn (N.Y.) Heart Institute.
- Taos, Ariz.-based Holy Cross Medical Center welcomed Tiziano Scarabelli, MD, and his wife Carol, a nurse practitioner, to the center.
- Ronald Kirshner, MD, was appointed chair and medical director of the Auburn (N.Y.) Heart Institute.
- Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital welcomed Doria Scortichini, MD, to its heart institute.
- The American College of Cardiology named Cathleen Dalton Biga, MSN, RN, as its new president.
- Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart & Vascular hired pediatric cardiologist Joshua Quinones, MD.
- Ian Meredith, MD, has joined healthcare technology company Avertix Medical's board of directors.
- Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Merit Health Wesley welcomed interventional cardiologist Rami Heart, DO.
- Miami-based MyCardiologist welcomed George Leef, MD.
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center added Anthony Roda-Renzelli, MD to its staff.
- Naseer Nasser, MD, joined Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network.
- Jose Garcia, MD, was named chief of the adult heart transplant surgery and mechanical circulatory support programs at Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Fla.
- Ottawa, Ill.-based Morris Hospital welcomed Mostafa Ghanim, MD, an interventional cardiologist, to its practice.
- Interventional cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist Naseer Nasser, MD, joined the Indianapolis-based Franciscan Physician Network.
- Jessica Williams, MD, and Ajoe John Kattoor, MD, have joined La Porte, Ind.-based Northwest Medical Group.
- Ibrahim Abdullah, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon known for successfully performing complex heart surgeries in children, has joined the Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care in New York City.
- David Kleinman, MD, a cardiac electrophysiologist, joined the Cardiovascular Care-Palm Beach (Fla.) Health Network Physician Group.
- Sanford Bemidji (Minn.) Heart and Vascular Center added Antony Chu, MD, to its cardiology department.
- Jose Osorio, MD, a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist, was appointed medical director of HCA Florida Miami Electrophysiology.
- Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists tapped Joseph Forbess, MD, as chief of the section of cardiovascular surgery.
- Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health welcomed two interventional cardiologists:
- Stephen Williams, MD
- Mansoor Ahmad, MD
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center welcomed Anthony Roda-Renzelli, MD.
- Uvalde (Texas) Medical and Surgical Associates welcomed interventional cardiologist James Galizia, MD.
- Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network named Akshay Khandelwal, MD, chair of the department of cardiovascular medicine.
- Jonathan Weinsaft, MD, was appointed chief of the Greenberg division of cardiology at New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
- Robert Harrington, MD, was named the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and provost for medical affairs of New York City-based Cornell University.
- Wolfson Children's Hospital and the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute, both based in Jacksonville, Fla., welcomed two pediatric cardiologists to their teams:
- Prerna Bansal, MD
- Khushboo Parikh, MD
- Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center appointed Abeel Mangi, MD, chief of cardiac surgery.
- Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Cardiology Associates welcomed two cardiologists:
- Joseph Marmora, MD
- Peter Duffy, MD
- Pittsburgh-based UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute appointed Paul Mahoney, MD, co-director of the structural heart program alongside Hemal Gada, MD, and Mubashir Mumtaz, MD.
- Praveena Paruchuri, MD, joined the Auburn (N.Y.) Heart Institute.
- Cardiologist Robert Harrington, MD, was named the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
- Hazaim Alwair, MD, was named medical director of cardiothoracic surgery at Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center.
- George Dangas, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (cardiology) and surgery (vascular), at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City was appointed the 46th president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions.
- Midland-based MyMichigan Health welcomed interventional cardiologist Stephen Mattichak, MD, to its vascular team.
- Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital appointed Ronald Kirshner, MD, as chair and medical director of the new Auburn Heart Institute.
- Sanjay Lall, MD, a noninvasive cardiologist, joined the Gainesville-based Georgia Heart Institute team.
- Wolfson Children's Hospital and the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Heart Institute, both based in Jacksonville, Fla., welcomed two pediatric cardiologists, Prerna Bansal, MD, and Khushboo Parikh, MD.
- Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health welcomed Joseph Kuruvilla, MD, as its new pediatric cardiologist.
- Englewood (N.J.) Health appointed Aron Schwarcz, MD, to section chief of invasive cardiology.
- Patrick Delaney, MD, a noninvasive cardiologist, joined Ochsner Heart and Vascular Health Center in Tangipahoa Parish, La.
- West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute welcomed five cardiologists:
- John Goad, MD
- Shawn Groves, MD
- James Stanton, MD
- Nancy Elwood, MD
- Srinivasan Narasimhan, MD
- Riverhead, N.Y.-based Peconic Bay Medical Center appointed John Kassotis, MD, chair of cardiology.
- The American College of Cardiology appointed interventional cardiologist B. Hadley Wilson, MD, as president.
- Portland-based Maine Medical Partners welcomed Christopher Tuohy, MD, as an interventional cardiologist and peripheral vascular interventionalist.
- Khalid Al-Khafaji, MD, joined Northwest Medical Group in LaPorte, Ind.
- New York City-based Mount Sinai Morningside named Sean Pinney, MD, an expert in advanced heart failure and transplantation, chief of cardiology.
- Greenville, Ohio-based Wayne HealthCare welcomed Brian Dulin, MD, to its upcoming cardiology service line.
- Linda Gillam, MD, was named chair of cardiovascular medicine, medical director of the cardiovascular service line for Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System and professor of medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
- Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) welcomed two cardiothoracic surgeons, Jose Rodriguez, MD, and Michael Siegenthaler, MD.
- Young-Jae Nam, MD, PhD, joined Monroe, Ga.-based Piedmont Heart Institute.
- Cardiac interventionist Muhammad Raza, MD, was appointed to director of the structural heart program at Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center.
- Alexander Iribarne, MD, was appointed chair of cardiothoracic surgery and co-director of the New York City-based Heart Institute at Staten Island University Hospital.
- Eben Eno, MD, a board-certified cardiologist, joined the Liberty (Mo.) Hospital Heart Center.
- Charles Geller, MD, joined the Browns Mill, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center as chair of cardiothoracic surgery.
- Paul Burns, MD, was appointed director of heart failure surgery at Ridgewood, N.J.-based The Valley Hospital.
- Cardiovascular surgeon Jay Bhama, MD, joined the heart and vascular team at Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernards Medical Center.