Here are five cardiologists starting new positions:
- Dr. Rubina Mirza joined Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Saint Francis Healthcare System as an interventional cardiologist.
- Atlanta-based Northside Hospital Heart Institute welcomed Lourens Willekes, MD, to Northside Cardiac Surgery in Lawrenceville.
- Cardiovascular surgeon Jay Bhama, MD, joined the heart and vascular team practicing at Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernards Medical Center.
- Alexander Iribarne, MD, was appointed chair of cardiothoracic surgery and co-director of the Heart Institute at Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital and associate director of clinical research for cardiac surgery for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.
- Mark Lee, MD, was named medical director of electrophysiology at Long Beach, Calif.-based MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute.