2026 FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTORS
Michael C. Kim, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Cath Labs
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chief of Cardiology
North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY COURSE DIRECTORS
Raman L. Mitra, MD, PhD
Director of Electrophysiology Program
Northwell Cardiovascular Institute
North Shore University Hospital
New York, New York
Stavros E. Mountantonakis, MD, MBA
Director of the Electrophysiology Program
Lenox Hill Hospital
Northwell Health
New York, New York
SECTION CHIEFS
Puneet Gandotra, MD
Section Chief of Coronary Program
Chairman, Dept of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Labs
South Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health
Bay Shore, New York
Nicole Hoefler, MSN, BSN, RN, CV-BC
Section Chief of Nurse/Tech Program
Nursing Director for the Cardiac Cath Lab
Mather Hospital
Northwell Health
Port Jefferson, New York
Bruce J. Rutkin, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Section Chief of Structural Program
Associate Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD, MBA, FACC
Section Chief of Peripheral Program
Chairman, Department of Cardiology
Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health
Staten Island, New York
2026 FACULTY
Chowdhury H. Ahsan, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
UCLA Health Cardiovascular Center in Westwood
Los Angeles, California
Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Endovascular Medicine
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
Miguel A. Alvarez Villela, MD
Director, Interventional Heart Failure
Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Atul Deep Bali, MD
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Invasive and Interventional Cardiology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York
Stuart J. Beldner, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
Kabir Bhasin, MD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Lenox Health Greenwich Village
Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
New York, New York
Kristie Coleman, MPH, RN
Research Director
Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Serdar Farhan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Andrew Galmer, DO
Director of Vascular Medicine
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York
Antonios Gasparis, MD
System Chief, Ambulatory Vascular Surgery and Vein Program
Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Northwell Health Physician Partners Vascular Surgery and Vein Care at Huntington
Huntington, New York
Jay S. Giri, MD, MPH
Director, Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratories
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Haisam Ismail, MD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
Briana Ruth Jagdharry, PA
Physician Assistant Services
Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD
Interventional Cardiologist, Vascular Medicine
Northwell Health, Northshore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York
Asma Khaliq, MD
Director of Endovascular and PERT Assistant Professor
Montefiore Hospital
New York, New York
Arber Kodra, MD
Associate Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health
New York, New York
Marcin Kowalski, MD, MBA
Director of Electrophysiology
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Seaview Avenue
Staten Island, New York
Tak Kwan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Chief of Cardiology and Clinical Professor of Medicine
Lenox Health Greenwich Village/Northwell Health
New York, New York
Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM
Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Temple University Hospital - Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rohit Maini, MD
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
Aditya Mangla, DO, FSCAI
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Gregory Maniatis, MD
Director, Structural Heart
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York
Rajeev L. Narayan, MD
Peripheral Vascular Disease Cardiology
Structural Heart Disease Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology
Northwell Health
Nuvance Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
Apurva Patel, MD
Interventional and Structural Cardiologist
Lenox Hill Hospital - Chinatown Cardiology
Great Neck, New York
Andrew Eli Persits, MD, FACC, RPVI
Director - Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of Cardiology, Peconic Bay Medical Center;
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Riverhead
Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Riverhead
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Riverhead, New York
Preethi Ramchand, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurointervention and Neurocritical Care
Main Line Health
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gaurav Rao, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health
Great Neck, New York
Umar Rashid, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Northern Westchester Hospital / Lenox Hill Hospital / Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Chief Innovation Officer for the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Moussa A. Saleh, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
New Hyde Park, New York
Emily Schultz, DO
Interventional Cardiologist
Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Avneet Singh, MD, FACC, MRCP
Director of Interventional Cardiology
Northwell Health
Queens, New York
Varinder P. Singh, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chairman, Cardiovascular Medicine
Senior Vice President, Cardiology Service Line Northwell Health, Western Region
Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
New York, New York
Nicholas T. Skipitaris, MD
Western Regional Director Electrophysiology
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Deane Edgar Smith, MD
Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Jonathan M. Willner, MD
Assistant Professor
North Shore University Hospital / Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York