Northwell Health Cardiovascular Fellows Course
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
Director of Electrophysiology
Associate Professor of Cardiology
Northwell Cardiovascular Institute
North Shore University Hospital
New York, New York
Stavros E. Mountantonakis, MD, MBA
Director of the Electrophysiology Program
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
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
Ibrahim M. Ali, MD
Section Chief of Peripheral Program
Faculty Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Intervention
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
2026 FACULTY
Chowdhury H. Ahsan, MD, PhD
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab
University Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
UCLA Health Cardiovascular Center in Westwood
Los Angeles, California
Miguel A. Alvarez Villela, MD
Director, Interventional Heart Failure
Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, 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
Suhail Dohad, MD
Medical Director of Aortic and Ischemic Limb Disease and PERT Team
Director of CHIP/Endovascular Fellowship Program
Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Serdar Farhan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Jon C. George, MD
Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Haisam Ismail, MD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Associate Chief, Cardiology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
Briana Ruth Jagdharry, PA
Physician Assistant - Invasive Cardiology
Northwell Health - North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, 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, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital
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
Gregg S. Landis, MD
Chief of Vascular Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
New Hyde Park, New York
Rohit Maini, MD, FACC, RPVI
Interventional Cardiology/Vascular Interventionalist
Northwell Health Physician Partners Cardiology at Riverhead
Riverhead, New York
Aditya Mangla, DO, FSCAI
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Gregory A. Maniatis, MD
Director, Structural Heart
Staten Island University Hospital
Staten Island, New York
Rajeev L. Narayan, MD
Director of Interventional Cardiology
Northwell Health
Nuvance Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
Apurva Patel, MD
Structural Heart Interventional Cardiologist
Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Andrew Eli Persits, MD, FACC, FSCAI, 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
Riverhead, New York
Gaurav Rao, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health
Huntington, New York
Umar Rashid, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Northern Westchester Hospital / Lenox Hill Hospital / Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
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
William Shi, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Avneet Singh, MD, FACC, MRCP
Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab
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, CardiacElectrophysiology
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Deane Smith, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and MCS
Northwell Health
New York, New York
Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD, MBA, FACC
Chairman, Department of Cardiology
Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health
Staten Island, New York
Jonathan M. Willner, MD
Assistant Professor
North Shore University Hospital / Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York
Ramzan M. Zakir, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of High-Risk PCI & Research
Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey