Heart and Vascular Institute

Physician Directory

ReferralsTo refer patients to a Cleveland Clinic heart and vascular specialist, call

216.444.6697 or 800.553.5056. New patients, in most cases, can be

seen by a cardiologist within one week of calling for an appointment.

Most patients requiring surgery also can be accommodated within one

week or sooner.

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Dr.Connect, can streamline communication from Cleveland Clinic physicians

to your office. This new online tool offers you secure access to your patient’s

treatment progress at Cleveland Clinic. With one-click convenience, you can

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Medical Concierge ServiceSpecial Assistance for Out-of-State PatientsThe Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Concierge program is a complimentary

service for patients who travel to Cleveland Clinic from outside Ohio. Our

patient care representatives facilitate and coordinate the scheduling of

multiple medical appointments; provide access to discounts on airline tickets

and hotels, when available; make reservations for hotel or housing accom-

modations; and arrange leisure activities. For more information, call

800.223.2273, ext. 55580, visit clevelandclinic.org/services, or send an

e-mail to medicalconcierge@ccf.org.

About the cover: Construction of the new Heart and Vascular Institute is expected to be completed by 2008. The 288-bed hospital tower and technology center will include 115 exam rooms, 170 physician offices, 16 operating rooms, four specialized intensive care units, a host of labs and other clinical facilities, and a fully-equipped conference center.

Steven Nissen, M.D. Chairman, Cardiovascular MedicineTel: 216.445.6852Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Intravascular ultrasound, digital angiography and computer image processing, coronary intensive care

Raghavendra R. Allareddy, M.D.Tel: 216.445.7396Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Perioperative care, interventional cardiology, non-invasive cardiac imaging, preventive cardiology

Firas Al-Solaiman, M.D. Tel: 216.445.9424Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Claudication, peripheral arterial disease, vascular ultrasound, venous thromboembolic disease, risk factor modification

M. Janine Arruda, M.D.Tel: 216.444.0450Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiology, echocardiography, cardiac MRI in children and adults with congenital heart disease

Mauricio Arruda, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2267Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, cardiac electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation of complex cardiac arrhythmias, pacemaker and defibrillator implants

Craig Asher, M.D. Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Valvular heart disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, echocardiography

Arman Askari, M.D.Tel: 216.445.7300Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, invasive cardiology, CV diagnostic modalities, critical care cardiology

Christopher Bajzer, M.D. Tel: 216.445.3210Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Coronary intervention, peripheral vascular intervention, carotid and cerebrovascular intervention

John Bartholomew, M.D. Section Head, Vascular MedicineTel: 216.444.0825Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Hypercoagulable states, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, peripheral arterial disease, anticoagulation therapy

Ajay Bhargava, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7125Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocardio-graphy, nuclear cardiology, valvular heart disease, acute coronary syndromes

Mandeep Bhargava, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7125Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers, defibrillators, biventricular pacing, supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, radiofrequency ablation

Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D. Tel: 216.445.4042Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Interven-tional cardiology, coronary, carotid and peripheral intervention, acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, antithrombotic medications

Gordon Blackburn, Ph.D. Tel: 216.444.8300Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Exercise physiology, cardiac rehabilitation, graded exercise testing

Corinne Bott-Silverman, M.D. Tel: 216.444.8414Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, heart transplantation, clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, myocardial biopsy

Gerard Boyle, M.D.Interim Medical Director, Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart DiseasesTel: 216.444.3083Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric heart transplantation, congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy

Sorin Brener, M.D. Tel: 216.444.0732Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Interventional cardiology, platelet physiology, coronary physiology

J. David Burkhardt, M.D. Tel: 216.445.0409Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac electrophysiology, ablation, cardiac rhythm devices

Howard S. Bush, M.D.Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Cardiac catheterization, stent angioplasty, treatment strategies for acute myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular interventions

Cardiovascular Medicine

Caroline Casserly, M.D., MBA

Tel: 440.899.5500Location(s): Cleveland Clinic WestlakeSpecialty Interest(s): General cardiology, women’s issues in cardiology, stress testing, echocardiography

Lon Castle, M.D.

Tel: 440.899.5541Location(s): Westlake Family Health CenterSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac arrhythmias, device implantation, electrophysiologic studies and ablation of arrhythmias

Manuel Cerqueira, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2665 Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Non-invasive assessment of myo-cardial perfusion, assessment of cardiac innervation, assessment of myocardial viability, pharmacologic stress testing

Leslie Cho, M.D.Director, Women’s Cardiovascular CenterMedical Director, Preventive Cardiology and RehabilitationTel: 216.445.6320Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiovascu-lar medicine, internal medicine, interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular disease

Mina Chung, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2290 Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac electrophysiology

Jennifer E. Cummings, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2142 Location(s): Main Campus Specialty Interest(s): Electro-physiology, catheter ablation, bi-ventricular devices, atrial fibrillation

Milind Desai, M.D. Tel: 216.445.5250Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiology, cardiac MRI/CT, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, atherosclerosis, genetics

Khosrow Dorosti, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6723Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization

Thomas Dresing, M.D. Tel: 216.444.0330Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiology cardiac electrophysiology, catheter ablation therapy, cardiac device therapy

Thomas Edel, M.D. Tel: 440.899.5555Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Westlake Specialty Interest(s): Implantable defibrillators, cardiac resynchroni-zation therapy, atrial fibrillation, Internet device follow-up

Tom Edwards, M.D.Tel: 440.312.7230Location(s): HillcrestSpecialty Interest(s): Echocardiog-raphy, coarctation in the newborn

Stephen Ellis, M.D.Section Head, Invasive Cardiology Tel: 216.445.6712Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Stenting, therapeutic angiogenesis and other novel forms of coronary revascularization, genetic abnormalities predisposing to coronary atherosclerosis

Michael Faulx, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7212Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, medical education

Adriana Fodor, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6714Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardio-vascular medicine, hospitalist

Carmen Fonseca, M.D. Tel: 216.445.3991Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Sclero-therapy, thrombotic disorders, lymphedema, lipid disorders, Raynaud, claudication

Fetnat Fouad-Tarazi, M.D. Tel: 216.444.5828Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiovascu-lar disease, syncope, hypertension

Gary S. Francis, M.D.Section Head, Clinical Cardiology Tel: 216.444.3410Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Congestive heart failure, coronary intensive care, heart transplantation

Irving Franco, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6719Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, angiography and interventional cardiology, coro-nary angioplasty, acute coronary interventions, coronary atherectomy, rotational coronary stenting, laser therapy

Cardiovascular Medicine

Kenneth R. Fromkin, M.D.

Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Interven-tional cardiology; complex coronary interventions, second opinions, cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, stents, acute cardiac care, new coronary interventional devices, clinical research trials

Heather Gornik, M.D., R.V.T.Tel: 216.445.3689Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): general cardiology, vascular medicine, claudication and peripheral arterial disease, atherosclerosis, deep vein thrombosis, vascular ultrasound, and Raynaud’s phenomenon.

Brian Griffin, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6812Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): cardiac imaging, valvular heart disease, transesophageal echocardiography

Richard Grimm, D.O. Tel: 216.445.4636Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): echocardiography

Donald Hammer, M.D. Tel: 216.444.5683Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Ischemic heart disease, perioperative cardiac management

Byron Hoogwerf, M.D.Tel: 216.444.8347Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Diabetes, lipid disorders, general endocrinology

Eileen Hsich, M.D. Tel: 216.444.7527Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure in women, heart transplantation, nuclear cardiology

Julie Huang, M.D. Tel: 216.445.0224Location(s): Main Campus

Wael Jaber, M.D. Tel: 216.444.8305Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology

Fredrick Jaeger, D.O. Tel: 216.445.6006Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pacing and electrophysiology, cardiac syncope

Karen James, M.D.Tel: 216.444.9288Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac transplantation, congestive heart failure

Mazen A. Hanna, M.D. Tel: 216.444.3490Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac transplantation

Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D. Section Head, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Tel: 216.444.9426 Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Mechanisms of atherosclerosis, inflammation biology, free radicals and oxidation chemistry, internal medicine, hyperlipidemia

Marcelo Eduardo Helguera, M.D. Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac electrophysiol-ogy, catheter ablation, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators

Frederick Heupler, Jr., M.D. Tel: 216.444.6731Location(s): Main Campus:Specialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology; cardiac catheterization and angiography; coronary spasm syndrome; valvular heart disease; catheter lab digital image acquisition, storage and distribution

Robert Hobbs, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6936Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Congestive heart failure, cardiac transplantation

Joel Holland, M.D. Tel: 216.839.3300Location(s): Cleveland Clinic BeachwoodSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, echocardiography, valvular heart disease, adult congenital heart disease

Cardiovascular Medicine

Douglas Joseph, D.O. Tel: 216.444.4533Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Venous thromboembolic disease, hypercoagulable conditions, peripheral arterial disease, risk factor modification, lymphedema, leg swelling, leg ulcers, varicose veins, spider veins and vascular ultrasound

Fuad Jubran, M.D. Tel: 216.444.4842Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Intensive care, clinical cardiology

Vidyasagar Kalahasti, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7259Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, acute coronary syndromes and echo

Samir Kapadia, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6735Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Coronary interventions, non-coronary cardiac interventions (ASD, PFO, valvuloplasty), carotid interventions, peripheral interventions

Allan Klein, M.D. Tel: 216.444.3932Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Intraopera-tive transesophageal echocardiogra-phy, clinical cardiology, diastolic function, pericardial diseases and infiltrative cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, contrast echocardiography

Richard Krasuski, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7430Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Adult congenital heart disease, aortic and mitral valve disease, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, general cardiology, heart failure, lipid disorders, Marfan’s Syndrome, pediatric and congenital heart surgery, valvuloplasty

Larry A. Latson, M.D.Director, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization LabTel: 216.445.6532Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiology, adult congenital heart disease, interventional catheteriza-tion procedures for congenital heart disease in children and adults

Michael Lauer, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6798Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, echocardiography, cardiovascular epidemiology

Harry Lever, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6970Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocar-diography, clinical cardiology, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Chiara Liguori, M.D. Tel: 216.444.9836Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, clinical imaging interpretation

Michael Lincoff, M.D.Vice Chairman, Cardiovascular Medicine Research Tel: 216.444.2367Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Coronary angioplasty and stenting, drug therapies for unstable angina or heart attack, antithrombotic therapies

Richard Lorber, M.D.Tel: 216.444.5182 Location(s): Main Campus, Parma, HillcrestSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiology, pediatric echocardiogra-phy, adult congenital heart disease

Thomas Lutz, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7374Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Post-operative cardiac management

Michael Maier, D.P.M. Tel: 216.445.6042Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Foot and leg ulcers, diabetic foot care

David Martin, M.D., M.P.H. Tel: 216.445.4128Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Arrhythmias, epidemiology, clinical trials

Venu Menon, M.D. Tel: 216.445.5390Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Acute coronary syndromes, valvular heart disease, cardiac intensive care, echocardiography

Cardiovascular Medicine

Robert Mosteller, M.D. Tel: 440.899.5555Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Westlake Specialty Interest(s): Cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology

Andrea Natale, M.D. Section Head, Pacemaker Electrophysiology Tel: 216.444.4293Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Treatment of arrhythmias with ablation and device implants

Ashoka Nautiyal, M.D. Tel: 440.899.5555Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Westlake Specialty Interest(s): Interven-tional cardiology, peripheral vascular diagnosis and intervention

Gian M. Novaro, M.D. Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Echocardiog-raphy, stress testing, valvular heart disease, aortic disease

Marc Penn M.D., Ph.D.Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute & CCU Tel: 216.445.1932Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Myocardial ischemia, vascular biology, cardiac critical care, stem cell therapies for heart failure

Sergio Pinski, M.D.Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Florida Specialty Interest(s): Arrhythmias, implantable defibrillators, pacemakers

Tamar J. Preminger, M.D.Tel: 216.444.0108Location(s): Main Campus, Medina, KaiserSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiology, diagnostic and interven-tional cardiac catheterization

Lourdes R. Prieto, M.D.Tel: 216.445.3865Location(s): Main Campus, HillcrestSpecialty Interest(s): Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization in children and adults with congenital heart disease

Russell Raymond, D.O. Tel: 216.444.0207Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac catheterization, coronary interven-tions including angioplasty, ather-ectomy, investigational devices, gamma and beta radiation and intracoronary ultrasound

Mehdi Razavi, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6727Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology

Curtis Rimmerman, M.D. Medical Director, Cleveland Clinic Westlake, Avon Point and LakewoodTel: 440.899.5540Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, echocardiography, stress echocardiography, valvular heart disease, electrocardiography

Gustavo Rincon, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6721Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac catheterization and angiography, clinical cardiology, clinical pharmacology in cardiac failure, cardiac transplantation

Michael Rocco, M.D. Tel: 216.839.3300Location(s): BeachwoodSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, stress testing and cardiac rehabilitation, coronary artery disease/cardiac catheteriza-tion, lipid disorders and prevention

L. Leonardo Rodriguez, M.D. Tel: 216.445.2149Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Valvular heart disease, echocardiography, stress echo, pericardiocentesis, Marfan syndrome

Michael Rollins, M.D. Tel: 216.986.4110Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Independence Specialty Interest(s): Clinical car-diology, non-invasive testing, lipid disorders, echocardiography, stress testing, stress echocardiography

Cardiovascular Medicine

Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, M.D., Ph.D.Tel: 216.444.3326Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac research, pediatric cardiac intensive care, medical education

Dennis Rupp, M.D. Tel: 440.943.2500Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Willoughby Hills Specialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, preventive medicine

William F. Ruschhaupt, M.D. Vice Chairman, Global Patient ServicesTel: 216.444.5706Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Arterial and venous disorders, leg ulcers, swollen leg

Ellen Mayer Sabik, M.D. Tel: 216.444.3316Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocar-diography, valvular heart disease, study of methemoglobinemia, cardiovascular disease in women, nuclear cardiology

Walid Saliba, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6810Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Atrial fibrillation, ablation of various arrhythmias, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, implantable pacemakers, device extraction

Robert Schweikert, M.D. Tel: 216.444.3160Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Electrophysiology, pacing

Mustaphasahim Shaaraoui, M.D. Tel: 216.444.5684 Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Coronary artery disease, perioperative cardiac management

Kenneth Shafer, M.D. Tel: 330.287.4570Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Wooster

Michael Shen, M.D. Tel: 954.659.5290Location(s): Cleveland Clinic FloridaSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac imaging, including nuclear, CT and MRI; preventive cardiovascular diseases; early detection and management of heart diseases in patients with high cholesterol and diabetes; women’s heart disease; congestive heart failure

Takahiro Shiota, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7287Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocardiog-raphy, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy

Conrad C. Simpfendorfer, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2913Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, interven-tional cardiology, coronary stenting, acute coronary syndromes, acute myocardial infarction

Derek Smith, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7410Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Hospitalist for the cardiovascular department

Srikanth Sola, M.D. Tel: 216.444.8429Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Valvular heart disease, early diagnosis of coronary artery disease, cardiac CT, echo, cardiac masses and MRI

Randall Starling, M.D., M.P.H.Vice Chairman, Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical Operations; Section Head, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Medicine; Medical Director, Kaufman Center for Heart FailureTel: 216.444.2268Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiac transplantation

Richard Sterba, M.D.Tel: 216.444.6386Location(s): Main Campus, Cleveland Clinic Wooster, Cleveland Clinic LorainSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric electrophysiology, athletes with cardiac problems, pediatric cardiology, radiofrequency ablation and arrhythmia management, adults with congenital heart disease

William Stewart, M.D. Tel: 216.444.5923Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Valvular heart disease, mitral and aortic valve repair, clinical cardiology, Doppler echocardiography, hemo-dynamic research, transesophageal and intraoperative echocardiography

Cardiovascular Medicine

W. H. Wilson Tang, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2121Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Congestive heart failure, cardiac transplanta-tion, mechanical circulatory support, diabetic heart disease, cardiomyopathy

David Taylor, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2492Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Congestive heart failure, cardiac transplanta-tion, mechanical circulatory support

Patrick Tchou, M.D. Co-Section Head, Pacemaker ElectrophysiologyTel: 216.444.6792Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Ablation of cardiac arrhythmias

Maran Thamilarasan, M.D. Tel: 216.444.8312Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocardiog-raphy, valvular heart disease, diseases of the aorta, coronary artery disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

James Thomas, M.D. Section Head, Cardiovascular ImagingTel: 216.445.6312Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Echocardiography

Terrence Tulisiak, M.D. Tel: 440.878.3329Location(s): Cleveland Clinic Strongsville Specialty Interest(s): Ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, critical care

E. Murat Tuzcu, M.D.Vice Chairman, Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical OperationsTel: 216.444.8130Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Intravascular ultrasound imaging; catheter-based treatment of coronary, valvular and congenital heart disease; coronary imaging

Donald Underwood, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6475Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Clinical cardiology, electrocardiography, exercise testing

David Vener, M.D.Tel: 216.444.4240Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric cardiothoracic anesthesiology, adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology, general pediatric anesthesiology

Bennett Werner, M.D. Tel: 330.287.4500Location(s): Cleveland Clinic WoosterSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiology

Patrick Whitlow, M.D. Director, Interventional CardiologyTel: 216.444.1746Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention, peripheral vascular disease angiography and intervention, new coronary intervention devices, percutaneous heart valve repair and replacement

Bruce L. Wilkoff, M.D. Director of Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Devices, Cardiovascular MedicineTel: 216.444.4975Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Implantable defibrillators, cardiac pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy, transvenous lead extraction, remote monitoring of implantable devices, cardiac arrhythmias

Timothy Williams, M.D. Tel: 216.445.7131Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Aortic aneurysms/dissections, clinical cardiology, bicuspid aortic valves

Mohamad Yamani, M.D. Tel: 216.444.2755Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support

James B. Young, M.D.Chairman, Division of MedicineTel: 216.444.2270Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, cardiac transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, mechanical circula-tory support devices

Cardiovascular Medicine

Bruce Lytle, M.D. Chairman, Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryTel: 216.444.6962Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Coronary artery disease, arterial bypass grafting, valvular heart diseases, reoperations, diseases of thoracic aorta, idiopathic hypertrophic sub-aortic stenosis, laser transmyocar-dial revascularization surgery

Rami Akhrass, M.D. Tel: 440.918.4640Location(s): Lake WestSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of adult-acquired heart disease, arterial revascularization of the heart, mitral valve repair, lung resection, minimally invasive lung surgery

Mark Botham, M.D. Tel: 440.449.2550Location(s): Hillcrest Hospital; Parma Community General HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Adult-acquired coronary disease, valve reconstruction, arrhythmia surgery

Douglas Boyd, M.D. Tel: 954.659.5320Location(s): Cleveland Clinic FloridaSpecialty Interest(s): Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, beating heart surgery, valve surgery, atrial fibrillation surgery

Altagracia Chavez, M.D. Tel: 216.227.2655Location(s): Elyria Medical Hospital; Lakewood HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of adult-acquired heart disease, valvular heart disease, cardiovascular disease in women

David Cheeran, M.D. Tel: 585.544.6550 Location(s): Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NYSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D. CEO and President, Cleveland ClinicTel: 216.444.2300Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of thoracic and cardiovascular diseases, mitral and aortic valve repair, minimally invasive valve surgery, thoracic aneurysms, homografts, use of alternative conduits in coronary artery surgery, blood conservation

Verdi J. DiSesa, M.D. Chief of Cardiac Surgery, The Chester County Hospital Cardiovascular CenterTel: 610.738.2691Location(s): The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PASpecialty Interest(s): Integrated cardiac disease management, surgery for valvular heart disease, transplantation

Mercedes K.C. Dullum, M.D. Surgical Director, Cleveland Clinic Florida Heart Failure CenterTel: 954.659.5320 Location(s): Cleveland Clinic FloridaSpecialty Interest(s): Heart failure, minimally invasive heart surgery, heart disease in women, atrial fibrillation

Brian Duncan, M.D. Tel: 216.444.9365Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Congenital heart disease in newborns and adults, mechanical circulatory support for children

Inderjit Gill, M.D. Tel: 216.778.4304Location(s): MetroHealth Medical Center; Cleveland Clinic Westlake; Fairview HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of adult-acquired heart disease, minimally invasive surgery, off-pump bypass surgery, surgery of the aorta, robotic cardiac surgery, atrial fibrillation surgery

A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.Surgical Director, Center for Atrial Fibrillation Tel: 216.445.8841Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Mitral valve repair, surgical treatment and minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation, minimally invasive valve surgery, high-risk mitral valve surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

G.V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6708Location(s): Main Campus Specialty Interest(s): Heart transplantation, lung transplanta-tion, transplant immunology, reoperative adult cardiac surgery

Ronald Kirshner, M.D. Chief, Cardiac Service and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rochester Heart InstituteTel: 585.544.6550Location(s): Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NYSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac surgery, quality management in cardiac surgery

Joseph Lahorra, M.D. Tel: 440.887.9816Location(s): Hillcrest Hospital; Parma Community General HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Adult cardiothoracic surgery

Martin LeBoutillier III, M.D. Tel: 610.738.2690Location(s): The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PASpecialty Interest(s): Treating atrial fibrillation with minimally invasive surgery

David Mason, M.D. Tel: 216.444.4053Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Lung transplantation, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, general thoracic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mesothelioma

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Tomislav Mihaljevic, M.D. Tel: 216.444.0648Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Minimally invasive valve surgery, mitral and aortic valve repair and replacement, coronary artery disease, beating heart revascularization, maze procedure, robotic heart surgery, heart transplantation, heart failure surgery

Michael Mikhail, M.D. Tel: 216.445.0400Location(s): Elyria Memorial HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Cardiac surgery

Mohammed Mumtaz, M.D. Tel: 216.444.9125Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Pediatric and congenital heart surgery

Sudish C. Murthy, M.D., Ph.D. Tel: 216.444.5640Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Esophageal, pulmonary, mediastinal, chest wall and diaphragm surgery; minimally invasive (bronchoscopic, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic) lung-volume reduction surgery; lung transplant surgery; airway surgery; interventional bronchoscopy

Jose Luis Navia, M.D. Tel: 216.444.5104Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Adult-acquired heart disease, minimally invasive robotic and video-assisted cardiac surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, minimally invasive mitral and aortic valve surgery, heart transplantation

Gosta Pettersson, M.D., Ph.D. Vice Chairman, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Director of Lung TransplantationTel: 216.444.2035Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Lung transplantation, valve repair/replacement (including homograft and Ross procedure), reoperations, surgical treatment of endocarditis, coronary artery disease, aortic diseases, adult congenital surgery

Thomas Rice, M.D. Section Head, General Thoracic SurgeryTel: 216.444.1921Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Esophageal, pulmonary, mediastinal, chest wall and diaphragm surgery; minimally invasive (laparoscopic and tho-racoscopic) and pediatric general thoracic surgery

Eric Roselli, M.D. Tel: 216.444.0995Location(s): Main Campus Specialty Interest(s): Adult cardiac surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, endovascular approaches to cardiothoracic diseases, high-risk valve surgery, endovascular stent and prosthetic valve research, minimally invasive valve repair and replacement

Joseph Sabik, M.D. Tel: 216.444.6788Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Adult cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair and replacement, thoracic aortic surgery, reoperations

Thomas Santoscoy, M.D. Tel: 440.449.9300Location(s): Hillcrest HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of adult-acquired heart disease, thoracic surgery

Baldev Sekhon, M.D. Tel: 216.476.7310Location(s): Fairview HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of adult-acquired heart disease, valve surgery, reoperation, surgery of the ascending aorta, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, esophageal and lung surgery

Nicholas Smedira, M.D. Surgical Director, Kaufman Center for Heart FailureTel: 216.445.7052Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Heart and heart-lung transplantation, ventricular assist devices, ECMO, heart failure surgery, aortic and mitral valve repair and replacement

Lars Svensson, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Center for Aortic SurgeryTel: 216.445.4813Location(s): Main CampusSpecialty Interest(s): Adult cardiac surgery, cardio-aortic and aortic surgery (including combined valve and aneurysm surgery), minimally invasive mitral and aortic valve surgery

R. Thomas Temes, M.D. Tel: 216.778.5461Location(s): MetroHealth Medical Center; Fairview Hospital; Lakewood Hospital; Cleveland Clinic Westlake Specialty Interest(s): Minimally invasive thoracic procedures, surgery of the lung, esophagus, pleura and thoracic organs

Donna Waite, M.D. Tel: 440.449.9300Location(s): Hillcrest HospitalSpecialty Interest(s): Surgical treatment of thoracic and cardiovascular disease

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