Division of Cardiology | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

CARDIOLOGY - EP

Ibrahim Almasry, MD, FACC, FHRS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
Ablation of complex arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, SVT and PVCs, implantation of leadless pacemakers and subcutaneous defibrillators, all transvenous pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices, diagnostic cardiac monitoring and implantable loop recorders, evaluation of syncope and inherited cardiomyopathies
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Heart Associates of Long Island - 1320 Stony Brook Rd, Stony Brook
Language/s spoken:
French, Arabic

Roger Fan, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Complex Arrhythmia Ablation Program
Director, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program

Expertise:
Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular contraction, bradycardia, long QT, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, syncope, sudden cardiac death, catheter ablation, implantations of pacemakers, defibrillators, and loop recorders
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Eric Rashba, MD, MHCM, FACC, FHRS

System Director, Stony Brook Medicine Heart Rhythm Center
Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
Atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendageclosure, extraction of chronically implanted pacemaker and ICDleads, implantation and management of cardiac implantabledevices (ICD, pacemakers, loop recorders), conduction systempacing, medical and interventional management of arrhythmias with ablation including SVT, PVCs, atrial fibrillation and flutter, and ventricular tachycardia
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Road 39A, Southampton

Abhijeet Singh, MD, FHRS

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Electrophysiology Outreach
Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program

Expertise
Implantations of pacemakers (leadless andspecialized), defibrillators and implantable loop recorders,atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardiia, ablations for heart rhythm disturbances
Practice Location/s:
Cardiovascular and Lifestyle Medicine - 280 Union Avenue, Holbrook
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Stephen Vlay, MD, FHRS

Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
Cardiac arrhythmias, pacing and defibrillators,general cardiology, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure
Practice Location/s:Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket

CARDIOLOGY - HEART FAILURE

Michelle Bloom, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Co-Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
Director, Outpatient Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Center

Expertise:
Heart failure, cardio-oncology, ventricular assist device and complex valvular disease
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Marc Goldschmidt, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Advanced Heart Failure/LVAD Program

Expertise:
Heart failure, restrictive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension, ventricular assist devices and heart transplant
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Road 39A, Southampton

Kristine Jang, DO

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
Heart failure, cardio-oncology, cardio obstetrics, women’s heart health, general cardiology,coronary artery disease, chest pain, valvular heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, syncope, atrial fibrillation
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket

Hal Skopicki, MD, PhD

Chief of Cardiology
Ambassador, Charles A. Gargano Chair of Cardiology

Expertise:
Advanced/complex cardiovascular disease, heart failure, advanced valvular disease, infiltrative (amyloid, hemochromatosis, and sarcoidosis) and inflammatory/viral cardiomyopathy, idiopathic cardiomyopathy, ischemic cardiomyopathy, peripartum cardiomyopathy, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction/diastolic dysfunction, mitral and aortic valve disease, myocarditis, gene therapy, stem cell therapy, LVAD/ventricular assist devices, cardiac transplantation, and clinical trials
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Edlira Tam, DO, MS, FACC

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
Associate Director, Shock Program

Expertise:
Advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Language/s spoken:
Spanish

CARDIOLOGY - INTERVENTIONAL

Ahmad Alkhalil MD, MSc

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Northport VA Catheterization Laboratory

Expertise:
Advanced valve disease (Catheter-based replacement/repair for aortic and mitral valve disease), atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovale, paravalvular leak closure, percutaneous coronary intervention and intracoronary imaging
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Northport VA - 79 Middleville Rd, Northport

Travis Bench, MD, FACC, RPVI, CBNC

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Cardiology Ambulatory Services Strategic Planning,
Stony Brook Medicine Heart Institute

Expertise:
Diagnosis, medical management, and prevention of cardiovascular disease including coronary artery disease, heart attacks, coronary catheterization, coronary stents
Practice location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Road 39A, Southampton
Stony Brook Cardiology - 600 Main St, Center Moriches

On Chen, MD, FSCAI

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, CICU and Telemetry Units
Director, Outpatient Cardiology Services
Director, Advanced Lipid Management Program

Expertise:
Interventional cardiology, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, coronary catherterization, atherectomy and PCI, chest pain, lipid disorders
Practice location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Language/s spoken:
Hebrew, Romanian

William Lawson, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI

Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Quality, Compliance and Patient Safety
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Expertise:
Coronary artery disease, cardiac catheterization, heart failure, cholesterol disorders, hypertension, heart failure, preventive cardiology, clinical research trials
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Scott McGlynn, MD

Expertise:
Cardiovascular disease
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Road 39A, Southampton
Stony Brook Cardiology - 600 Main St, Center Moriches

Puja Parikh, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program

Expertise
Valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, patent foramen ovale, stroke
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Language/s spoken:
Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati

Robert Pyo, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Structural Heart Disease

Expertise:
Complex and high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention, Catheter-based (percutaneous, non-invasive) treatment of cardiac valve disorders (aortic, mitral and tricuspid)
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Language/s spoken:
Korean

J.P. Reilly, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Expertise:
Peripheral arterial disease, renal artery stenosis, complex coronary artery intervention, closure of PFO and ASD, hypertension and renal artery denervation
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Road 39A, Southampton
Language/s spoken:
Spanish

CARDIOLOGY - GENERAL / NON-INVASIVE

Michael Gavalas, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director of Outpatient Cardiology

Expertise:
Sports cardiology; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; general cardiology including coronary artery disease, preventative cardiology, heart failure, valvular heart disease, hypertension
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Languages spoken:
Greek, Spanish

Mandeep Kainth, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
General cardiology, coronary artery disease, chest pain, valvular heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, syncope, atrial fibrillation, heart failure
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Jordan Katz, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Nuclear Cardiology

Expertise:
Nuclear cardiology
Practice Location/s:
TBD

Smadar Kort, MD, FACC, FASE, FAHA

Clinical Professor of Medicine
System Director, Stony Brook Medicine Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging
Co-Director, Valve Center

Expertise:
Complex valvular heart disease, comprehensive echocardiography including 3D and strain, stress echo for valvular heart disease
Practice Location/s:
TBD
Language/s spoken:
Hebrew

Neda Dianati Maleki, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Consultation Service

Expertise:
Valvular heart disease, Women’s Heart Health, general cardiology including coronary artery disease, chest pain, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, syncope, palpitations, atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack
Language/s spoken:
Farsi

Noelle Mann, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Director, Cardio-Obstetrics Program
Co-Director, Women's Heart Program

Expertise:
Women's heart health, heart disease in pregnancy, advanced valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Howard Novotny, MD, FACC, FASE

Associate Professor of Medicine

Expertise:
General cardiology including coronary artery disease, chest pain, valvular heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, syncope, palpitations, atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Practice Location/s:
Advanced Specialty Care - 500 Commack Road, Commack

Dhaval Patel, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Cardiology Ambulatory Services Strategic Planning, Stony Brook Medicine Heart Institute

Expertise:
Diagnosis, medical management and prevention of cardiovascular disease
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology and Specialty Care - 676 County Rd 39A, Southampton
Stony Brook Cardiology - 600 Main St, Center Moriches
Language/s spoken:
Hindi, Gujarati

Tahmid Rahman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Advanced Lipid Management Program
Associate Director, Cardiac Quality and Performance

Expertise:
Preventive cardiology, advanced lipid management including familial cholesterol disorders
Practice Location/s:
Stony Brook Cardiology - 26 Research Way, East Setauket

Kaveh Sadigh, MD/MPH &TM

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine