Faculty

David Baran, MD
Activity Director
Section Head, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and MCS
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Jerry Estep, MD
Co-Activity Director
Division Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Jose Navia, MD
Co-Activity Director
Vice Chief, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Mileydis Alonso, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston

Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Daniella Badal, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Radhika Khanna Neicheril, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston

Eniley Santi Palacios, APRN
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Antonio R. Polanco, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston

Carolina Rocha, PA-C
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston

Mauricio Velez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston

Mandeep R. Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP (London)
The William Harvey Endowed Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine
Executive Director, Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Bahaa Abdelghaffar, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Mileydis Alonso, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Daniella Badal, MD
Pharmacy
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

John Bibawy, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Nicolas Brozzi, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Howard Bush, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Milind Desai, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio

Pat Draper, APRN, CNP
Heart Failure Management Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Indian River - Vero Beach, Florida

Gustavo Duarte, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Kenneth Fromkin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Santiago Galeano Lovera, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Carlos Gonzalez Lengua, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Indian River - Vero Beach, Florida

Ari Hadar, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Bishoy Hanna, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Indian River - Vero Beach, Florida

Ricardo Hernandez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Michael Howard, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Martin North - Stuart, Florida

Kristen Johnson, RN
Care Coordinator, Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Julian Kaufman, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Antonio Lewis, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Raghavendra Makam, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Indian River - Vero Beach, Florida

Stephen McIntyre, MD
Cleveland Clinic – Stuart Cardiology Group
Stuart, Florida

Venu Menon, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio

Mistyann-Blue Miller, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Indian River - Vero Beach, Florida

Steve Minear, MD
General Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Andrew Murphy, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Radhika Neicheril, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Gian Novaro, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Teresa Palacios, APRN, PA
Pulmonary Disease
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Jenny Placido Disla, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Antonio Polanco, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Erica Rosen, APRN PA
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Eniley Santi Palacios, RN
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic - Weston, Florida

Parikshit S. Sharma, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Cedric Sheffield, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Dia Smiley, MD
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

David Snipelisky, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Nina Thakkar Rivera, DO, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Mauricio Velez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, Florida

Osama Wazni, MD
Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, Ohio

Laura Young, MBChB
Interventional Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, Ohio

Jose Baez-Escudero, MD
Chief, Cardiology and Electrophysiology
Broward Health
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Sandra Chaparro, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida

Elias Collado, MD
Advanced Heart Failure
Holy Cross Health
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Kristen E. de Almeida, PharmD, BCCP
Pharmacy Cardiology Coordinator
Advanced Heart Failure Specialist
Baptist Health
Kendall, Florida

Joseph J. DeRose, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Einstein Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Esteban Escolar, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Director of Clinical Cardiology
Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, Florida

Shani L. Gadwaw, APRN
Cardiology, Heart Institute at Bass Road
Lee Health
Fort Myers, Florida

April Gallagher, MSN, AGACNP-BC
Cardiology, Adult Gerontology
Keys Medical Group
Key West, Florida

Santiago Garcia, MD, FSCAI, FACC
Director, Structural Heart Program
Harold C. Schott Foundation Endowed Chair for Structural and Valvular Heart Disease
Section Chief, Interventional Cardiology
The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

Joel Gellman, MD
Cardiologist
Broward Health Physicians Group
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Charlene R. Juan, APRN
Broward Health Medical Center
Neurosurgery
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Line Kemeyou, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Failure & Transplantation
Assistant Dean, Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, Utah

Mohamed Azeem Latib, MB, BCh
Medical Director, Structural Heart Interventions
Interventional Cardiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Interventional Cardiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Marcos A. Nores, MD
Medical Director, Christine E. Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute
Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care
Boca Raton, Florida

Ahmed Osman, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Florida Heart Rhythm Specialists, PLLC.
Medical Director, EP Lab
Broward General Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
NOVA Southeastern University School of Medicine
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Pablo A Rengifo-Moreno, MD
Director, Structural Heart Disease
Broward Health Medical Center
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Florida State University College of Medicine

Michael Schechter, MD
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease
Florida Atlantic University
Interventional Cardiologist
Advanced Heart and Vascular Institute
Boca Raton, Florida

Roberto Von Sohsten, MD
Cardiologist
Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches
Wellington, Florida