Heart & Vascular Care Team

Nationally Recognized Cardiac Care

Our nationally-recognized heart and vascular program is led by Dr. Richard Shlofmitz, Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital Chairman of Cardiology, and a dedicated and compassionate team of cardiology experts in multiple disciplines.

St. Francis Heart Center

In addition to Long Island's most awarded heart program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center® in Roslyn, NY, you can find excellence in heart and vascular care at St. Francis Heart Center locations across Long Island.

Cardiology Leadership

Richard Shlofmitz, MD

Chair, Cardiovascular Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Albert DiMeo, MD

Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Cardiothoracic & Interventional Endovascular Surgery Leadership

Newell Robinson, MD

Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery at Catholic Health; Director, The John Brancaccio Structural Heart and Valve Center at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Edward Lundy, MD

Surgical Director, Left Ventricular Assist Device and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program (LVAD/MCS) at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Lawrence Garcia, MD

Director, Endovascular Intervention and Vascular Medicine at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Lawrence Durban, MD

Chief, Thoracic Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Christopher La Mendola, MD

Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Program at Good Samaritan University Hospital

Timothy Carter, MD

Director, Aortic Surgery at Catholic Health; Vice Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery at Good Samaritan University Hospital

Hospital-level Cardiology Leadership

Jeffrey Moses, MD

Chief, Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital

Thierry Duchatellier, MD

Section Chief, Cardiology at Mercy Hospital

Interventional/Invasive Cardiology Leadership

George Petrossian, MD

Director, Interventional Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Thomas Pappas, MD

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Director, Preventive Cardiology at Catholic Health

Evan Shlofmitz, DO

Director, Intravascular Imaging at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

William Chung, MD

Director, Transcatheter Mitral Interventions at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Ezra Deutsch, MD

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Good Samaritan University Hospital

David Reich, MD

Chief, Interventional Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital

Gary Friedman, MD

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mercy Hospital

Sidharth Yadav, DO

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mercy Hospital

Ralph Caselnova, MD

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Joseph Hospital

Paul Sapia, MD

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Joseph Hospital

Allen Jeremias, MD

Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital; Associate Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Director, Interventional Cardiology Research at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Rakesh Patel, MD

Chief, Invasive Cardiology at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Leadership

Joseph H. Levine, MD

Service Line Chief, Electrophysiology at Catholic Health; Chief, Division of Electrophysiology at St. Francis Hospital

David Hoch, MD

Associate Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Francis Hospital

Vinod Jayam, MD

Associate Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Francis Hospital

Armen Ovsepian, MD

Director, Electrophysiology Services at Good Samaritan University Hospital; Chief, Electrophysiology at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital

Aviram Hochstadt, MD

Director, Electrophysiology at Mercy Hospital

Abram Mozes, MD

Director, Electrophysiology at St. Charles Hospital

Heart Failure Leadership

Rita Jermyn, MD

Director, Advanced Cardio Therapeutics Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and Heart Failure Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Jeremy Mazurek, MD

System Director of Advanced Heart Failure Services

Cardio-Oncology Leadership

Syed Saad Mahmood, MD

Director, Cardio-Oncology Program at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Pediatric Cardiology Leadership

Sean Levchuck, MD

Chair, Pediatric Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Douglas Luxenberg, DO

Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology at Good Samaritan University Hospital

Cardiovascular Imaging Leadership

Omar Khalique, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Imaging at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research and Education at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Jie Jane Cao, MD

Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Cardiovascular Research Leadership

Ziad Ali, MD