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

Newell Robinson, MD
Chair, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
Cardiothoracic & Interventional Endovascular Surgery Leadership

Newell Robinson, MD
Chair, Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service Line at Catholic Health; Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Co-Director, Structural Heart Program at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Albert DiMeo, MD
Vice Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery 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
Medical Oncology Leadership

Larry Altschul, 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 Levine, MD
Director, Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Center at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Armen Ovsepian, MD
Director, Electrophysiology Services at Good Samaritan University Hospital; Chief, Electrophysiology at St. Catherine of Siena 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
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging at Catholic Health and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research and Education at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Jaffar Khan, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Innovation Services at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center; Associate Director, Structural Heart Research Services at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
Our Care Team
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Interventionalists
- Richard Shlofmitz, MD
- George Petrossian, MD
- Thomas Pappas, MD
- Meyer Abittan, MD
- Ziad Ali, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Ari Ezratty, MD
- Gary Friedman, MD
- Alan Goldman, MD
- Andrew Grunwald, MD
- Allen Jeremias, MD
- Andrew Lituchy, MD
- Antonio Madrid, MD
- Stephen Mezzafonte, MD
- Joseph Minadeo, MD
- Edward Oruci, MD
- Chong Park, MD
- Maulik Patel, MD
- Kiran Reddy, MD
- Evan Shlofmitz, DO
- Theofanis Tsiamtsiouris, MD
- Sidartha Yadav, DO
- Jeffery Moses, MD
Interventional Neurology
- Jeffrey Farkas, MD
- Karthikeyan Arcot, MD
- David Turkel-Parrella, MD
- Jeremy Liff, MD
- Nitin Mariwalla, MD
- Ambooj Tiwari, MD
- Miguel Litao, MD
- Ketevan Kerekashvili, MD
Invasive
- Rita Jermyn, MD
- Patrick Monteleone, MD
- Felix Oviasu, MD
- Aman Shah, MD
(Pulmonary embolisms) INARI/EKOS
- Kiran Reddy, MD
Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- (adult and pediatric) Sean Levchuck, MD
TAVR
- George Petrossian, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
MitraClip
- George Petrossian, MD
- William Chung, MD
- Andrew Berke, MD
- Joseph Levine, MD
- Joshua Stern, MD
- Vinod Jayam, MD
- William Shin, MD
- Gregory Siroky, MD
- David Hock, MD
- Marlon Rosenbaum, MD
- Omar Khalique, MD
- Eddy Barasch, MD
- Sylvia Biso, MD
- Jane Cao, MD
- Lu Chen, MD
- Jason Craft, MD
- Kana Fujikura, MD
- Amanda Leung, MD
- Dennis Mihalatos, MD
- Afiachukwu Onuegbu, MD
- Roosha Parikh, MD
- Vijayapraveena Paruchuri, MD
- Xiao Ren, MD
- Kathleen Stergiopoulos, MD
- Billal Tokhi, DO
- Andrew Van Tosh, MD
- Lin Wang, MD
- Haoyi Zheng, MD
Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at Good Samaritan Hospital (West Islip, NY)
Interventionalists
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Matthew Liakos, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Ralph Caselnova, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
- Samy Selim, MD
- Puneet Gandotra, MD
Interventional Neurology
- Kimon Bekelis, MD
- Symeon Missios, MD
(Pulmonary embolisms) INARI/EKOS
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Matthew Liakos, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Ralph Caselnova, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
- David Reich, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
TAVR
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- David Reich, MD
- Paul Lee, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Thomas Chengot, DO
MitraClip
- David Reich, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Armen Ovsepian, MD
- Justin Shaber, MD
- Eric Uyguanco, MD
- Alex Vidal, MD
- Ching Wei Russell Chen, MD
- Michael Weber, MD
- Leigh Ann Hutchinson, MD
- Anastasios Manaris, MD
- Todd Cohen, MD
Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at Mercy Hospital (Rockville Centre, NY)
- Bassiema Ibrahim, MD
Find a Doctor at St. Francis Heart Center at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital (Smithtown, NY)
Interventionalists
- Ezra Deutsch, MD
- Michael Happes, MD
- Michael Rosenband, MD
- Rakesh Patel, MD
- Shahram Hormozi, MD
- Shamin Khan, MD
- Abram Mozes, MD
- Armen Ovsepian, MD
- Michael Weber, MD
- Leigh Hutchinson, MD
- Alex Vidal, MD
- Trevor Verga, MD