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

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