Faculty
Luna Bhatta, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Penn State University College of Medicine, 2003, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2001, Cardiology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1998, Internal Medicine
- MD: Beijing Medical University, 1991
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Arrhythmias; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiomyopathy; moreResearch Interests
- Atrial fibrillation; Biventricular pacing in CHF; Cardiac pacemaker and implantable defibrillator
Clinical Interests
- Director of Heart Rhythm Center/Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab
Robert L Carhart Jr, MD
315 464-9572
315 464-9572
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1997, Cardiology
- Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1994, Chief Resident
- MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1990
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; Arrhythmias; moreResearch Interests
Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiac ischemia; Aggressive medical therapy; Congestive Heart Failure
Education Interests
Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program
Clinical Interests
Heart Failure, Valvular Heart Disease, General Cardiology
Associations/Memberships
- Heart Failure Society of America
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
Ziad El Khally, MD
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315 464-5440
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, 2000
- Internship: St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, 1998
- MD: St. Joseph University, 1996
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Interventional Cardiology
Timothy D Ford, MD
315 488-2372
315 488-2372
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1997, Interventional Cardiology
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1996, Cardiovascular
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1993, Internal Medicine
- MD: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1990
- Post Graduate Training: SUNY Albany, 1986, Science
- BS: SUNY Buffalo, 1985, Biology
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Cardiology; Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; more
Lewis W Johnson, MD, CDE
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, 1971, Medicine
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1969, Medicine
- MD: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1964
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Clinical Hypertension; Certified Diabetes Educator; Clinical Lipidology; Diabetes; moreResearch Interests
Diabetes mellitus and preventive cardiology
Education Interests
Diabetes mellitus and preventive cardiology
Clinical Interests
Diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and preventive cardiology
Associations/Memberships
- Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, Fellow
- American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow
- American Society of Hypertension (ASH)
- National Lipid Association (NLA)
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
Hani Kozman, MD
315 464-8668
315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2000, Interventional Cardiology
- Fellowship: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 1999, Cardiology
- Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 1996, Internal Medicine
- Residency: University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 1992, Family/Emergency Medicine
- MD: University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 1989
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology; Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; moreResearch Interests
Coronary artery disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Interventional cardiology; Coronary angioplasty/stenting
Kan Liu, MD, PhD
315 464-8668
315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Washington University at St. Louis, 2009, Cardiology
- Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, 2006, Internal Medicine
- Additional Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2003, Research Assistant Professor
- Additional Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2002, Instructor, Internal Medicine
- PhD: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001, Internal Medicine and Cellular Biology
- MD: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, 1992
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA); Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; moreResearch Interests
-Endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease.
-Lipotoxicity/glucotoxicity and endothelial/myocyte dysfunction in diabetes.
-Clinical and genetic analysis of valve diseases/Strain/strain rate imagine in cardiomyopathy.
Clinical Interests
-Cardiology consult
-Invasive cardiology and cardiovascular imaging,
-Coronary artery disease prevention.
Janet L Lottermoser, NP
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315 464-5973
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Arrhythmias; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiomyopathy; Chest Pain (Heart Related); Endocarditis; more
Robert R Michiel, MD
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315 464-9335
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1979, Cardiology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1977, Medicine
- Internship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1975
- MD: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1974
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology; Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; more
Sakti Pada Mookherjee, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 1970, Cardiology
- MD: University Medical Clinic, Leipzig, Germany, 1963
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; Atherosclerosis; more
Jeanne E Pietrzak, NP
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- MSN: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 2004, Nursing
Ali K Salah, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Saint Francis Heart Hospital/State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2009, Cardiovascular MRI, Cardiovascular CT and Echocardiography
- Fellowship: Gill Heart Institute/University of Kentucky, 2008, Cardiology
- Fellowship: Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University, 2007, Cardiovascular MRI
- Residency: Medical College of Georgia/Georgia Health Sciences University, 2005, Internal Medicine
- Internship: Medical College of Georgia/Georgia Health Sciences University, 2002, Internal Medicine
- MD: Addis Ababa University, 1998
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Echocardiography; Cardiovascular Computed Tomography; Cardiovascular MRI; Nuclear Cardiology; moreResearch Interests
Coronary and Peripheral Vascular endothelial Function using MRI; Cardiomyopathy and Scar Imaging with MRI, Cardiac CT and Coronary Artery Plaque Characterization. Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction using Echocardiographic Strain Imaging. The Role of Strain Imaging in Detecting Sub-Clinical Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular and Atrial Remodeling. The Role of 3D/4D Echocardiography in Assessing Regional Contractile Function in Cardiomyopathy.
Clinical Interests
Director, Cardiac Imaging
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Hypertension
- Critical Care Cardiology
- Cardiovascular MRI
- 3D/4D Echocardiography
Associations/Memberships
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT)
- Society of Cardiovascular MRI (SCMR)
- American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
Danish S Siddiqui, MD
315 464-8668
315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: University of California at San Diego, 2006, Interventional Cardiology
- Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2002, Cardiology
- Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1999, Internal Medicine
- Internship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1997, Internal Medicine
- MD: Topiwala National Medical College, 1995
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Nuclear Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; moreResearch Interests
- Noninvasive assessment of central aortic pressures; Improving cardiac outcome by reduction of anti-inflammatory markers; Renovascular hypertension
Clinical Interests
- Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery interventions; Peripheral arterial interventions
Harold Smulyan, MD
315 464-4535
315 464-4535
Education & Fellowships
- MD: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 1953
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Cardiology; Hypertension; Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)Research Interests
- Arterial & aortic distensibility; Hypertension
Associations/Memberships
- American Heart Association (AHA)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Frances I Swiecki, RN,BSN,MSN,ANP-C
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- NP: Syracuse University, 2004, Adult
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Cardiology; Angina; Carotid Artery Disease; Exercise Stress TestAssociations/Memberships
- Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter (International Honor Society of Nursing)
Tamas Szombathy, MD
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315 464-8668
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: Tufts University, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Campus, Boston, MA, 2010, Clinical Electrophysiology
- Fellowship: St. Elizabeth's Hospital , Boston, MA, 2006, Cardiovascular Medicine
- Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center, 2003, Chief Resident
- Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center, 2002, Internal Medicine
- Residency: Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, 1999, Internal Medicine
- MD: Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1994
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Nuclear Cardiology; Echocardiography; Arrhythmias; Cardiomyopathy; moreAssociations/Memberships
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American College of Cardiology (ACC), FACC
Daniel Villarreal, MD
315 464-8668
315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments
Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; Arch Aneurysm; moreResearch Interests
- Cardio-renal integration in physiological and pathophysiological conditions; Neuro-humoral and hemodynamic mechanisms in homeostasis, heart failure and hypertension.