Heart & Vascular Center Physician Team

Cardiology

Daniel Villarreal, MD

Daniel Villarreal, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Medicine/Cardiology

Electrophysiology Laboratory

Luna Bhatta, MD

Luna Bhatta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Director, Heart Rhythm Center/Cardiac Electrophysiology

Tamas Szombathy, MD

Tamas Szombathy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardiology Physicians

Robert Carhart Jr, MD

Robert Carhart Jr, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Timothy Ford, MD

Timothy Ford, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lewis Johnson, MD

Lewis Johnson, MD, CDE
Professor of Medicine

Hani Kozman, MD

Hani Kozman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kan Liu, MD

Kan Liu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Robert Michiel, MD

Robert R. Michiel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Sakti Mookherjee, MD

Sakti Pada Mookherjee, MD
Professor of Medicine

Ali Salah, MD

Ali Salah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Danish Siddiqui, MD

Danish Siddiqui, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harold Smulyan, MD

Harold Smulyan, MD
Professor of Medicine

Tamas Szombathy, MD

Tamas Szombathy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardiac Surgery

Gregory Fink, MD

Gregory Fink, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Cardiac Surgery

Charles Lutz, MD

Charles Lutz, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Vascular Surgery &
Endovascular Services

Vivian Gahtan, MD

Vivian Gahtan, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Vascular Surgery &
Endovascular Services

Vascular Surgeons

Kwame Amankwah, MD

Kwame Amankwah, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Michael Costanza, MD

Michael Costanza, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Endovascular Services

M. Asad Khan, MD

M. Asad Khan, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Interventional Cardiology
(Cardiac Catheterization)

Hani Kozman, MD

Hani Kozman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Interventional Cardiology

Tim Ford, MD

Timothy Ford, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Danish Siddiqui, MD

Danish Siddiqui, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardiac Anesthesiologists

News from the HVC

Silver Award in Heart Failure and Accredited Chest Pain Center
The HVC is a PCI Accredited Chest Pain Center and the recipient of the Silver Performance Achievement Award for Heart Failure from the American Heart Assoc.
Derrick Coleman with HVC nurses
  • Derrick Coleman at the Upstate Heart & Vascular Center Read more...
  • Upstate University Hospital heart surgeon has one of the best track records in NY state. Read more... External link
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