Faculty

Timothy D Ford, MD
Division Chief

Dana C Aiello, MD, MSc
315 701-2170

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: Louisiana State University Health Science Center, 2015
Residency: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, 2012
Internship: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, 2010
MD: SABA University School of Medicine, 2009
MSCI: SABA University School of Medicine, 2006, Hyperbaric Medicine

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

Onondaga County Medical Society
Medical Society of The State of New York
American College of Cardiology (ACC)
American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
American College of Physicians (ACP)
Society of Cardiovascular MRI (SCMR)
American Federation for Clinical Research

Luna Bhatta, MD
315 464-5973

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; Cardiology; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology; Arrhythmias; Atrial Fibrillation; more

Research 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
315 464-9335

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; Cardiovascular Disease; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; more

Research 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)

Larry S Charlamb, MD
315 701-2170

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1995, Cardiovascular Disease
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1992, Internal Medicine
MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1988
BS: Cornell University, 1984, Biological Sciences

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow
Medical Society of The State of New York
Onondaga County Medical Society
American College of Physicians (ACP), Fellow
American Medical Association

Mark J Charlamb, MD
315 663-0500

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 1998
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1995, Internal Medicine
MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1991
BS: SUNY Binghamton, 1987, Biological Sciences

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease

Associations/Memberships

Medical Society of The State of New York
American Hospital Association
American College of Cardiology (ACC)
American Medical Association
Onondaga County Medical Society

Debanik Chaudhuri, MD
315 464-4535

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, 2012, Interventional Cardiology
Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2011, Cardiovascular Diseases
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2008, Internal Medicine
MD: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Resarch, Chandigarh, India, 2004
MBBS: Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, India, 1999

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Vascular Interpretation; Nuclear Cardiology; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

American College of Cardiology (ACC)
American Heart Association (AHA)

Barbara N Eckhard, MSN, FNP-C
315 464-9335

Education & Fellowships

MSN: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2011, Family Nurse Practitioner
BS: SUNY Buffalo, 2007, Nursing

Associations/Memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

Timothy D Ford, MD
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

Alicia A Kell, NP
315 464-9335

Hani Kozman, MD
315 464-4535

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; Cardiovascular Disease; Angina; Aortic Aneurysm; more

Research Interests

Coronary artery disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Interventional cardiology; Coronary angioplasty/stenting

Janet L Lottermoser, NP
315 464-5973

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Arrhythmias; Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiomyopathy; Chest Pain (Heart Related); Endocarditis; more

Sakti Pada Mookherjee, MD
315 464-4535

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 1970, Cardiology
MD: University Medical Clinic, Leipzig, Germany, 1963

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; more

Christopher A Nardone, MD
315 663-0500

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: SUNY Buffalo, 1997, Cardiology
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1994, Internal Medicine
MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1991

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider; Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

Medical Society of The State of New York
American Medical Association
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)
American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow
Onondaga County Medical Society

Matthew S Ohern, MD
315 701-2170

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: University of Connecticut, 2002, Interventional Cardiology
Fellowship: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 2001, Cardiology
Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1998, Internal Medicine
Residency: North Shore University Hospital, 1996, Diagnostic Radiology
Residency: Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY, 1995
MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1994
BS: St. Bonaventure University, NY, 1989

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

Onondaga County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Medical Society of The State of New York

Charles Perla, MD
315 701-2170

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, 1988, Cardiology
Residency: New York University Medical Center, 1986, Internal Medicine
MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1983
BA: Johns Hopkins University, 1979

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology

Associations/Memberships

Onondaga County Medical Society
American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow
American College of Physicians (ACP)

Avneet Singh, MD
315 464-4536

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2015, Cardiology
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2011, Internal Medicine
Internship: SUNY Upstate Medical University, 2009, Internal Medicine
MBBS: Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, 2003

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease

Associations/Memberships

Medical Council of India (MCT)
Delhi Medical Council
American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Harold Smulyan, MD
315 464-4535

Education & Fellowships

MD: SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 1953

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Cardiovascular Disease; 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
315 464-9572

Education & Fellowships

NP: Syracuse University, 2004, Adult

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Cardiology; Angina; Carotid Artery Disease; Exercise Stress Test

Associations/Memberships

Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Chapter (International Honor Society of Nursing)

Tamas Szombathy, MD
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; Nuclear Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Echocardiography; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardiology; more

Associations/Memberships

American College of Physicians (ACP)
American College of Cardiology (ACC), FACC

Howa A Thabet, NP
315 464-5967

Daniel Villarreal, MD
315 464-9578

Diseases/Specialties/Treatments

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiology; Angina; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Aortic Valve Stenosis; more

Research Interests

Cardio-renal integration in physiological and pathophysiological conditions; Neuro-humoral and hemodynamic mechanisms in homeostasis, heart failure and hypertension.