Oana Andreescu is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Andreescu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension. Dr. Andreescu is currently accepting new patients.

Sachin Phade is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Phade is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS), Mesenteric Artery Ischemia, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Phade is currently accepting new patients.

Mario Mariani is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr. Mariani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Macroamylasemia, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, and Hypertension. Dr. Mariani is currently accepting new patients.

Derek Crouthers is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr. Crouthers is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hyperglycemia, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Familial Hypertension.

Dr. Mark Thel graduated with Distinction from the University of Virginia and cum laude from Georgetown University School of Medicine. At Georgetown, he was president of the Honor Medical Society Alpha Omega Alpha. He served his internship, internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and interventional training at Duke where he was also the Chief Resident in the Department of Medicine. He received the Duke Medical School Davison Society teaching award in 1996.Dr. Thel has published more than 25 papers focusing on clinical trials in interventional cardiology. Dr. Thel participated in the United States Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program and left the Navy in 2000 as a Commander. His duty stations included General Medical Officer for Carrier Air Group Five in Atsugi, Japan, and staff cardiologist at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Thel is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Thel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Angina, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Dr. Lehman is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and specializes in imaging cardiology. He came to Chattanooga Heart from Duke University Health System in Durham, NC. Dr. Lehman completed a fellowship and residency in Cardiovascular Disease at Duke University. He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and a Master’s of Public Policy, Concentration in Health Policy from Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. He graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor’s of Science, Biology, where he had the highest GPA for all bachelor of science degrees. He served as a congressional aid on Capitol Hill. Dr. Lehman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Necrosis, and Arterial Embolism.

Dr. Robert Huang is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and specializes in interventional cardiology. He completed fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he also earned a Masters of Public Health. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where he also earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering.Dr. Huang served his internal medicine internship and residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He served as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga. Dr. Huang has practiced cardiology in Chattanooga since 2011 and is the author of numerous professional papers in the field of cardiology. Dr. Huang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Angioplasty.

Dr. William F. Oellerich earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis while concurrently earning a doctorate in philosophy in its Department of Pharmacology. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and served as chief resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He also completed his fellowship in cardiology at Washington University School of Medicine.Dr. Oellerich is board certified in cardiology and echocardiography. He has had specialized training in nuclear cardiology, diagnostic cardiac catheterization, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, autonomic pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, and echocardiography. He has been published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, Neuroscience and The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.He is the director of the echocardiography lab and CT cardiovascular program at Memorial Hospital. He plays an instrumental part in the ongoing progress of the cardiovascular CT program. He is helping to coordinate the introduction of a valve clinic to The Chattanooga Heart Institute. Dr. Oellerich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, and Angina.

Dr. Henry Cheng is board-certified in imaging and general cardiology. He earned his medical degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Cheng completed an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, and a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to general cardiology care, Dr. Cheng specializes in cardio-oncology, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He sees patients at the Chattanooga Citico office and at our Hixson office. Dr. Cheng is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), and Cardiomyopathy.

Dr. Aaron Soufer comes to The Chattanooga Heart Institute from Yale New Haven Hospital where he completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine and an advanced fellowship in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging. He also completed his internship and residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Soufer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Heart Disease, and Aortic Regurgitation.

Lisa Carkner is a Cardiologist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Dr. Carkner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Her top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Coronary Heart Disease, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Carkner is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Carter Hemphill is board certified in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology, endovascular medicine, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Hemphill completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Texas A & M College of Medicine/Scott & White Hospital. He completed his residency in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center.Dr. Hemphill received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in New York. He previously served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine at Chattanooga. Dr. Hemphill is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Angioplasty, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Dr. Chad Armstrong comes to The Chattanooga Heart Institute from Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine and where he also completed an Internal Medicine residency. Dr. Armstrong sees patients at our Chattanooga Glenwood office and at our Hixson office. Dr. Armstrong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Aortic Regurgitation, and Aortic Valve Stenosis.

Dr. Vimal Ramjee is board certified in cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine, echocardiography, cardiac CT, and advanced cardiovascular life support. He has received advanced specialty training in transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography and stress echocardiography.He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and advanced cardiovascular imaging and translational research at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Ramjee completed his residency in internal medicine at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and two Bachelor of Science degrees from Emory University in Atlanta. He has received numerous academic honors and awards. Dr. Ramjee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Coronary Heart Disease, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Dr. Ondrej Lisy completed his internship and internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN. Also at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, he completed his fellowship in cardiovascular diseases with the clinician investigator track which was followed by additional fellowship training in cardiac imaging. He received his medical degree and Ph.D. degree in cardiovascular physiology from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, prior to accepting the Assistant Professor of Medicine position at the Mayo Medical School.He received numerous awards while at the Mayo Clinic including the Young Investigator Award of the Heart Failure Society of America and the American College of Physicians and Donald C. Balfour Award of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association for Meritorious Research. Dr. Lisy has been published in numerous medical journals including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Hypertension, American Journal of Physiology and Kidney International. Dr. Lisy has been involved in cutting edge research on heart failure for many years including designing peptides for heart failure treatment.Dr. Lisy has expertise in noninvasive cardiology and cardiac imaging modalities after he did his advanced specialty training in nuclear cardiology and echocardiography. He has been instrumental in establishing the Cardiac PET Program at Memorial Hospital where he has served since 2018 as the medical director of the Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory. Dr. Lisy is board certified in cardiology, internal medicine and nuclear cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Lisy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Arterial Embolism, Coronary Heart Disease, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

William Smith is a primary care provider, practicing in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, Sitosterolemia, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), and Gallbladder Removal. Dr. Smith is currently accepting new patients.

Ronald Jarl is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Jarl is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3, and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 2. Dr. Jarl is currently accepting new patients.

David Adams is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Adams is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Obesity in Children, High Cholesterol, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism. Dr. Adams is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Bhushan is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Bhushan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), Hyperlipoproteinemia Type 4, and Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Dr. Bhushan is currently accepting new patients.

Amanda Winters is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hixson, Tennessee. Dr. Winters is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Her top area of expertise is Deep Vein Thrombosis.