Dr. Zaher Akkad

Nathan Laufer MDCM, is originally from Montreal, Canada. He is medical graduate from McGill University, class of 1977. His internal medicine residency was completed at the University of Toronto, 1977-81, and his cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, 1981-83, where he remained on faculty prior to moving to Phoenix. Within one year of arriving, he became the Coronary Care Unit Director at Good Samaritan Hospital, a University of Arizona teaching hospital. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Canada and the US, and board certified in Interventional Cardiology by the ABIM.He has been practicing and teaching cardiology in Phoenix for over 35 years. He is the founder and medical director of the Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona. He is past program director and founder of the 4th year Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, founder of the Cardiovascular Society of Arizona, and past Chief, Department of Cardiovascular Disease Banner Estrella Medical Center in Phoenix.He is past President of the Arizona Medical Association. Over the years he has held numerous board positions including president of the Maricopa County Medical Society, president of the Phoenix Board of the American Heart Association, Counselor of the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology, and Board Member of the University of Michigan Club Of Greater Phoenix.He has received numerous awards including McGill University Scholarships, Teacher of the Year at Good Samaritan Hospital, and National Leadership Award, Wings of Memory, US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is listed in Who's Who in America, 1998-2018; Phoenix Business Journal Survey of Most Influential in Health Care; Top Doc-Cardiovascular Disease, Phoenix Magazine 1998-2018; Best Doctors in America 2007-18; and numerous other listings.He has lectured all over the US, Russia, and Japan. He organized technique workshops and medical conferences on angioplasty, stenting, and rotablator technology and other aspects of cardiology. He has 98 publications to his credit, many in the field of Interventional Cardiology.He has also participated in numerous charitable activities including US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Anti-Defamation League, Phoenix Symphony, AJC, United Way's Alexis de Tocqueville Society, King David School, JNF, Friends of the IDF, and AIPAC.His wife, Judy, is also from Montreal, was a kindergarten teacher in the West Island and currently a children's book author. They married in 1986 and have one son, Andrew, currently living in Los Angeles.We provide comprehensive care including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of coronary, vascular, and carotid disease, as well as arrhythmias, and women's cardiology. Dr. Laufer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Arterial Embolism, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Xanthoma.

Joshua Cohen is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Cohen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Stable Angina, Varicose Veins, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Jaskamal Kahlon is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Kahlon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Angioplasty, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).