Susheel Kodali is a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Kodali is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Dr. Joseph J. DeRose, Jr., graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University where he earned the Chapman Medal for the most outstanding student in Biology. He completed his MD degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received the Whipple award for the most outstanding student in Surgery. Dr. Derose is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Tumor, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Mei Chau is a Thoracic Surgeon in Bronx, New York. Dr. Chau is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Stephen M. Spindel, MD, is an attending surgeon at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Spindel’s primary clinical focus is on the treatment of aortic valve pathology and diseases of the aorta, especially in patients 60 and under, where he performs the Ross procedure or valve-sparing aortic root operations. He also has an interest in mitral valve repair, mainly through a small three-inch incision. He remains an active heart and lung transplantation doctor and performs coronary artery bypass surgery. Dr. Spindel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiac Diverticulum, Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Sandhya Murthy is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Murthy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Jim Tauras, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist, Assistant Professor, Medicine and. Dr. Tauras is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Cardiac Amyloidosis, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Stephen J. Forest, MD, is Surgical Director, Advanced Pulmonary Failure and Lung Transplantation and Associate Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. He has a clinical focus on the treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure through the use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices and organ transplantation. He also has a clinical interest in arterial revascularization for the treatment of advanced ischemic heart disease, particularly in patients with severely reduced cardiac function. Dr. Forest is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Aneurysms of the Great Vessels, Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Dissection, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Azeem Latib, MB BCh, is Medical Director of Structural Heart Interventions at Montefiore. Dr. Latib is a world-leading expert in interventional cardiology, with a clinical focus on complex coronary interventions as well as transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid interventions. He has extensive clinical experience in TAVR and MitraClip, as well as expertise in novel and new devices to treat mitral and tricuspid valve disease minimally invasively without open-heart surgery. Dr. Latib is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Heart Valve Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Yogita Rochlani is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Rochlani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM), Heart Failure, Pulmonary Embolism, Embolectomy, and Heart Transplant.

Interventional cardiology, Diagnostic coronary angiogram and percutaneous coronary intervention. Dr. Kanei is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Carlos A Gongora MD is a Cardiologist, Cardio-Oncologist, Cardiac Imager, and Researcher at Montefiore Medical Center. He is a physician educated in Mexico and a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP). After studying at the BUAP he worked for 1 year as a primary care physician at a rural clinic in a small community in Puebla, Mexico. After that, he moved to the USA and worked as a program coordinator in a public health project in Boston, MA, promoting cardiovascular health and healthy eating. Then, he completed two years of cardiovascular research at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, where he published and presented his research in various international conferences and received an award of excellence for his research. He finished his Cardiology fellowship in June of 2020 at Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals. During his residency and fellowship, he continued with his cardiovascular research and has worked in a public health program in the Bronx. Also, during his cardiology fellowship he developed, presented and published different cardiovascular research projects. Due to his hard work, he was chosen as Chief Cardiology Fellow. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, Dr. Gongora took care of critically ill COVID-19 patients with cardiac comorbidities in the Cardiac Care Unit. He participated in international conferences to discuss the latest observations, advances and therapies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. He lastly finished an Advanced Cardiac Imaging and Cardio-Oncology Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Also he completed courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. While in Boston, Dr. Gongora has been involved in projects focusing on cardiotoxicity associated with immune therapies and anthracyclines among patients with cancer. Additionally, he has worked on projects focusing on medical therapy for patients with COVID-19 and their cardiac involvement. Dr. Gongora is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Myxoma, Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Robert E. Michler, MD, has served as the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Montefiore Medical Center since 2008. He is Chairman of the Department of Surgery (2007) and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery (2005) at the Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Michler holds the Samuel I. Belkin Chair and is Professor with Tenure at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Michler is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Congenital Aneurysms of the Great Vessels, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Tadahisa Sugiura, MD, PhD, is an attending surgeon and Assistant Professor at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Sugiura’s clinical focus is in structural heart disease, coronary artery bypass surgery, the treatment of end-stage heart failure, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and cardiothoracic organ procurement. Dr. Sugiura is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Regurgitation, Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Dr. Goldstein was raised in Caracas, Venezuela by a family of physicians. He attended Medical School at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine where he received the Alpha Omega Alpha Distinction and was recipient of the prestigious Lamport Biomedical Research Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies. Dr. Goldstein went on to complete his General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospitals. During this time, he also completed one year of translational research in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Goldstein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Infective Endocarditis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Heart Transplant, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Richard Neches is a Cardiologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Neches is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Valve Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Torsten Vahl is a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Vahl is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Tamim Nazif is a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Nazif is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Edward Buratto is a Thoracic Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Buratto is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. His top areas of expertise are Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Transposition of the Great Arteries, Ventricular Septal Defects, Heart Valve Repair, and Heart Transplant.

Patricia Chavez is an Internal Medicine provider in New York, New York. Dr. Chavez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Melana Yuzefpolskaya is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in New York, New York. Dr. Yuzefpolskaya is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Valve Repair. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair.