Overview
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 Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Myxoma, Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Myocarditis.
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Locations
1250 Waters Place- Tower II, 7th Floor, Bronx, NY 10461
3400 Bainbridge Avenue, 7th Floor Area B, Bronx, NY 10467
555 Taxter Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Guggenheim Pavilion
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Montefiore Einstein Center For Heart & Vascular Care
Lili Zhang, MD, is Director, Cardio-Oncology Program and Assistant Professor, Cardiology at Montefiore Einstein. A non-invasive cardiologist and a cardiac imaging specialist, Dr. Zhang’s clinical focus is in Cardio-Oncology, cardiomyopathy, general cardiology, echocardiography and multimodality cardiac imaging. Dr. Zhang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Atherosclerosis, Leg or Foot Amputation, and Vitrectomy.
Office
Lauren Baldassarre is a Cardiologist in New Haven,, Connecticut. Dr. Baldassarre is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myocarditis. Her top areas of expertise are Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines, and Heart Tumor.
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Gongora isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Gongora isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- MyocarditisDr. Gongora isAdvanced. Learn about Myocarditis.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- AngioplastyDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Gongora isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.