Dr. Samer Saouma

Xiaodong Zhang, MD, PhD, FHRS received his medical degree at Qingdao University, China. Dr. Zhang completed his fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and cardiac electrophysiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He earned his PhD degree in cardiac electrophysiology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He then come to US to finish his second cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr Zhang is now Attending Physician at Montefiore Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He specializes in the treatment of complex arrhythmias, particularly in catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias and ventricular tachycardia using cutting-edge technology. He is one of the few electrophysiologists in the country who performs these procedures without fluoroscopy, which avoids radiation exposure to both patients and staff. Dr. Zhang has an exceptional ablation experience, he completed more than 2000 ablation procedures totally. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Situs Inversus. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT), and Cardiac Ablation.

Luigi Di Biase, MD, PhD, FACC, FHRS, is Section Head of Electrophysiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services at Montefiore as well as Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Di Biase is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Situs Inversus. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Nils A. Guttenplan, MD, is an Attending Physician in the Cardiology Department at Montefiore. His clinical focus is improving the patient's quality of life and prognosis across the spectrum of heart rhythm disorders. He has an interest in all contemporary approaches to achieve this aim, including pacemakers, defibrillators, catheter ablations, and left atrial appendage occlusion devices. Dr. Guttenplan joined the Montefiore team in 2018. Dr. Guttenplan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Situs Inversus. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Familial Progressive Cardiac Conduction Defect, Heart Failure, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.