Overview
Dr. Mascarenhas specializes in echocardiography and structural heart imaging. His clinical interests include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease and preventive cardiology. Dr. Mascarenhas earned his medical degree from M.P. Shah Government Medical College. He completed his residency at UPMC PinnacleHealth Harrisburg and his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Geisinger Medical Center. Dr. Mascarenhas is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He speaks English, Hindi and Gujarati.
Dr. Mascarenhas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Pediatric Myocarditis, Angina, and Atrial Fibrillation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 12 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
50 Roosevelt Terrace, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Geisinger Medical Center - Cardiology
Dr. Pokharel specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac ablations and cardiac device implantation. His clinical interests include electrophysiology. Dr. Pokharel pursued his medical education at the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Nepal, and completed his residency at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, and his electrophysiology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center. Dr. Pokharel is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Pokharel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Progressive Cardiac Conduction Defect, Arrhythmias, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.
Geisinger Medical Center - Cardiology
Dr. Mehra specializes in advanced cardiac imaging. His clinical interests include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and lipid disorders. His research interests include population health, EHR-based phenotyping and genomics. Dr. Mehra earned a PhD in investigative medicine at Yale University after completing his basic training there in internal medicine. Dr. Mehra completed his fellowship in clinical cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Mehra is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He also has multiple subspecialty board certifications in various imaging modalities. Dr. Mehra is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis, and Atrial Fibrillation.
St. Luke's Cardiology Associates-Bethlehem-8th Avenue
Jamshid Shirani is a Cardiologist in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Shirani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiomyopathy, Atrial Fibrillation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
Areas of Expertise
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- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Mascarenhas isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Experienced
- ApoplexyDr. Mascarenhas isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular CardiomyopathyDr. Mascarenhas isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Mascarenhas isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Mascarenhas isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Mascarenhas isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.