Dr. Babu R. Jasti

Nidal Abi Rafeh is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Hammond, Louisiana. Dr. Abi Rafeh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Angina, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Abi Rafeh is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Charles Thompson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. After working 15 years in the medical field as a paramedic in south Louisiana, he completed his medical education at the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans.He began his postgraduate medical training in internal medicine at Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge. He then completed a cardiovascular disease fellowship at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, where he was also invited to serve for an additional year as chief cardiovascular fellow/interventional fellow.Dr. Thompson is board certified in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular computed tomography. In 1990, he was awarded the MBB Golden Hour Award, an international award of excellence for an aeromedical crew. He is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and Louisiana State Medical Society. He is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention. He is an invited member of the International Andreas Gruentzig Society which meets to discuss the current state of cardiovascular intervention and then publishes recommendations for the direction of research in in the field. He also holds positions in local hospital and national organization governing committees.In 2007, Dr. Thompson joined the CIS team as an interventional cardiologist in Zachary. In addition to providing general cardiovascular disease care, he has a special interest in syncope and cardiac electrophysiology.He and his wife Donna reside in Louisiana. They have six children and 4 grandchildren. His leisure time is spent traveling with family, woodworking, and refurbishing antique wood and metal working machines. Dr. Thompson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). His top areas of expertise are Angina, Pulmonary Edema, Coronary Heart Disease, Pacemaker Implantation, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Dr. Abdullah Munir is an interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Zachary.Dr. Munir attended medical school in Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, New York, where he was named chief resident. He completed a fellowship in general cardiology at the same location, where he was named chief fellow, and completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology.Dr. Munir is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography. He is also a registered physician in vascular interpretation. He also has level II training in cardiac computed tomography.Dr. Munir is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Medical Association, and the Society of Vascular Medicine. He is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. Dr. Munir is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). His top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Angina, Pediatric Myocarditis, Embolectomy, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).