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Jean M. Cacciabaudo, MD, FACC*

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As medical director of Peconic Bay Medical Center, Jean Cacciabaudo, MD, oversees all medical affairs, quality management, patient safety issues and standards of care at the 182-bed community hospital.

Previously, Dr. Cacciabaudo served as Southside Hospital’s chief of cardiology and Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s associate medical director.

Under her leadership at Southside, she worked with the multidisciplinary team that brought open heart surgery and advanced complex cardiac care to the Bay Shore community. Southside became the first hospital in Suffolk County to perform percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusions, TAVRs and cryoatrial fibrillation ablations under one roof. Additionally, the acute myocardial infarction program was the first on Long Island to receive recognition from the American Heart Association for Mission: Lifeline, a collaborative program with Southside and local EMS to recognize acute myocardial infarctions in patients while in the field and activate the cardiac catheterization lab.

She also received the Northwell Health President’s Award in 2016 for Team Innovation for chairing the Northwell Health Physician Partners physician committee that brought physician ratings and comments online to provide potential patients with patient testimonials and out.

Dr. Cacciabaudo brings a history of medical accomplishment and leadership to Peconic. Her arrival comes at a transformative time for the medical center, as it begins construction on a $60 million critical care tower that will include the most comprehensive trauma, intensive care and cardiac catheterization suite on Long Island’s East End.

As an educator, she has served on the faculties of the Zucker School of Medicine, where she is currently an assistant professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cornell University Medical College.

Dr. Cacciabaudo received her medical training at New York Medical College, and served her internship and residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where her training also included clinical fellowships in hypertension and cardiology.

Gaurav Rao, MD, FACC, FSCAI*

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Administrative titles
Director – Interventional Cardiology – Huntington
Director – Interventional Cardiology of Cardiology, Huntington Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo

Residencies
Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division

Fellowships
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

Faculty:

Jasjit Bhinder, MD

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Adv Heart Fail Trnsplnt Cardio – American Board of IM / Adv Heart Fail / Tran Cardiolog

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
St Georges University School of Medicine – Grenada

Residencies
Mount Sinai Morningside

Fellowships
Yale University School of Medicine
Westchester Medical Center

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Valerie Demekhin, Pharm.D., BCCCP, BCPS**

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Clinical Pharmacy Specialist CT-ICU, Heart and Lung Transplant North Shore University Hospital Northwell Health

Sean M. Donahoe, MD, FACC

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Assistant Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing

Education
New York University School of Medicine

Residencies
Brigham & Womens Hospital

Fellowships
Weill Cornell Medical College – New York Hospital

Anjori Bhatia Dunbar, MD

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
State Univ of NY at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Residencies
New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Med

Fellowships
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Columbia University Medical Center

Luis Gruberg, MD, FACC, FSCAI

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Academic titles
Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Universidad Mayor de San Simon

Residencies
Washington Hospital Center

Fellowships
Washington Hospital Center

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Thomas Harrison, FNP-C**

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Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology South Shore University Hospital

Benjamin Hirsh, MD, FACC, FNLA

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease

Administrative titles
Director – Preventive Cardiology of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Emory University School of Medicine

Residencies
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowships
Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center

Zachary N. Kon, MD

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Board certifications
Cardiothoracic Surgery – American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Academic titles
Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Residencies
University of Maryland Medical Center

Rajiv Jauhar, MD, FACC, FSCAI

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Administrative titles
Chief – Department of Cardiology of Cardiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Academic titles
Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Residencies
University of California Medical Center San Diego

Fellowships
New York Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center

Frank Manetta, MD

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Board certifications
Surgery – American Board of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery – American Board of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Academic titles
Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Medical College of Pennsylvania

Residencies
Albany Medical Center Hospital

Fellowships
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Bushra A. Mina, MD, FCCP, FCCM, FACP

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Board certifications
Critical Care Medicine – American Board of IM / Critical Care Medicine
Pulmonary Disease – American Board of IM / Pulmonary Disease

Administrative titles
Program Director – Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship

Academic titles
Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Univ of Alexandria

Residencies
Lenox Hill Hospital
Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center GME – CLOSED

Fellowships
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
St Vincents Hospital and Medical Center – NY

Guy L. Mintz, MD, FACC, FNLA, FASPC

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease

Administrative titles
Director – Cardiovascular Health & Lipidology of Cardiology, North Shore University Hospital

Academic titles
Clinical Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Boston University School of Medicine

Residencies
North Shore University Hospital

Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital

Andrew Persits, MD, FACC

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Chief resident
State University of NY Health Science Ctr/Brooklyn

Education
Univ of St Georges

Residencies
State University of NY Health Science Ctr/Brooklyn

Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital

Sabarivinoth Rangasamy, MD

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Adv Heart Fail Trnsplnt Cardio – American Board of IM / Adv Heart Fail / Tran Cardiolog

Education
PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

Residencies
Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center

Fellowships
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical
Montefiore Medical Center – Moses Division

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Anthony Reilly, PA-C**

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Supervising Physician Assistant Department of Cardiovascular Medicine/Interventional Cardiology Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health

Carl Reimers, MD

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology

Administrative titles
Director – Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Department of Cardiology, Northern Westchester Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Residencies
Mount Sinai Beth Israel — Petrie Division

Fellowships
Mount Sinai Beth Israel — Petrie Division

Geurys Rojas-Marte, MD, FACC, FHFSA

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Adv Heart Fail Trnsplnt Cardio – American Board of IM / Adv Heart Fail / Tran Cardiolog

Administrative titles
Director – Director of Heart Failure/Cardiology of Cardiology – Invasive Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Universidad Automoma de Santo Domingo

Residencies
Maimonides Medical Center

Fellowships
University of Florida College of Medicine
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Shahryar Saba, MD

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
New York University School of Medicine

Residencies
New York Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center

Fellowships
National Institute of Health
New York University Langone Medical Center

Samit Shah, MD

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Adv Heart Fail Trnsplnt Cardio – American Board of IM / Adv Heart Fail / Tran Cardiolog

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Chief resident
New York University School of Medicine

Education
University of Rochester Schl of Medicine/Dentistry

Residencies
New York University School of Medicine

Fellowships
Yale University School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center

Samy Selim, MD

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Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Chief resident
Jersey Shore University Medical Center – GME

Education
Cairo University Egypt

Residencies
Jersey Shore University Medical Center – GME

Fellowships
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Tufts-New England Medical Center

Avneet Singh, MD, MRCP, FACC

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Clinical Interests:
Coronary Angiography and Interventions
Peripheral arterial disease and Interventions
Structural heart diseases
Aortic stenosis
TAVR
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Congestive Heart failure (CHF)
Hypertension
Renal Denervation Clinical trials

Administrative titles
Director – Interventional Cardiology

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital

Residencies
North Shore University Hospital

Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital

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David L. Stern, MD, FACC

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Nuclear Cardiology – American Board of Nuclear Cardiology

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Residencies
North Shore University Hospital

Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital

Sirish Vullaganti, MD

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Adv Heart Fail Trnsplnt Cardio – American Board of IM / Adv Heart Fail / Tran Cardiolog

Administrative titles
Director – Heart Failure Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
University of Alabama School of Medicine

Residencies
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

Fellowships
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Mitchell Weinberg, MD

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Board certifications
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of IM / Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology – American Board of IM / Interventional Cardiology
Vascular Medicine – American Board of Vascular Medicine
Endovascular Medicine – American Board of Vascular Medicine

Administrative titles
Department Chairman – Chairman of Cardiology of Cardiology – Interventional Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Residencies
Columbia University College-Physicians & Surgeons

Fellowships
Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

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Franklin Zimmerman, MD, FACC

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Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease – American Board of Internal Medicine

Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Education
Brown University School of Medicine

Residencies
Mt Sinai West

Fellowships
Mount Sinai St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Northwell Health Physician Partners Recognition Awards
Patients’ Choice Award Recipient (2022)

*Course Director and Faculty Member
** Faculty Member and Planning Committee

CVE Program Coordinated By:

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Arlene M. Karole, CHCP, CMP, MSA

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Director, Office of Academic Engagement, Education and Communications Department of Cardiology Northwell Health