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Lawrence Kanner, MD, FACC, FHRS
Chair, Department of Cardiology
Director, Electrophysiology/Arrhythmia Services
Dr. Kanner oversees and directs electrophysiology operations in Mount Sinai South Nassau's state-of-the-art Electrophysiology Lab. He cares for patients with a variety of cardiac rhythm disorders and congestive heart failure, with medications, pacemakers, defibrillators, and the latest in advanced cardiac ablation techniques. He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and medical degree from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Buffalo. He completed his medical residency and specialty training in cardiovascular disease at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and thereafter received advanced fellowship training in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the renowned Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Massachusetts. Before joining Mount Sinai South Nassau, Dr. Kanner served as an attending physician in the section of cardiac electrophysiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Dr. Kanner is active in several national and local professional societies.
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Jason Freeman, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
A specialist in both coronary and peripheral interventional procedures, Dr. Freeman has been active in research on stenting in acute myocardial infarction as well as peripheral arterial interventions. A graduate of New York Medical College, Dr. Freeman has served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. Prior to coming to Mount Sinai South Nassau, Dr. Freeman also served as Director of North Shore University Hospital's (NSUH) cardiac care unit and medical Director of its cardiology ACLS training program. Dr. Freeman was also the Program Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at NSUH in Manhasset. He served on the board of the American Heart Association, Long Island Region, and is a clinical council member of the American Heart Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.
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Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MD
Director of Echocardiography
Dr. Stevens-Cohen is board-certified in cardiology, internal medicine, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology from the State University of New York at Geneseo and obtained a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where she also completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. Her focus has been on noninvasive imaging and inpatient cardiology management.
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Sherry Megalla, MD, FACC, FASE
Noninvasive Cardiologist
Dr. Megalla is a noninvasive cardiologist and is board-certified in cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and vascular ultrasound. She earned a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefore Medical Center. She was fellowship-trained in cardiology at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Montefiore Medical Center, as well. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. Most recently, she served as an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and as the Director of Congestive Heart Failure at the Coumadin Clinic and Cardiology Research Division.
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Athanasios Smyrlis, MD, FACC
Interventional and Clinical Cardiology
Board-certified in cardiology, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine, and specializing in invasive cardiology, Dr. Smyrlis was fellowship-trained in interventional cardiology at Winthrop University Hospital (SUNY, Stony Brook, N.Y.). He completed cardiovascular disease training at the Western CT Health Network (Yale School of Medicine, CT) where he served as Chair of the hospital’s Quality Improvement Committee. He received advanced CHF and heart transplant training at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Smyrlis earned his medical degree from the University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece, where he ranked in the top one percent of his class. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
His areas of interest include coronary artery disease, angioplasty, percutaneous coronary intervention, peripheral vascular disease and peripheral intervention cardiac arrhythmias, heart valve disease and trans-catheter valve replacement, cardiomyopathy and heart failure management.
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Michael R. Sood, MD, MS, FACC, FACP
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology and Cardiac MRI
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Cardiology
Board-certified in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology, Dr. Sood completed his residency in internal medicine at New York-Methodist Hospital, affiliate via NY Presbyterian Health Care System and the Weill Cornell Heart Center, Park Slope, Brooklyn, where he was also fellowship-trained in cardiovascular disease. He additionally served as chief cardiac fellow. He completed his doctorate of medicine from Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands Antilles and also earned a masters degree in hyperbaric medicine. He also completed an advanced imaging research fellowship with level 3 training in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Prior to joining the faculty at Mount Sinai South Nassau, Dr. Sood was in private practice.
Dr. Sood specializes in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. His focus has been on various inpatient clinical services and he also enjoys many aspects of cardiac and critical care medicine and teaching. Dr Sood has also helped advance the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging program at our hospital. He has strong interests in clinical medicine, teaching, advanced cardiac imaging as well as travel medicine.
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Won Jun Park, MD, FACC, RPVI
Clinical Cardiologist
Dr. Park is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Vascular Interpretation. He obtained his medical degree from Hallym University College of Medicine in South Korea with high honors Dr. Park completed residency training in Internal Medicine at The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York, an affiliate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed a fellowship in congestive heart failure at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, New York and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Mount Sinai-Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York where he served as Chief Fellow.
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