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Faculty

Activity Directors


David Baran, MD
Activity Director
Section Head, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and MCS
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida


Jerry Estep, MD
Co-Activity Director
Division Chair, Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida


Jose Navia, MD
Co-Activity Director
Vice Chief, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Planning Committee

Feras Alkhalaileh, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Daniella Badal, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Nicolas Brozzi, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Milind Desai, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland

Kenneth Fromkin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Carolina Rocha, PA-C
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Eniley Santi Palacios, APRN
Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

David Snipelisky, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

CLEVELAND CLINIC FACULTY

Craig Asher, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Nicolas Brozzi, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Howard Bush, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Weston

Mauricio Cohen, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Milind Desai, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Brett Faulknier, DO
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River

Kenneth Fromkin, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Bishoy Hanna, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Indian River

Marcelo Helguera, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Ricardo Hernandez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Samir Kapadia, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Raghavendra Makam, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River

Steve Minear, MD
Anesthesiology / Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Jenny Placido Disla, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Diego Sadler, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Cedric Sheffield, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Nicholas Smedira, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Dia Smiley, DO
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

David Snipelisky, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Amanda Vest, MBBS
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Oussama Wazni, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

James Wudel, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic – Indian River

GUEST FACULTY

Sandra Chaparro, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Baptist Health
Miami, Florida

Francisco Javier Jimenez-Carcamo, MD, PhD
Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health
Miami, Florida

Joshua Larned, MD
Medical Director, Congestive Heart Failure Services
Holy Cross Hospital
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Jaime Lewellyn, DO
Interventional Cardiology
Knoxville, Tennessee

Katherine Lietz, MD, PhD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Lee Health Heart Institute
Fort Myers, Florida

David Lopez, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston

Marcos A. Nores, MD
Cardiac Surgery
HCA Florida Heart and Vascular Care – JFK
Atlantis, Florida

William W. O’Neill, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Parikshit Sharma, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic - Weston

Reyna Yordanka, MD
Heart Failure Program Director
Broward Health
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Richard Zelman, MD
Founder, Cape Cod Research Institute
Interventional Cardiology
Zelman Cardiology
Hyannis, Massachusetts