Program director
Mubbasher A. Syed, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
Medical School: Khyber Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Fairview Hospital
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Toledo
Interventional Fellowship: University of Arizona/Banner University College of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: Complex Coronary interventions, Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, Cardiovascular Academics, Endovascular Interventions
Core faculty
Youssef Al-Saghir, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FABVM Associate Program Director
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Interventional Fellowship: University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Areas of Expertise: Structural Heart disease, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Complex Coronary Intervention, Endovascular Peripheral Intervention
Andrea DeNeen, MD, FACC
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Kentucky
Areas of Expertise: Cardiac Imaging, Academic Cardiology, Noninvasive Cardiology, Heart Failure
Vaqar Ali, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FABVM
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: St. Vincent’s Medical Center - Staten Island
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Gill Heart Institute
Interventional Fellowship: Gill Heart Institute
Heart Failure Fellowship: Gill Heart Institute/University of Kentucky
Areas of Expertise: Structural Heart, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Tarek Chami, MD
Medical School: University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Minneapolis Heart Institute
Endovascular Fellowship: First Coast Cardiovascular Institute
Areas of Expertise: Invasive Cardiology, Academic Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure, Valvular Heart Disease
Ibrahim Fahdi, MD, FACC, FASE
Medical School: Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Cardiology, Multimodality Imaging
Yazan Khatib, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FABVM, FSVM
Medical School: Damascus University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center
Interventional Fellowship: Indiana Heart Institute
Endovascular Fellowship: Alexian Brothers Hospital and Mercy Hospital
Areas of Expertise: Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Interventions, Value-Based Healthcare, Practice Management
Sumant Lamba, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College
Internal Medicine Residency: Wright State University School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Wright State University School of Medicine
Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation Fellowship: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Interventional Fellowship: St. Joseph’s Hospital
Areas of Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplant
Kelechukwu Uzoma Okoro, MD
Medical School: Saint Matthew’s University School of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency: Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Interventional Fellowship: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Endovascular Fellowship: First Coast Cardiovascular Institute
Areas of Expertise: General Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Coronary and Endovascular Interventions
Deepak Kumar Pasupula, MD, MPH, FACC, FHRS
Medical School: MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Clinic Cardiac
Electrophyisiology Fellowship: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Areas of Expertise: Atrial Fibrillation Ablations Using Pulse Field Technology, Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, Conduction System Pacing, Lead Extraction, Supra Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, Cardionueral Ablation, Substernal ICD Implantation
Firas El Sabbagh, MD, FHRS
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Internal Medicine Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Missouri Clinic Cardiac
Electrophysiology Fellowship: University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Areas of Expertise: Complex VT Ablations, Device Therapy, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, Electrophysiology
Rabih Tabet, MD
Medical School: The Lebanese University
Internal Medicine Residency: Hofstra School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Staten Island University Hospital
Interventional Fellowship: Lennox Hill Hospital
Endovascular Fellowship: Yale New Haven Hospital
Areas of Expertise: General Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Valve Disease, Heart Failure
Jason Roberts, DHSc, RN, RVT
Undergraduate: Nova Southeastern University
Doctorate: Nova Southeastern University
Nursing School: Broward Community College
Areas of Expertise: Noninvasive Cardiovascular Services
David Swain, DPM, CWSP
Undergraduate: Georgia Southern University
Podiatric Medicine School: Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine
Podiatric Surgical Residency: Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System
Areas of Expertise: Wound Care, Podiatry, Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia