Program director
Brian M. Friedman, MD
University of Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa, M.B.B.Ch. Cum Laude
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Brian M. Friedman is a board certified interventional cardiologist with more than 30 years of experience.
Dr. Friedman treats a wide spectrum of cardiovascular conditions and performs a number of procedures which include: coronary angioplasty and stent implantation, pacemaker implantation, venous ablation and phlebectomy. He has a broad experience in reading and interpreting electrocardiograms, stress tests, echocardiograms, nuclear studies and venous duplex examinations to treat many heart conditions.
Dr Friedman is an investigator in a number of Research Trials and has published numerous scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and has presented all over the world. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has received many professional honors, including recognition as one of Kansas City's Top Doctors.
Associate program director
Vasvi Singh, MD, FACC, FSCCT, FASNC
Vasvi Singh, MD, FACC, FSCCT, FASNC, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained multimodality imaging cardiologist. She is Director of the Cardiac MRI Program, Co-Director of the Cardiac PET and Cardiac CT Programs, Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, and Associate Program Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at Midwest Heart and Vascular Specialists, part of HCA Midwest Health in Kansas City.
Dr. Singh has advanced specialized training and board certifications in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac computed tomography, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography.
Kiranmayi Chilappa, MD
Dr. Chilappa is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography. Her areas of expertise include valvular heart disease, all aspects of echocardiography, women's heart health and preventive cardiology. She has special interests in cardio-oncology and cardio-obstetrics.
Ujjaval Patel, MD
Dr. Patel is board certified in internal medicine as well as board certifications in cardiovascular disease. His expertise includes general and interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular interventions. In addition to coronary angioplasty and stent placement.
Dr. Patel specializes in complex coronary interventions like ablation and chronic total occlusion interventions. He performs intravascular ultrasound, intracardiac ultrasound and percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects
Dominic Robine, DO
Dr. Robine is a board certified in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Robine's performs diagnostic catheterizations, transesophageal echocardiography, heart nuclear imaging, peripheral artery disease, and pulmonary hypertension.
Prashanth Katrapati, MD
Dr. Katrapati provides comprehensive cardiovascular care ranging from routine prevention to management of complex coronary, peripheral and rhythm issues. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, vascular ultrasound and endovascular medicine.