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Biography: Giora Weisz, MD, is an Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and serves as the Director of the cardiac Cath Lab at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. He graduated from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel, and completed his residency in internal medicine and cardiology fellowship at the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, Israel. Dr. Weisz finished his interventional cardiology training at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Weisz focuses on current and innovative technologies. His expertise includes novel robotic-enhanced coronary interventions, with a special emphasis on navigation and positioning technologies. He also has a keen interest in the management of incomplete revascularization, novel intravascular imaging, and strategies for preventing contrast-induced nephropathy.

Biography: Michael B. Collins, MD is an Interventional Cardiologist at Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care, the Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Lab at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Collins specializes in complex percutaneous coronary interventions. Dr. Collins received his medical degree in 1975 from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Biography: An international leader in pediatric cardiology, Christopher J. Petit, MD, has particular expertise in minimally invasive techniques to treat valve disease and complex congenital heart disease. Recognized for his clinical innovations, development of specialty programs, and his research accomplishments, Dr. Petit believes that the field of pediatric cardiology advances through collaborative discovery. He has been an active clinician-scientist, working to determine the best treatments for patients with congenital heart disease. Dr. Petit founded and currently serves as President of the Congenital Cardiac Research Collaborative.

Biography: Dr. Douglas Distefano, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 77 years old and has been practicing for 51 years. Dr. Douglas Distefano, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, is a renowned interventional cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Moses serves as the Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics at Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care and the Director of Advanced Cardiac Interventions at St Francis Hospital and Heart Center in Roslyn, NY.With a track record of over 18,000 interventional procedures, Dr. Moses is an accomplished researcher. He has served as a lead investigator for numerous national and international clinical studies and authored over 600 publications, many focusing on the effectiveness and safety of coronary stent placement. Notably, his pivotal role in a 2002 clinical trial resulted in the first U.S. FDA approval of a drug-coated stent, now widely used in American interventional procedures.Dr. Moses contributed to the Executive Committee of the PARTNER trial, which introduced the first transcatheter aortic valve for clinical use in the U.S. A pioneer in various approaches, including minimally invasive surgery, angioplasty, gene therapy, and novel imaging technologies, he extends the application of interventional cardiovascular procedures. He is a fellow in multiple professional societies and serves on the editorial board as a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals.Dr. Moses serves on the Board of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF); and continues to make formidable contributions in the areas of clinical research and educational activities in interventional vascular therapy.Before his tenure at Columbia, Dr. Moses held a professorship in Clinical Medicine at New York University School of Medicine. He also played key roles at The New York Hospital (now NewYork-Presbyterian), where he served as the Associate Director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Director of Clinical Electrophysiology.Dr. Moses completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and his internship, residency, and fellowship in Cardiology at the Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Amir Ahmadi, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He has been practicing for 16 years. Dr. Amir Ahmadi, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Queens.

Biography: Dr. William Prabhu is an interventional cardiologist at Columbia. He graduated from SUNY Upstate medical school at Syracuse in 2009. He completed residency and a chief residency at UVM medical center from 2009-2012. He then completed general cardiology, interventional cardiology, structural heart and peripheral vascular fellowships at Brown University from 2013-2018. From 2018-2021 he practiced primarily in Rockland county performing the highest volume of cardiac catheterizations, PCIs, and TAVRs in the county during his time there. In 2022, he joined the faculty at Columbia's Interventional Cardiovascular Care program. Along with his busy clinical responsibilities, Dr. Prabhu participates in multiple randomized controlled trials as part of his academic work with CUIMC.Dr. Prabhu performs cardiac catheterizations, peripheral vascular, and structural heart procedures at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is the Associate Director of the cardiac Cath lab at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. Dr. Prabhu takes pride in bringing modern cardiac interventional techniques and advanced treatments for coronary artery disease, structural heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and pulmonary embolism to Westchester County.

Biography: Dr. Prakash Krishnan, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 57 years old and has been practicing for 28 years. Dr. Prakash Krishnan, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Haythe graduated from Harvard University in 1995. She completed her medical school and residency training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003. After finishing a congestive-heart failure-cardiac transplant fellowship at Columbia in 2005 she went on to complete her fellowship training in cardiovascular diseases there in 2009.She is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Center for Advanced Cardiac Care, Associate Director of the Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Program, and the Director of the Cardio-Obstetrics program.Dr. Haythe specializes in heart failure, cardiac transplant, pulmonary hypertension, women's cardiovascular disease and cardio-obstetrics.

Biography: Dr. Edgar Argulian, MD is a Nuclear Medicine Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 48 years old. Dr. Edgar Argulian, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Biography: Dr. Alan Rozanski, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 75 years old and has been practicing for 50 years. Dr. Alan Rozanski, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.