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Biography: Dr. Persida Drotar, MD is a Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist who practices in Jersey City, NJ. Dr. Persida Drotar, MD is affiliated with Jersey City Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Matthew Montgomery is an interventional heart failure cardiologist on the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Team. Dr. Montgomery's specialties include advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation and coronary interventions. Prior to coming to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Jersey City Medical Center, he worked as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Morristown Medical Center, Aria-Jefferson Health, and Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia. He completed fellowships in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center as well as Interventional and General Cardiology fellowships at Deborah Heart and Lung Center. He also completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Aria-Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Montgomery completed his medical education at Philadelphi College of Osteopathic Medicine. He also holds a Master's in Public Health from Yale School of Public Health and a Master's in Business Administration from St. Joseph's University. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine from the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine and is licensed in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Biography: Dr. Maurice Rachko, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 62 years old and has been practicing for 38 years. Dr. Maurice Rachko, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Biography: Dr. Vishal Kapur, MD is an Interventional Cardiology Specialist who practices in Brooklyn, NY. He is 48 years old and has been practicing for 24 years. Dr. Vishal Kapur, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Care Philosophy: At Weill Cornell Medical Center, world-class cardiac surgical expertise is combined with humane and passionate care. The exceptional outcomes our department has achieved are the result of an exceptional multidisciplinary team effort and the availability of cutting edge technology. The operating room, anesthesiology, intensive care unit, and nursing staff are amongst the best in the country and are all dedicated to delivering excellent care to each and every patient at every stage of their preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative course. I am proud to be a part of this team and will always place the needs of my patients' and those of their family first.

Biography: Dr. Stern was born in Chicago Illinois but came to NYC a few months later and was raised in Greenwich village, New York. She graduated from the University of Chicago with an AB in 1986. She attended Medical school at NYU School of Medicine graduating in 1990. Internship, Residency and an additional year of Chief Residency were completed in 1994 at NYU Langone Medical Center/ Bellevue Hospital. She remained at NYU Langone Health to complete a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases in 1997 with a concentration in Echocardiography. She has been in clinical practice for the last twenty seven years at Murray Hill Medical Group PC/CareMount Medical Group/Optum. She has been taking care of patients in the primary care and hospital settings in a multi specialty group affiliated with NYU Langone Health. Since 1997 she had been on the faculty at NYU Langone Health as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. In addition to her clinical responsibilities she was the Medical Director of the ICAEL accredited non invasive testing suite at MHMG/CareMount/Optum. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography.

Care Philosophy: We are committed to delivering the best care and an exceptional patient experience. We are devoted to providing services that are patient-centered and compassionate, and care for you as a person.

Biography: Dr. Subramanyam was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. After graduating in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at Yale University, she attended New York University School of Medicine. She then completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she graduated with a degree in Medical Education. After residency, she completed her fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, and National Lipid Association. She has published in the International Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, as well as presented at several national cardiology conferences.

Biography: Dr. David Majure is the Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Service at Weill Cornell Medicine. He specializes in the care of patients with heart failure, patients requiring or who have a heart transplant or ventricular assist device (LVAD), and patients with pulmonary hypertension.Dr. Majure received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as well as a Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed his training in cardiology and advanced heart failure at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. He subsequently served as Director of Research of the Advanced Heart Failure Program at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C and Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at North Shore University Hospital, where he developed the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) program. He has contributed extensively to research and has served as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials, exploring all aspects of advanced heart failure. Dr. Majure has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2020.

Biography: Joshua Socolow, MD is a board certified practicing Cardiologist in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Socolow graduated from University of Washington School of Medicine in 1997. He is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Balaram previous role was as Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Quality and Performance for Cardiovascular Surgery for Mount Sinai Heart at Mount Sinai Morningside. She has over two decades of experience in the care of cardiac surgical patients in New York City. Dr. Balaram earned her BA/MD at the accelerated 6-year medical school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, one of the only clinically integrated programs in the country. After graduating with honors, she pursued a General Surgery residency at Creighton University. While in training, she earned her PhD doing atherosclerosis bench research on the immunologic factors in atherosclerosis. She then completed her Cardiothoracic Residency in 2003 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. At a time when techniques for robotic and minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery were just beginning, she arrived in New York in 2003 for this specialized training at St. Luke's Roosevelt, ?During her subsequent years at this hospital, (now called Mount Sinai Morningside), she developed an interest in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a congenital disorder of the heart muscle. She assisted in the advancement of surgical techniques for HCM and consolidated the data collection and careful analysis of clinical research. This led to the creation of the leading HCM program in the region, and one of the few nationally-recognized specialized HCM centers of excellence in the world. Dr. Balaram has spent much of her career caring for a population of inner city and underserved patients who have had little previous exposure and access to medical care. The New York State cardiac surgery registry continually recognized the patients of her program as some of the highest risk in the state to undergo cardiac surgery. Her successful surgical care of these complex patients required expert knowledge and experience that is of benefit to all patients. Her program earned the prestigious 3-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgery over multiple years. Dr. Balaram also studied clinical outcomes of women after heart surgery. Women are known to be at higher risk for cardiac surgery and may not always enjoy the same long-term benefits as men. Dr. Balaram collaborated with medical experts in gender studies and is able to offer surgical approaches and postoperative therapies that can help women recover from surgery. In her free time, Dr. Balaram enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and playing the piano. Her current passion is the creation of Team Cardiac, a new cardiac surgical chapter of the 501c3 charity Operation International. This surgical mission group was co-founded by her husband , Ravi Kothuru, 25 years ago and has provided free surgical care to thousands of patients around the world. She is also publishing a book "Complications in Cardiac Surgery: Strategic Analysis and Clinical Review", that will help young surgeons learn about how to improve cardiac surgical outcomes. Dr. Balaram understands that beyond the technical aspects, having heart surgery can be an anxious time for patients. Her goal is to deliver an individualized, patient-centered approach towards cardiovascular therapies. She strives to use her surgical expertise and experience to provide the best operation at the correct time and to do so with compassion and care. She is dedicated to helping each patient navigate this journey so they may once again enjoy their life and community.

Care Philosophy: We are committed to delivering the best care and an exceptional patient experience. We are devoted to providing services that are patient-centered and compassionate, and care for you as a person.

Biography: Dr. Babu Jasty, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in Brooklyn, NY. He has been practicing for 51 years. Dr. Babu Jasty, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Yumiko Kanei, MD is an Internist who practices in New York, NY. She is 52 years old and has been practicing for 27 years. Dr. Yumiko Kanei, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside.