Einstein Residencies and Education

Leadership
- D. Lynn Morris, MD
  
  Title: Chairman, Cardiology; Chairman, Interventional Cardiology
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  D. Lynn Morris, MD is Chairman of Cardiology and Director of the Einstein Institute for Heart and Vascular Health. Dr. Morris is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. He is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and completed his internal medicine residency training at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Morris served as Chief Medical Resident at the University of California, San Francisco, where he completed his fellowship in cardiology. He also completed a research fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco.
  Prior to joining Einstein, Dr. Morris has held other leadership positions including Chief of Cardiology at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, has been clinical investigator in more than 25 drug and device trials and reviewer of several cardiology journals and in many scientific, peer review journals.
  Dr. Morris has presented research findings and papers at professional society meetings and published in many scientific, peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, The Annals of Internal Medicine and The American Heart Journal. He is a member of numerous professional associations and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
- Vincent M. Figueredo, MD, FAHA, FACC
  
  Title: Program Director, Cardiology
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Vincent M. Figueredo, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASE, is the Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Programs at Einstein Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College. Prior to joining the Einstein faculty in January 2007, he held various leadership and teaching positions including Chair, Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Lovelace Health Systems in New Mexico, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Figueredo completed his internal medicine residency training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and cardiology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Figueredo is active in scholarly activity with over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is an invited speaker at many institution's grand rounds. In addition, he serves as the coordinating editor for Practical Reviews Cardiology and as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Figueredo is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the National Board of Echocardiography and the American Society of Hypertension. As the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Programs Director, Dr. Figueredo devotes the majority of his time to the administration of the cardiology fellowship programs, and to the teaching and mentoring of fellows, housestaff and medical students.
- Gregg Pressman, MD, FACC
  
  Title: Associate Program Director, Cardiology
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Gregg Pressman, MD, FACC received his medical degree from Temple University and did his internship and residency at the Graduate Hospital. He then completed his cardiology fellowship at Graduate. After nineteen years in private practice, during which he maintained teaching positions at HUP and St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, Dr. Pressman joined our full time staff in March 2006. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Cardiology and the International Journal of Cardiology. His research interests include mitral valve disease and sleep disorders as they affect cardiac function. Dr. Pressman was a member of the Self Study Task Force on Physician Education of the American College of Cardiology and is on the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Echo Society.
Faculty
- Aman M. Amanullah, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Aman M. Amanullah, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE, is the Section Chief of Noninvasive Cardiology, and a full time faculty member of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Amanullah is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology and the National Board of Echocardiography.
  A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Amanullah is also a member of several other professional societies, including the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology’s Practice Analysis Task Force, and a founding member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computer Tomography.
  Dr. Amanullah has conducted extensive clinical research in noninvasive cardiology. He has authored more than 85 articles and abstracts appearing in peer-reviewed journals including Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology and American Heart Journal.
  Dr. Amanullah obtained his M.D from the Institute of Medicine in Bucharest, and his Ph.D from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed fellowship training in cardiology at Karolinska Institute at Stockholm South Hospital, Sweden and a noninvasive cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Linda Bogar, MD, FACS, FACC
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Dr. Bogar is the Associate Chair for the Division of Cardiac Surgery. She is an Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Surgical Director, The Aortic Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
  Dr. Bogar is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her General Surgery residency at Temple University Hospital and a Research Fellowship at Temple University School of Medicine. Upon completion of her General Surgery residency, Dr. Bogar completed a year of Cardiothoracic Transplant Fellowship also at Temple University Hospital. She then went on to complete residency training in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
  Dr. Bogar is Board certified in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery as well as Gift of Life Certified for Heart and Lung. She belongs to a number of professional organizations. She has authored a number of manuscripts and presentation.
- Behnam Bozorgnia, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Dr. Bozorgnia is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine. After completing his Internal Medicine residency at Drexel University Hospital, he went on to complete a Cardiovascular Fellowship at Temple University Hospital. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Deborah Braverman, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Doctor Braverman is a graduate of Cornell University Medical College. After a year of internal medicine training she completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the New York-Cornell Medical Center. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her commitment to excellence in patient care and teaching. Dr. Braverman is nationally recognized as a leader in Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP), an innovative treatment for patients with advanced coronary artery disease.
- Suzanne Brown, MD
- Joyleen E. Earle, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Joyleen E. Earle, MD, is an attending cardiologist at Germantown Community Health Services. She is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Earle brings more than 16 years experience to her work in treating patients and helping them modify their risk of heart disease.
  Dr. Earle earned her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency training in internal medicine at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York City. She also completed a fellowship in cardiology at Booth Memorial Medical Center in New York City.
  Dr. Earle is a past member of the American College of Physicians and the Philadelphia County Medical Society, and is a current member of the American College of Cardiology. She is fluent in Spanish.
- Allan M. Greenspan, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Allan M. Greenspan, MD is the director of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Einstein. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University prior to matriculating at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Greenspan completed his internship and residency training at Bellevue Medical Center, New York. After residency, Dr. Greenspan joined the cardiology fellowship program at the University of Pennsylvania. Following fellowship training, he completed a research fellowship in electrophysiology also at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Greenspan has held numerous faculty positions at various hospitals throughout the city.
  Dr. Greenspan serves as an ad hoc consultant to the American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Annals of Internal Medicine.
- Frank S. James, MD, FACC
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Frank S. James, MD, FACC, cardiologist, has been practicing for three decades. Board certified in cardiology, critical care medicine and internal medicine; Dr. James' long and distinguished career began at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his medical degree. He completed his residency training, an internship and a fellowship at Temple University School of Medicine. He often lectures on such topics as congestive heart failure, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease, and has been involved in clinical investigation of heart drugs that have become standards in treating heart disease.
  Active in physician education and health issues, Dr. James has served as President of the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania and as a member of the Continuing Medical Education Committee of the Association of Black Cardiologists. He has served on the University of Pennsylvania's executive committee for the Medical Alumni Society, as well as on scholarship and fundraising committees. In addition, Dr. James served as a reviewer of research articles for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
  Dr. James is a fellow in the American College of Physicians, the Association of Black Cardiologists, the American College of Cardiology and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Hospital Association. He is also a member of the National Medical Association, the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, the American Society of Hypertension and the American College of Chest Physicians.
- Darshak Karia, MD
  
  Title: Director of Chronic Heart Failure
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Darshak Karia, MD has been the Director of Heart Failure Services at Einstein since July 2005. He attended medical school at the Baroda Medical College in Baroda, India. Dr. Karia completed internship training at MCP-Hahnemann University and residency at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Karia completed cardiovascular fellowship training at the University of Minnesota, Tufts University New England Medical Center. He completed fellowship training in Congestive Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant at the University of Minnesota, from July 2004-2005. Additionally, Dr. Karia completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the American Heart Association. He is Board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr. Karia is skilled at reading echocardiology. He has clinical experience taking care of patients with end stage CHF, pre- and post-transplant and pre- and post-operative device implantation.
- Manoj Khandelwal, MD
- Morris Kotler, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Morris Kotler, MD is Chairman Emeritus of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at Einstein Medical Center and a Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Kotler has held posts as Professor of Medicine at Hahnemann University as well as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
  Dr. Kotler has published more than 280 articles in accredited medical journals such as the American Journal of Medicine, Circulation, American Heart Journal, American Journal of Echocardiography, Lancet, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He has authored more than 50 chapters in cardiology texts, five textbooks in cardiology and close to 90 abstracts on such topics as transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and directional coronary atherectomy. Dr. Kotler is a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, American Heart Journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Ultrasound.
  Dr. Kotler holds many memberships with professional and scientific societies such as the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Scotland and the American Society of Ultrasound. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. He has served as President of the Philadelphia chapter as well as Board Director of the Southeastern Pennsylvania affiliate of the American Heart Association.
  Dr. Kotler is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He was named among Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
- Nicholas Langan, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Nicholas Langan, MD, is an attending cardiologist at Germantown Community Health Services with special expertise in cardiac imaging. He helps diagnose heart problems with echocardiography, stress testing, and nuclear scans.
  Dr. Langan earned his medical degree at Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel. He completed his residency and an internship in internal medicine at Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Medical Center/Brooklyn Veterans Hospital. Dr. Langan completed cardiology fellowships at Medical College of Pennsylvania and at Philadelphia Veterans Hospital. He also completed a cardiac imaging fellowship in nuclear cardiology and echocardiography at Medical College of Pennsylvania.
  He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He was recently re-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease in 2001.
- Robert Macmillan, MD
- Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD, FACC
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Dr. Mainigi is Associate Director of Electrophysiology at Einstein Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. He is board certified in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Mainigi is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He followed his residency with a fellowship in cardiology and a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mainigi has presented original research at many national scientific meetings and has authored numerous publications and book chapters in the fields of cardiology and electrophysiology. He is on the editorial and review board of several national publications. He is an active member of the Heart Rhythm Society and has specific expertise in ablation of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardias, and implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators, and biventricular-devices. He has specific research interests in atrial fibrillation ablation and biventricular devices. He was recently named one of the “Next Generation of Great Philly Docs/Top Physicians Under Age 40” by Philadelphia Magazine and one of "America's Top Cardiologists." He was also recently given the Outstanding Educator of the Year award by the Einstein Housestaff and Fellows.
- Richard Monheit, MD
- Parul Patel, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Doctor Patel received her medical degree at State University of New York at Downstate. She completed her residency in internal medicine at NYU Medical Center where she also served as Chief Medical Resident. After her fellowship in Cardiology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital she completed a one year fellowship in interventional cardiology also at Jefferson.
- Hong Ra, MD
- Alex Rubin, MD
- Marjorie Stanek, MD
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Marjorie Stanek, MD is Director of the Cardiac Stress Laboratory and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University.
  Dr. Stanek received her medical degree in 1972 from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in internal medicine at Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. She completed fellowship training in cardiology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Stanek is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases and has special interest in women and heart disease. She formerly served as a member of the Committee on Exercise & Cardiac Rehabilitation, Council of Clinical Cardiology, of the American Heart Association. In addition, Dr. Stanek has co-directed several day-long symposia on cardiac rehabilitation and has co-authored articles for professional publications.
- Niku Thomas, MD
- Dan Vile, MD
- Christian Witzke, MD
- Shahriar Yazdanfar, MD
  
  Title: Program Director, Interventional Cardiology
  
  Bio: click to view full bio »
  
  Shahriar Yazdanfar, MD is Director of the Section of Invasive, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Yazdanfar has authored numerous articles and abstracts on various topics in cardiovascular disease and interventional procedures, particularly on directional coronary atherectomy and various aspects of balloon angioplasty in major cardiology journals. He is co-investigator in the National TIMI III trial and Gusto I and II studies.
  Dr. Yazdanfar received his medical degree from Tehran University Medical School in Iran. He completed fellowship training in clinical cardiology at Temple University Hospital followed by one year of basic research fellowship at Temple Health Science Center in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Yazdanfar if a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology and American College of Physicians. He is a member of the AMA, PMS, PCMS, and Philadelphia Academy of Cardiology.

Faculty

Leadership

Faculty