Administrative Leadership

D. Lynn Morris, MD,  Chairman

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
Fellowship Program Director

Vincent Figueredo, MD, FAHA, FACC, is the Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Program at Albert Einstein Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College.  Prior to joining the staff at Einstein in January 2007, he has 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 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 40 peer-reviewed publications and is an invited speaker at many institution's grand rounds.  In addition, he serves as a reviewer for several peer-review journals and 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 Program Director, Dr. Figueredo devotes the majority of his time to the administration of the cardiology fellowship program, and to the teaching and mentoring of fellows.  

Gregg Pressman, MD, FACC, Associate Program Director

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 Amanullah, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE

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.

Deborah Braverman, MD

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.  

Joyleen E. Earle, MD

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

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

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.

Agha Haider, MD, PhD, FACC

Doctor Haider is a graduate of Sind Medical College in Pakistan and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of London.  He completed his residency training at Tufts University School of Medicine and fellowship in cardiology at Harvard Medical School ad Drexel University College of Medicine.  Dr. Haider is the recipient of numerous awards for scholarship and research.

Darshak Karia, MD

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.

Morris Kotler, MD

Morris Kotler, MD is Chairman Emeritus of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at Albert 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.

Joel M. Kupfer, MD

Joel Kupfer, MD, peripheral  interventional cardiologist has been in academic and clinical practice for 15 years prior to joining the Einstein staff.  He earned his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  Dr. Kupfer completed an internship at Wadsworth-VA Medical Center and residency at Duke University Medical Center.  Fellowship training was completed at the New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center.  Additional research and clinical fellow training was completed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  

Dr. Kupfer is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology.

Nicholas Langan, MD

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.

Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD

Sumeet K. Mainigi, MD is the Associate Director of Electrophysiology at Albert Einstein Medical Center.  Dr. Mainigi is board certified in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine.  He 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 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. 

Craig Oliner, MD

Craig Oliner, MD is Director of the Cardiac Care Unit and Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University.  He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Oliner received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1980.  He completed his internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital and cardiology fellowship at the Medical College of Virginia.  After fellowship, he held research associate positions in cardiology and clinical pharmacology at the University of Chicago, where he directed the exercise physiology laboratory.   Dr. Oliner has authored a number of manuscripts and abstracts on topics such as B-blockade and mental performance, and predication of ventricular functional recovery with I-123 phenylpemtadecanoic acid after coronary revascularization.  He also has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Chest. 

Parul Patel, MD

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.  

Dennis Sarabi, MD, PhD

Doctor Sarabi is a graduate of the University of Uppsala where he received his medical and Ph.D.  He completed residency training in internal medicine and cardiology fellowship training at Albert Einstein Medical Center.  Dr. Sarabi has been prolific in his academic activities prior to and during his residency and fellowship here at Einstein.  

Marjorie Stanek, MD

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.

Shahriar Yazdanfar, MD

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.