Diaphragmatic and Hiatal Hernia near Langhorne, PA

Biography: Dr. Samuels received his undergraduation education at the University of Rochester in New York and attended Medical School at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He completed his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery training at Hahnemann and joined the faculty in 1995, assuming the directorship of the Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program in 1997. In 2001, Dr. Samuels and his team implanted the world's fifth total artificial heart (AbioCor). In 2003, Dr. Samuels joined the Main Line Health System as the Surgical Director of Heart Failure, establishing a transplant and VAD program. In 2009, Dr. Samuels rose to the rank of full professor of surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, joining their facutly full-time in 2016. In 2017, Dr. Samuels assumed the Clinical Directorship of Cardiac Surgery for the Einstein Healthcare Network. At present, Dr. Samuels maintains a busy clinical practice, specializing in Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and the use of mechanical circulatory assist technologies (i.e LVADs and ECMO) for acute and chronic heart disease.

Biography: Dr. John Entwistle, PHD is a Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist who practices in Philadelphia, PA. He is 61 years old and has been practicing for 35 years. Dr. John Entwistle, PHD is affiliated with Jefferson Bucks Hospital.

Biography: Salil Shah, MD is board certified in both general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Shah was the valedictorian of his graduating class at Ross University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ where he received numerous teaching awards. Dr. Shah continued his training with a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital the main teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Ma. Dr. Shah has a special interest in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complex coronary revascularization, arrhythmia surgery, aortic surgery and the surgical treatment of heart failure. Dr. Shah sees patients in Philadelphia.