AblationforCardiacArrhythmias near Newark, NJ

Biography: Dr. Nupoor Narula earned her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she graduated with Distinction in Research. She completed a 3-year Internal Medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She pursued a Vascular Medicine fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, is board-certified in Vascular Medicine, and is skilled in whole body vascular imaging, earning her Registered Physician in Vascular Imaging credential after extensive training in vascular ultrasound. She completed her Cardiovascular Diseases fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College. During her Fellowship, she trained under Dr. Mary J. Roman and Dr. Richard B. Devereux, with a special emphasis on the clinical and imaging evaluation of individuals with aortic diseases. During her Fellowship, she also served as the President of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Fellows Society of Greater New York. She received grant funding for her research during her Fellowship by the Michael Wolk Heart Foundation and is currently a Fund for the Future Grant Kellen Scholar at Weill Cornell Medicine.In addition to her outpatient clinical practice, she will serve as an attending on the inpatient Cardiology unit and interpret both echocardiograms and vascular ultrasound imaging. Dr. Narula also speaks Hindi and Punjabi.

Biography: Erden Goljo, MD is a practicing cardiac electrophysiologist at Weill Cornell Medical Center and anAssistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell School of Medicine.Dr. Goljo was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and grew up on Long Island, NY. He received his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, completed internal medicine training at Yale New Haven Hospital, and completed general cardiology training at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island, where he was named chief cardiology fellow. He finished his final subspecialty training in cardiac electrophysiology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he now continues his practice.In his medical practice, Dr. Goljo is specialized in treating patients with heart rhythm disorders and provides care in all aspects of clinical cardiac electrophysiology.He is trained and experienced in treating a wide range of conditions including:Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardiaSupraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and Wolff Parkinson White (WPW) syndromePremature ventricular contractions (PVCs), ventricular tachycardia (VT), and ventricular fibrillationComplete heart block and sick sinus syndrome (causes of bradycardia or slow heart heart)Syncope (fainting)PalpitationsHeart rhythm issues in patients with structural and genetic conditions such as long QT syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), Brugada syndrome, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), among other conditions.To manage these conditions, Dr. Goljo employs a wide skill set incorporating:Ablation (including radiofrequency, cryoablation, and pulsed field ablation [PFA])Stereotaxis guided ablation (remote robotic magnetic ablation)Implantation of loop recorders, pacemakers, and defibrillators (including leadless pacemakers as well as cardiac resynchronization devices like biventricular devices and conduction system pacemakers such as left bundle branch systems)Left atrial appendage closure (Watchman, Amulet)Laser lead extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads (removal of old leads and devices)Electrical cardioversionOutside of work, Dr. Goljo enjoys spending time with his wife and family, exercising, weightlifting, cooking, and watching sci-fi.

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 Queens, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Maya Barghash, MD is an Advanced Heart Failure /amp Transplant Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 43 years old and has been practicing for 16 years. Dr. Maya Barghash, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside.

Biography: Dr. Maria Trivieri, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 52 years old. Dr. Maria Trivieri, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Tara Naib, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. She is 45 years old and has been practicing for 18 years. Dr. Tara Naib, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital.

Biography: Koji Takeda, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Surgical Director for Adult Heart Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Takeda has a focus on heart failure, heart transplant surgery and mechanical circulatory support through ventricular assist devices (VADs). In addition to his clinical work, he is an active researcher in all of these areas, as well as in cardiac regeneration therapy. Dr. Takeda completed his medical training, post-graduate training, residency and fellowship in Osaka, Japan, after which he completed an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Northwestern University, Chicago. He is the recipient of multiple honors and awards including the American College of Chest Physicians Award, Japan Branch, 2009; and chief resident award and best resident award, 2005, at the National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.

Biography: Joanna S. Troulakis, MD, is a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens, specializing in general cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and vascular studies interpretation. After graduating from University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Troulakis served her internal medicine residency at Hofstra/Northwell Health. She served her fellowship in cardiovascular disease at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where she was named chief cardiology fellow and focused on non-invasive and clinical cardiology. Dr. Troulakis is also Board certified in Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Troulakis has published and presented her research at annual meetings of CHEST and the American College of Cardiology, and in various medical journals.

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: Tamim Nazif, MD is the Director of Clinical Research for Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care,Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, and an associate professor in medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Nazif specializes in interventional cardiology and the treatment of heart valve disease. Dr. Nazif attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, did his residency at University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, and his fellowship in interventional cardiology and Structural Heart Disease at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

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: Dr. Noa Zemer Wassercug is a board-certified cardiologist with expertise in adult congenital heart disease. She is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and an assistant attending cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP). Dr. Zemer Wassercug's clinical expertise is focused on adult congenital heart echocardiography and pregnancy management in women with congenital heart disease. She is an attending physician at Columbia's Schneeweiss Adult Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Zemer Wassercug received her Doctor of Medicine from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. She completed a cardiology fellowship at Rabin Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in adult congenital heart disease at NYP/CUIMC. She sees patients in Washington Heights in Manhattan.

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Biography: Dr. Gabriel Sayer is the Associate Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory support at NewYork-Presbyterian. In this role, Dr. Sayer provides leadership and oversight for the comprehensive heart failure services provided across NewYork-Presbyterian, including the campuses in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Westchester. Dr. Sayer attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by Internal Medicine residency at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He completed Cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center and his Advanced Heart Failure fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Prior to joining NewYork-Presbyterian in 2019, Dr. Sayer worked at the University of Chicago for six years, where he was the Associate Director of the Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation programs. In addition to his extensive clinical experience in all aspects of heart failure, Dr. Sayer has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles in the field of advanced heart failure. His research interests include the impact of of heart failure treatments on cardiac physiology, with a particular interest in the interaction between patients and mechanical circulatory support devices. https://youtu.be/vT5s8orP6V8

Biography: Mathew S. Maurer, MD - Dr. Maurer is a general internist and geriatric cardiologist with advanced training in heart failure and cardiac transplantation. He is the Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, where directs the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly (CCRLE). Dr. Maurer is a member of the Advanced Cardiac Care Center at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Campus. He is the Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program.He has published over 300 articles including peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews and book chapters. He was Chair of the American College of Cardiology's Geriatric Cardiology Member Section, which is the largest organization dedicated to advancing the care of older adults with cardiovascular disease. He was co-chair of the Steering Committee of the ATTR-ACT trial showing tafamidis was a safe and effective therapy for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Throughout his career, he has promulgated an approach to older adults with cardiovascular disease that offers the best of both geriatric and cardiovascular medicine in which a comprehensive holistic approach to enhance functional capacity and quality of life is at the forefront of emerging techniques to address cardiovascular physiologic derangement that disproportionately afflict older adults.