Pirouz Parang, MD, FACC

Attending Cardiologist
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Specialty Training: UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, NJ
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Cardiovascular CT
Special Interests: Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Cardiology

Attending Physician, Hospitalist, Department of Cardiology
Residency: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Specialty Training: Internal Medicine
Board Certified: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Diabetes Management, Dyslipidemia
Awards: 2008 Top Doc by SJ Magazine

Manu Rajachandran, MD

Chairman, Department of Endovascular Medicine
Director, Comprehensive Vascular Program, Department of Vascular Medicine
Director, Cardia Catheterization Laboratory
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Specialty Training: (Cardiovascular Disease) UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, The Miami Heart Institute, Miami, FL and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, (Vascular Medicine) Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases
Special Interests: Coronary and Peripheral Intervention
Awards: 2007 Top Doc by South Jersey Magazine, 2008 Top Doc by SJ Magazine

Inga Robbins, MD, FACC

Associate Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Specialty Training: Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
Board Certified: Testimer-American Society of Echocardiography

Laurence Rosenberg, MD

Attending Anesthesiologist
Residency: Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University
Specialty Training: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Board Certified: Anesthesiology and Transesophageal Echocardiography

Saugato Sanyal MD, MBA, FACC

Associate Cardiologist
Residency: Long Island College Hospital, NY
Specialty Training: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY
Board Certified: American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Diplomate, National Board of Echocardiography.
Special Interests:
1. Cardiovascular Risk assessment and modification with particular attention to lipid management, obesity and hypertension management with integrated approach of combining medications with lifestyle modification and proven dietary supplementations and modifications.
2. Non-invasive cardiac imaging and coronary risk assessment including Nuclear Imaging studies, cardiac PET and cardiovascular CT.
3. Research assessing outcome modification and cost effective intervention strategies.

Matthew S. Samra, DO

Associate Attending Vascular Surgeon
Residency: Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Specialty Training: General Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Board Certified: Board Eligible
Special Interest: Endovascular treatments of vascular disease, venous disease, new technologies and techniques

Betsy Schloo, MD

Chair, Department of Pathology
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Specialty Training: The Children’s Hospital/Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA
Board Certified: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Special Interests: Pediatric Pathology, Pulmonary Pathology
Awards: 2009 Top Doc by South Jersey Magazine

Chair, Department of Cardiology
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals
Specialty Training: Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Special Interest: Preventive Cardiology; management of complex cholesterol disorders and vascular disease risk

Jitendra Sodhi, MD

Adjunct Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Residency: University of Rajasthan S.P. Medical College and P.B.M. Hospital, India
Specialty Training: State University of NY at Buffalo, Buffalo NY and Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Board Certification: General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery boards, India

Sumathisena, MD

Chief, Clinical and Consultative Cardiology
Residency: Atlantic City Hospital, NJ
Specialty Training: Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, Fellowship in Cardiology
Special Interest: Clinical Cardiology
Awards: 2008 Top Doc by South Jersey Magazine

Pulmonary/Critical Care Attending
Director, Institute for Sleep Medicine
Attending, Dept. of Surgery
Residency: Internal Medicine, Univ. of North Carolina, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
Specialty Training: Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine Fellowship -UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Special Interests: Cardiovascular Pathology and Sleep Disorders, Post-op Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care, Asthma
Awards: 2008 Superwoman by South Jersey Magazine, 2008 Top Doc by South Jersey Magazine

Attending, Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology
Residency: Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Specialty Training: Cardiovascular Diseases, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA; Electrophysiology, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, PA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine,Cardiovascular Diseases
Special Medical Interests: Heart rhythm disturbances, pacemakers, defibrillators, resynchronization device therapy for heart failure, complex arrhythmias, ablation