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Profiles In Cardiology

PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER

Augusto Villa, MD Jyoti Mohanty, MD

Dr. Augusto Villa is a board certified interventional cardi- Dr. Jyoti Mohanty is an invasive and interventional cardi-
ologist on staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Dr. ologist on the medical staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center
Villa specializes in coronary and peripheral vascular diag- who has been practicing for nearly 20 years. Some of his
nostic, and interventional procedures as well as structural areas of interest include general cardiology and critical care,
heart interventions. In addition, Dr. Villa performs radial internal medicine, invasive and interventional cardiology,
coronary interventions including high risk and chronic total transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiogram, nuclear
occlusions, orbital, rotational and laser atherectomy and cardiology, hypertension, peripheral intervention and
stenting using percutaneous left ventricular assist devices. Venous Ablation’s . Dr. Mohanty earned his medical degree
He also performs structural heart interventions including from the University of New Delhi in India. He completed
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), percuta- his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in clinical cardiology at Cook
neous mitral valve repair, ASD and PFO closures, endolumi- County Hospital in Chicago, IL. He is a member of several prestigious organizations,
nal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and carotid stenting and limb salvage for criti- including the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians
cal limb ischemia. Dr. Villa completed his fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in and the Medical Council India. Dr. Mohanty is board certified in cardiology and inter-
Cleveland, Ohio and University of Miami Hospitals. nal medicine, and is a licensed radiation safety officer and cardiologist.

Z. Jacob Litwinczuk, MD Suneet Kukreja, MD

Dr. Z. Jacob Litwinczuk is the medical director of cardiol- Dr. Suneet Kukreja, a cardiologist at St. Mary’s Medical
ogy at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. He specializes Center in West Palm Beach, has been practicing medicine
in the treatment of coronary artery disease, peripheral vas- for over 22 years. Dr. Kukreja serves as the Chief of
cular disease and structural heart disease. Dr. Litwinczuk Cardiology at St. Mary’s Medical Center and is a member of
earned his medical degree from Wright State University the Medical Executive Committee. His areas of interest
School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. He then did his intern- include hypertension, echocardiography and stroke. Prior
ship and fellowship at Case Western Reserve University to joining the medical staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center in
School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Litwinczuk is 2008, Dr. Kukreja worked in Michigan, Massachusetts and
board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular dis- Miami. Dr. Kukreja is a board certified Diplomate from the
ease, with a subspecialty in interventional cardiology and American Board of Cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear
trained at the Cleveland clinic in Cleveland, Ohio and cardiology and internal medicine. Among his completed fellowships, Dr. Kukreja
University of Kentucky. trained in cardiac rehabilitation and nuclear cardiology at the Spalding Rehab
Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In addition, Dr. Kukreja
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER completed a clinical cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami
Beach, Florida. Dr. Kukreja received his medical training from the Government
Medical School in Patiala, India and is a member of the American College of
Seyed-Mojtaba Gashti, DO Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association and the
Paul Dudley White Society of Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Seyed-Mojtaba Gashti is a vascular surgeon on the
medical staff at West Boca Medical Center. Dr. Gashti is a DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER
board certified, fellowship trained vascular and endovascu-
lar surgeon. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of
vascular diseases and performs the latest endovascular pro- Jeff Newman, MD
cedures, including carotid artery angioplasty and stenting,
stent graft repair of abdominal and thoracic aortic patholo- Dr. Jeff Newman is a cardiothoracic surgeon on staff at
gies (aneurysms, dissection, penetrating ulcers, etc.), lower Delray Medical Center. Dr. Newman’s areas of interest
extremity revascularization, and dialysis access. Dr. Gashti include adult cardiac and thoracic surgery, mitral valve
earned his Bachelors of Science in Biology from repair, minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery,
Northeastern University aortic aneurysm repair, surgical electrophysiology and
before attending medical school and becoming a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at robotic and video assisted thoracic surgery. Dr. Newman
the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He did his intern- earned his medical degree from New York Medical College
ship at the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts and followed that up with his res- in Valhalla, New York. He then did his internship and resi-
idency at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Gashti then completed dency at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York,
two a vascular and endovascular fellowships at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center New York in general surgery. Dr. Newman then completed his Fellowship at Robert
in Browns Mills, New Jersey and Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey in Thoracic Surgery.
respectively. Dr. Newman is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the American
Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Donna Rhoden, MD
Eric Lieberman, MD
Serving the South Florida area since 1996, pediatric cardi-
ologist, Dr. Donna Rhoden works alongside the board-certi- Dr. Eric Lieberman is the medical director of cardiology
fied pediatric specialists and subspecialists on the medical for Tenet’s Florida Region and serves a Chairman of Tenet’s
staff at West Boca Medical Center. West Boca Medical Center National Cardiolgy Leadership Council. Dr. Lieberman is
performs diagnostic services for children with heart disease board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Dr.
and other cardiovascular conditions. Board certified in pedi- Lieberman earned his medical degree from the University of
atrics and pediatric cardiology, Dr. Rhoden’s areas of interest Miami in Coral Gables. He then did his residency and
includes congenital heart disease, fetal cardiology, chest internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,
pain, syncope, arrhythmia and hypertension. Since 1993, Dr. Massachusetts in internal medicine where he was also the
Rhoden has been a board certified Diplomate, from the Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Lieberman completed his fel-
American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. lowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Cardiology. Dr. Lieberman’s areas of
She is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Rhoden received her interest include preventive cardiology, cardiac consultation, peripheral arterial dis-
Doctorate of Medicine and completed her fellowship in pediatric cardiology from the ease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, pacemaker evaluation and trans-
Medical College of Georgia. Licensed in the state of Florida, Dr. Rhoden is also a esophageal echocardiography. In addition Dr. Lieberman, works to provide cardiovas-
member of the National Board of Medical Examiners. cular care addressing the specific needs of patients getting treatment for cancer, work-
ing collaboratively with oncologists to monitor and address cardiac complications
related to oncologic care. Dr. Lieberman is a member of the Tenet Florida Heart and
Vascular Network, and the American Heart Association. He is also a fellow of the
American College of Cardiology.

14 February 2020 southfloridahospitalnews.com South Florida Hospital News