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Profiles in Cardiology

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER

Joseph Lamelas, MD, FACS Ida Mazza, MD

Joseph Lamelas, M.D., FACS is the chief of cardiac sur- Dr. Ida Mazza is a cardiologist on staff at Good Samaritan
gery at the University of Miami Health System and professor Medical Center. Dr. Mazza specializes in non-invasive car-
of surgery at the Miller School of Medicine. He is considered diovascular medicine including the management of com-
an expert and pioneer in the most advanced forms of mini- plex cardiovascular conditions, preventive cardiology and
mally invasive cardiac surgery. non-invasive cardiac testing. She is certified by the
Dr. Lamelas pioneered the "Miami Method” a minimally American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular
invasive valve repair and replacement approach that has Disease and Internal Medicine. Dr. Mazza completed a fel-
been documented to benefit patients. He consistently lowship in non-invasive cardiovascular medicine and an
achieves one of the lowest morbidity and mortality rates in internal medicine residency from the Albert Einstein
the State of Florida, as well as in the nation, gaining the attention of surgeons and Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to that, her education and training included
patients from around the globe. an internship as a general practitioner focused on obstetrics, pediatrics, internal med-
He has performed more than 16,000 cardiac operations – more than 7,000 of which icine, surgery and emergency medicine at the Venezuela Institute of Social Security
have employed a minimally invasive approach - throughout his 29-year career. Hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. Dr. Mazza graduated medical school from
Because of his extensive experience, Dr. Lamelas has played an instrumental role Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.
in the design and development of new and innovative techniques, concepts, and
products for advancing the field of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Thanh Duong-Wagner, MD

Dr. Thanh Duong-Wagner is a board certified cardiologist
DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER on staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Previously, Dr.
Duong-Wagner worked as a non-invasive adult cardiologist
Eric Berkowitz, MD at Cardiology Consultants/Baptist Health Care in Pensacola,
FL. Dr. Duong-Wagner served as medical director of the
Dr. Eric Berkowitz is a cardiac electrophysiologist on staff Echocardiography & Vascular Laboratory at Cardiology
at Delray Medical Center. Dr. Berkowitz is board-certified in Consultants/Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, Florida. Dr.
internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, echocardiogra- Duong-Wagner completed her medical degree at the
phy, and cardiac electrophysiology. He comes to Delray University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison,
Medical Center after completing a two-year fellowship in car- Wisconsin. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at
diac electrophysiology at Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Duong-Wagner then did
Hospital. He has experience in invasive electrophysiology, her cardiovascular fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
including device implantation and management with subcu- Dr. Duong-Wagner was trained in adult Cardiac MRI at Piedmont Heart and Vascular
taneous ICD, MICRA leadless pacemaker, CRT, lead extrac- Center, Atlanta, GA.
tion and left atrial appendage closure, as well as ablations, including atrial fibrillation and
ventricular tachycardia. Prior to his cardiac electrophysiology fellowship, Dr. Berkowitz
completed his residency in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY, HIALEAH HOSPITAL
where he served as an assistant chief resident during his third year of residency. He went
on to complete fellowships in both critical care medicine and cardiovascular medicine at Javier Reyna, MD
Lenox Hill Hospital, where he served as a chief fellow. Dr. Berkowitz graduated from
SUNY-Binghamton with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. He then went to St. George’s Dr. Javier Reyna is a member of the medical staff at
University in St. George, Granada for his medical degree. Hialeah Hospital. He is Board Certified in Internal

Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiogram and Nuclear
Benjamin Ravaee, MD Cardiology. Dr. Reyna did an Internal Medicine and
Cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He
Dr. Benjamin Ravaee is a cardiologist on staff at Delray graduated from the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of
Medical Center. His areas of interest include coronary artery Santiago de Cuba. Dr. Reyna is an award recipient of the
disease, congestive heart failure, preventive cardiology, Paul J. Furlong in Internal Medicine. Dr. Reyna has been
echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, nuclear published in The Journal of Heart Disease. He is a member
cardiology and arrhythmias. Dr. Ravaee is board certified in of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. His
Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal interests are reading, teaching, travel and sports.
Medicine. Dr. Ravaee graduated medical school from the
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in Francisco Dieguez, MD
Chicago, Illinois. He completed his internship and residency
in internal medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, where he Dr. Francisco Dieguez is an interventional cardiologist
served as chief resident. He then went on to complete a fellowship in cardiovascular who is a member if the medical staff at Hialeah Hospital.
medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve His areas of interest are nuclear cardiology imaging and
University in Cleveland, OH, where he served as a chief fellow.
echocardiographic interpretation. Dr. Dieguez has per-
formed more than one thousand cardiac catherizations,
CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL percutaneous interventions and transophageal echocardio-
grams throughout his career. He completed his fellowship
at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is a graduate of
Mario Villoch, MD Universidad central del Este, Dominican Republic and of
Florida International University. He is a member of the
Dr. Mario Villoch is a cardiologist who is a member of American Medical Association and the American Society of
the medical staff at Coral Gables Hospital. He has been on Nuclear Cardiology.
staff since 1999. Dr. Villoch was appointed chief of medi-
cine in 2017 to 2019. He received his medical degree from
the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Dr.
Villoch completed his fellowhip in cardiology at Mount
Sinai Medical Center. He is a member of the American Visit us on the web at
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