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Profiles In Cardiology

MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL SOUTH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER

Eli M. Friedman, MD Juan C. Velásquez, MD

Dr. Eli Friedman serves a unique role at Memorial Dr. Juan Velásquez, interventional cardiologist and expert
Healthcare System providing specialized cardiac care for in the diagnosis and percutaneous management for various
athletes of all skill levels and offering pre-participation types of heart disease. Dr. Velásquez is certified by the
screenings and treating acute conditions such as chest pain, American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular dis-
dizzy spells, decreased athletic performance and heart ease, interventional cardiology and internal medicine. He
rhythm disturbances as part of the Memorial Sports specializes in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular
Medicine Center at Memorial Regional Hospital South. disease and structural heart disease including mitral and
Additionally, he is a board-certified cardiologist with aortic valve pathology. He has a vast experience with coro-
Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute at Memorial nary and peripheral angioplasty as well as transcatheter aor-
Healthcare System, where he provides preventive cardiac care and treats patients with tic valve replacement (TAVR). Dr. Velásquez has published several scientific publica-
coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiac rhythm problems, congestive tions relating to vascular biology and heart disease in peer reviewed journals and
heart failure and other heart complications. He is also board-certified in Internal medical books. He has also presented his cardiovascular research work at several
Medicine. national and international conferences. When he’s not busy providing heart care as an
Dr. Friedman, whose father is a cardiologist, is a former Division I college athlete. interventional cardiologist, Dr. Velásquez is a successful singer/songwriter and
He was also a medical director of the Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. He recording artist, and an amateur marathon runner and soccer player.
continues to participate in multiple endurance sports. During his training, he partic-
ipated in sports cardiology themed research and helped to provide cardiac care to area Vitalie Crudu, MD
college and professional sports teams.
Dr. Friedman earned his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. He trained
at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with internship and residency in Internal Dr. Vitalie Crudu is an interventional cardiologist on the
Medicine and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease. medical staff at North Shore Medical Center where he has
served as the director of the cardiac catheterization lab
since 2015. He received the “Physician of the Year” award
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PEMBROKE at North Shore in 2015.
Dr. Crudu is board certified in internal Medicine, cardiol-
ogy, interventional cardiology, echocardiography, cardiovas-
Eduardo A. Rodriguez Zoppi, MD cular computed tomography, and nuclear cardiology. He
completed his residency in internal medicine at Albert
Dr. Eduardo A. Rodriguez Zoppi is a board-certified vas- Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. He completed a cardiology fellowship at
cular surgeon specialized in treating diseases involving Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA, and an interventional cardiology fellowship
blood vessels, both arteries and veins. He manages cases at Brown University in Providence, RI. He is trilingual in English, Russian, and
with the carotid artery and with circulation to the lower Romanian. Dr. Crudu has been practicing medicine since 2003.
extremities in patients with diabetes, as well as cases related
to varicose veins. He has advanced skills in endovascular
procedures treating blockages of the arteries and has
worked with thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition that PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER
causes compression of the vessels and nerves going to the
arms. Dr. Zoppi is also trained for the management of com- Arthur Katz, MD
plex aortic aneurysms, both in the chest and the abdomen, as well as aortic dissec-
tions. He has performed research in angiogenesis, which is the formation of new
blood vessels to restore circulation to the lower extremities. Dr. Arthur Katz is a cardiothoracic surgeon on the med-
Dr. Rodriguez Zoppi earned his medical degree from Universidad Central de ical staff at the Heart & Vascular Institute at Palm Beach
Venezuela, Ciudad Universitaria. He completed an internship and residency in sur- Gardens Medical Center. His areas of interest include, reop-
gery from University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship from University of South erative surgery, mitral valve repair/reconstruction, off-
Florida College of Medicine in vascular surgery. pump/beating heart bypass surgery, aortic valve replace-
ment, ablative surgery for atrial fibrillation and left ventric-
ular reconstruction for congestive heart failure. Dr. Katz
Julio G. Peguero, MD, FACC earned his medical degree at New York Medical College in
Valhalla, New York. He then completed his residency and
Dr. Julio G. Peguero is a cardiologist at Memorial Cardiac fellowship at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Katz
and Vascular Institute, board-certified in internal medicine is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
cardiovascular disease, echocardiography and vascular Medical Society. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the
ultrasound. A fascination by the physiology of the heart American Board of Surgery. Dr. Katz has a medical license in the states of Florida and
early in his life, led to his passion for the science of cardiol- New York.
ogy and treating heart conditions with the goal of giving
patients and families back their confidence and quality of Edward Mostel, MD
life.
A native of Santiago, Dominican Republic, he earned his
medical degree at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre Dr. Edward Mostel is an interventional cardiologist on
y Maestra, where he graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude. He received subse- staff at the Heart & Vascular Institute at Palm Beach
quent training in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease at Mount Sinai Medical Gardens Medical Center. Dr. Mostel is triple board certified
Center in Miami where he was named best resident-fellow of the year on five separate in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and
occasions. Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Mostel shares the distinction
of having implanted the first coronary stent used in Palm
Beach County. His experience in treating coronary arterial
disease has evolved to percutaneous interventions of dis-
abling peripheral arterial and venous disease. Dr. Mostel is
a graduate of the State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook. He
did his fellowship in cardiology at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Dr. Mostel is a member of the American College of Cardiology.

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