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Cardiology

MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Ioana Dumitru, MD
Dr. Ioana Dumitru is a board-certified cardiologist specializ-
Kashmira Bhadha, MD, FACC ing in advanced heart failure, transplant cardiology and car-
diovascular disease. She cares for patients with complex car-
Dr. Kashmira Bhadha is a clinical cardiologist for Memorial diac conditions including heart failure, cardiomyopathy and
Healthcare System and medical director of the Women’s pulmonary hypertension, as well as cardiac transplant patients
Cardiac Health Program. She co-founded Memorial’s Women’s and patients supported by mechanical cardiac support.
Heart Prevention Program, which offers comprehensive Dr. Dumitru is passionate about being able to lead a multi-
screenings and risk assessments to educate the public about disciplinary team that evaluates and treats heart conditions
heart health. Bhadha is also licensed in nuclear medicine and with the goal of giving patients and families back their confi-
specializes in the interpretation of radionuclide stress tests and dence and quality of life. Dr. Dumitru earned her medical degree from the Carol Davila
related cardiac diagnostic procedures. Bhadha is passionate University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. She then trained in inter-
about helping individuals avoid developing cardiovascular nal medicine at St. Joseph Hospital/Northwestern Medical School in Chicago and com-
disease and often speaks in the community about making pleted two fellowships: one in cardiovascular disease at the University of Nebraska
healthy lifestyle choices. One of the newer and upcoming topics in the field that interests Medical Center, and a second in heart failure and cardiac transplantation at Washington
her on a scholarly level is microvascular disease in patients with chest pain in the absence University School of Medicine.
of large vessel blockages (obstructive CAD). A graduate of TN Medical College Prior to joining Memorial Healthcare System, she was the founder and medical director
(University of Bombay), Bhadha was an internal medicine resident at Sinai Hospital of of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program at the University of Nebraska
Baltimore and Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia. Her fellowship training in Medical Center in Omaha. She is an active member of the Heart Failure Society of
cardiovascular disease was at Presbyterian Medical Center (previously Philadelphia Heart America, American College of Cardiology, and International Society of Heart and Lung
Institute). Besides caring for patients, Bhadha enjoys teaching medical students. Transplant. She is actively involved in clinical research and loves to teach.
Daniel Benhayon, MD Eli M. Friedman, MD

Dr. Daniel Benhayon is a board-certified cardiac electro- Dr. Eli Friedman is a board-certified cardiologist with
physiologist for Memorial Healthcare System and an expert in Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute at Memorial
the management of atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, Healthcare System, where he provides preventive cardiac care
syncope, defibrillators, and pacemaker management. In 2017, and treats patients with coronary artery disease, valvular heart
he was awarded the Florida Medical Innovation award for disease, cardiac rhythm problems, congestive heart failure and
work done in electrophysiology. A graduate of the other heart complications. Additionally, he is board-certified
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Benhayon did electrophys- in Internal Medicine. He also provides specialized cardiac care
iology training at the University of Pennsylvania, cardiology for athletes of all skill levels, offering pre-participation screen-
training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and an ings and treating acute conditions such as chest pain, dizzy
internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in spells, decreased athletic performance and heart rhythm disturbances. Dr. Friedman,
New York City. He has been widely published and lectures throughout the U.S. and Latin whose father is a cardiologist, was exposed to cardiovascular medicine from a young age
America on atrial fibrillation ablation, PVC ablation, prevention of stroke, sudden cardiac and has continued to immerse himself in the field since. He believes that medicine is a
death, and remote monitoring of patients with defibrillators. Benhayon is on the board life-long learning process with patients are at the center of that learning. Dr. Friedman
of the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society and has been recognized by the European earned his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. He trained at University of
Heart Rhythm Society as a leader in electrophysiology under the age of 40. Pittsburgh Medical Center with internships and residencies in Internal Medicine and
Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease.
Ralph Levy, MD
Juan F. Plate, MD
Dr. Ralph Levy, board-certified in cardiovascular disease and
internal medicine, is the chief of cardiology at Memorial Dr. Juan Plate is a board-certified thoracic and general sur-
Regional Hospital and Memorial Healthcare System’s medical geon who is also involved in research studies in cardiothoracic
director for structural heart disease. In those roles, Dr. Levy surgery. Prior to joining Memorial, Dr. Plate was an assistant
works with patients to educate them about their heart prob- professor in the cardiothoracic surgery division at Robert
lems and about the treatments that are available to address the Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine
heart conditions. His other passion is teaching and it’s not and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) in New Brunswick, NJ.
unusual to have students shadowing him as he checks patients Dr. Plate earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from
while making rounds. A member of the Memorial Healthcare the University of Pennsylvania. He completed medical school
System for nearly 30 years and a strong proponent of its at UMDNJ. Following that, Dr. Plate completed his residency in general surgery in the
patient and family-centered care, Levy earned his medical degree at the Universidad Del Department of Surgery at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, where he also
Rosario in Colombia before coming to the U.S. to intern at Lincoln Medical and Mental served as a chief administrative resident. Dr. Plate then returned to UMDNJ-Robert Wood
Health Center. He then completed his surgical residency at SUNY Health Science Center Johnson Medical School where he completed his residency in thoracic surgery.
at Brooklyn and a fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital Center that focused on cardiovas-
cular disease.
JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Jonathan Roberts, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Maryanne R. Chrisant, MD
Dr. Jonathan Roberts, a board-certified cardiologist, is the
Medical Director for Clinical Research and Education, Dr. Maryanne R. Chrisant has an established reputation for
Interventional Cardiology at Memorial Healthcare System. He helping pediatric heart transplant programs grow and thrive.
has a special interest in complex coronary artery interventions She holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts University in
and has been a leading proponent of using coronary physiol- Medford, Massachusetts and a medical degree from New York
ogy to guide coronary interventions. Medical College in Westchester County. She completed fellow-
The principal investigator in more than 45 clinical and ship training in pediatric cardiology and an advanced fellow-
interventional cardiology trials, Roberts recent clinical ship in pediatric cardiac transplant, heart failure and cardiomy-
research has focused on improving success rates in radial opathy management at (then) Babies Hospital, Columbia
artery access for cardiac catheterization, especially the use of ultrasound guided radial University in New York. Her career highlights include direct-
artery access. Dr. Roberts specializes in correcting structural heart problems in the car- ing heart transplant programs at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH;
diac cath lab that had previously required surgery. These include transcatheter aortic Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Pennsylvania; and University of Virginia
valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter aortic and mitral “valve in valve” for degenerat- Children's Hospital in Charlottesville. Dr. Chrisant is on the Foundation Board of
ed bioprosthetic surgical valves, transcatheter mitral valve repair (MitraClip), balloon Directors and participates in ongoing research in the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study
aortic valvuloplasty, atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale closure, and aortic and Group, which examines management and outcomes of children undergoing cardiac trans-
left ventricular pseudoaneurysm closure. plantation. She has lectured internationally on the topics of pediatric heart transplanta-
A graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine, Roberts completed his inter- tion, heart failure and cardiomyopathies. She also has authored many papers about heart
nal medicine internship and residency at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. transplantation and heart failure in children and congenital heart disease, and has co-
Fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology, also at Emory, followed in 1987, authored pediatric guidelines for heart transplant and heart failure management.
1990, and 1991.

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