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Profiles In Cardiology

TENET FLORIDA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE – HIALEAH
TENET FLORIDA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE –
Antonio Laudito, MD WEST PALM BEACH

Dr. Antonio Laudito is a highly-skilled cardiothoracic sur- Thanh Duong-Wagner, MD, FACC,
geon with extensive experience in cardiac surgery and min-
imally-invasive heart valve repair. Dr. Laudito specializes in FASE
complex arterial coronary revascularization and bilateral
internal mammary artery grafting, minimally-invasive Dr. Thanh Duong-Wagner is a highly-experienced and
mitral valve repair, complex aortic surgery, aortic root oper- board-certified cardiologist specializing in adult cardiology
ation and aortic dissection. In addition, Dr. Laudito pro- care with Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care in West Palm
vides care via atrial fibrillation ablation, transcather aortic Beach. Dr. Duong-Wagner specializes in general cardiology,
valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter mitral valve valvular/structural heart disease, cardiomyopathy, cardio-
repair (TMVR). He also focuses and has a special interest in oncology, women’s heart disease, cardiovascular risk reduc-
the treatment for structural artery disease and valve endocarditis. Dr. Laudito is cer- tion, advanced echocardiography, cardiac MRI and periph-
tified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Surgery. His eral vascular disease. She is on-staff at Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm
Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care (TFCC) office is located in Hialeah and he’s on- Beach and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Dr. Duong-Wagner is certified in car-
staff as the Medical Director of The Heart Institute at Palmetto General Hospital. Dr. diovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She has been prac-
Laudito joined Tenet Florida Physician Services in 2019 and has been practicing med- ticing medicine since 1991 and since 2018 with Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care, a
icine since 1989. He is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. medical practice of Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS). During her education
and training prior to professional practice, Dr. Duong-Wagner completed fellowship-
Roger Carrillo, MD training in both cardiovascular and vascular medicine. She is bilingual in English and
Vietnamese.
Dr. Roger Carrillo is a highly proficient and experienced
cardiothoracic surgeon with expertise in a unique skill set in HOLY CROSS MEDICAL GROUP
complex cardiac device management. Dr. Carrillo special-
izes in laser extraction of pacemaker and defibrillator leads,
minimally-invasive cardiac surgery, atrial fibrillation (AFib) Ronald M. Gabor, MD
treatments and cardiothoracic surgery. He is certified by the
American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board certified in cardiovascular medicine, Dr. Ronald M.
Board of Surgery. Dr. Carrillo’s office with Tenet Florida Gabor practices cardiology with interests including valve
Cardiovascular Care, a medical practice of Tenet Florida disease and heart failure with the Holy Cross Medical
Physician Services (TFPS), is located in Hialeah and he’s on-staff at Palmetto General Group, a multi-specialty physician employed group of more
Hospital. Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Carrillo worked as a professor of clinical surgery than 160 physicians providing services throughout Broward
in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery teaching medical students at the University and Palm Beach counties. Dr. Gabor earned his M.D. from
of Miami School of Medicine. Besides his extensive clinical teaching background, Dr. the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx in New
Carrillo presented his research and findings relating to cardiothoracic medicine both York and a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in
nationally and internationally and worked as a cardiothoracic surgeon at six different Biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
South Florida hospital organizations. Dr. Carrillo has been practicing medicine since He completed his residency and internship in internal med-
1980. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian. icine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at
University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He has been in private practice for
over 21 years. In addition to English, Dr. Gabor speaks French, Hebrew, Hungarian
and Yiddish.
TENET FLORIDA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE –
DELRAY BEACH Sam Sareh, MD

Brijeshwar Maini, MD, FACC Certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board
of Internal Medicine, Dr. Sam Sareh specializes in cardio-
Dr. Brijeshwar Maini is the National and Florida Medical vascular disease. He is with the Holy Cross Medical Group,
Director of Cardiology for Tenet Health and a specialist in a multi-specialty physician employed group of more than
the treatment of structural heart disease. Dr. Maini leads a 160 physicians providing services throughout Broward and
team comprising of cardiothoracic surgery, interventional Palm Beach counties. Dr. Sareh received his medical degree
cardiology as well as echocardiography which performs from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
catheter-based cardiovascular procedures and have brought and he completed his residency in internal medicine and
multiple new technologies to the region including percuta- fellowship in cardiology at the University of Illinois in
neous mitral valve replacement technologies as well as the Chicago. Dr. Sareh speaks both English and Spanish.
Tendyne and Caisson valves. He has also been instrumental
for percutaneous repair of the tricuspid valve. The team has performed the first next SEND US YOUR
in bringing percutaneous tricuspid valve repair technologies
including the Triclip device as well as led the Trilign study

generation MitraClip cases in South Florida as a treatment of chronic mitral regurgi-
tation (MR). In addition, Dr. Maini specializes in percutaneous left atrial appendage
(LAA) closure with the Watchman Device and percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR). Dr. Maini’s areas of interest also include 3D transesophageal and
intracardiac imaging, CT angiography and fusion imaging. Additionally, Dr. Maini has
led cardiovascular research as the principal investigator in over 60 research trials
including new catheter-based treatments for heart failure such as the REDUCE LAP • News Tips
study amongst others. He believes that today's research is tomorrow's medicine. Dr.
Maini is a clinical professor of medicine and Fellowship Director - Cardiovascular • Letters To the Editor
Diseases at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. • Promote Your Event
Dr. Maini’s office with Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care is located in the new Delray • Announce Business-Related Awards
Medical Center Tower. He is on-staff at Delray Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens
Medical Center and Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore located in Fort • Tout Your Success
Lauderdale.

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