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Profiles In Cardiology

GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER & PALM BEACH
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Ida Mazza, MD
Suneet Kukreja, MD
Dr. Ida Mazza is a cardiologist on staff at Good Samaritan
Medical Center. She specializes in the medical management of Dr. Suneet Kukreja, a cardiologist at St. Mary’s Medical
cardiovascular disease including atrial fibrillation-arrhyth- Center in West Palm Beach, has been practicing medicine for
mias, cardiomyopathies, management of heart failure, coro- nearly 30 years. His areas of interest include hypertension,
nary artery disease, atherosclerotic risk factors, and manage- echocardiography and stroke. Prior to joining the medical
ment of complex conditions associated to the cardiac and vas- staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center in 2008, Dr. Kukreja worked
cular system. Prior to her joining the team at Good Sam, Dr. in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Miami. Dr. Kukreja is a
Mazza worked at Grand View-Leigh Valley Health Services, board certified diplomate from the American Board of
Buxmont Cardiology Division, and Grand View Hospital in Cardiography, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and inter-
Sellersville, PA for over 15 years. Dr. Mazza also provided car- nal medicine. Among his completed fellowships, Dr. Kukreja
diology care at the PA Heart and Vascular Group in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Mazza com- trained in cardiac rehabilitation and nuclear cardiology at the Spalding Rehab Hospital,
pleted her fellowship in non-invasive cardiovascular medicine and an internal medical a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In addition, Dr. Kukreja completed a clin-
residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Her education ical cardiology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, FL. Dr.
included a prior internship as a general practitioner focused on obstetrics, pediatrics, Kukreja received his medical training from the Government Medical College in Patiala,
internal medicine, surgery and emergency medicine at the Venezuela Institute of Social India and is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American College of
Security Hospital in Caracas Venezuela. Dr. Mazza graduated medical school from Physicians, American Medical Association and the Paul Dudley White Society of Harvard
Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Medical School.

David Weisman, MD Renato Dubois, MD

Dr. David Weisman considers himself an electrician of the Dr. Renato Dubois is a board certified pediatric cardiologist
heart. As a board certified and fellowship-trained cardiac elec- on staff at the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. Born in France
trophysiologist, and heart rhythm specialist, Dr. Weisman is and raised in Venezuela, Dr. Dubois graduated from the Jose
the medical director of the electrophysiology laboratory at Maria Vargas School of Medicine in Caracas, Venezuela. He
Good Samaritan Medical Center. He specializes in device did his internship at Hospital Luis Razzetti in Barceolona,
implantation and comprehensive electrophysiology studies, Venezuela for internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and pedi-
including elucidating, diagnosing and treating cardiac heart atrics. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the Le
rhythm disorders. He received his medical degree from the Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee
Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, New York, in Memphis, TN. After completion of his residency, he
and his bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University in received his training in pediatric cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Dr.
Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Weisman is certified in clinical Dubois is a member of numerous professional societies and community organizations.
cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal He has practiced pediatric cardiology in Florida since 1989. He practiced in the Tampa
Medicine. Bay area for three years before relocating to West Palm Beach in 1993.

DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER

Jonathan Vafai, MD Michael Weinblatt, MD

As a part of the staff at Delray Medical Center, Dr. Jonathan Dr. Michael Weinblatt is a cardiologist on staff at West Boca
Vafai is a Harvard-trained noninvasive cardiologist. He serves Medical Center and has over 35 years of experience treating
as Chairman of the Department of Cardiology and Medical patients with cardiovascular disease. Dr. Weinblatt earned his
Director of the Echocardiography laboratory. He is a quadru- bachelor’s degree from SUNY Binghamton and then his med-
ple board-certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiolo- ical degree from State University of New York Upstate Medical
gy, echocardiography and internal medicine. Dr. Vafai’s inter- University. Dr. Weinblatt completed his residency at
ests include cardio-oncology which helps patients diagnosed Winthrop-University Hospital in New York before doing his
with cancer manage the possible cardiovascular effects of can- fellowship in cardiology at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, NY.
cer treatments. Dr. Vafai’s area of interest also include echocar- Dr. Weinblatt is board certified in both internal medicine and
diography, nuclear cardiology and stress testing. Prior to join- cardiovascular disease. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
ing the staff at Delray Medical Center, Dr. Vafai worked at the
Heart Specialists of Central Jersey, LLP in Freehold, NJ. Dr. Vafai is a graduate of New
York University School of Medicine in New York, NY and completed internal medicine Carlo Zeidenweber, MD
residency at Harvard-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA and fellow-
ship/chief fellowship at North Shore-LIJ in Manhasset, NY. Dr. Carlo Zeidenweber, pediatric cardiologist at West Boca
Medical Center, is board certified from the American Board of
Jean-Pierre Awaida, MD Pediatrics and the sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology. West
Boca Medical Center provides comprehensive evaluation and
treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with con-
Dr. Jean-Pierre Awaida is board certified in general cardio- genital or acquired heart disease and a variety of other cardiac
vascular medicine and in interventional cardiology. He is cur- conditions. Licensed in the state of Florida since 2001, Dr.
rently the medical director of the cardiac cath lab at Delray Zeidenweber completed his medical education from the
Medical Center and also served as Chairman of the Cardiology Universidad Anahuac in Mexico. Dr. Zeidenweber completed
Department from 2018 to 2020. Dr. Awaida began practicing a fellowship in pediatric cardiology from Emory University from Atlanta, GA and a fel-
general and interventional cardiology in 2008 after complet- lowship in interventional cardiology from Denver Children’s Hospital, in Denver, CO.
ing his specialty training in Interventional Cardiology at the Prior to joining the medical staff at West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Zeidenweber served
Massachusetts General Hospital - a Harvard Medical School as a pediatric cardiologist at Single Source of Pediatric Heart Center in Miami. Dr.
affiliated hospital, in Boston. Prior to that, Dr. Awaida com- Zeidenweber is a member of the American College of Cardiology and American Academy
pleted his internship and residency in Internal medicine at the of Pediatrics. Dr. Zeidenweber was also the founding member of the fellowship society,
Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati where he was appoint- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
ed to serve as Chief Medical Resident and then pursued three years of cardiology training
at the Montreal Heart Institute affiliated with the University of Montreal. His areas of
interest include coronary artery disease and coronary procedures including emergency
coronary procedures to the heart in the setting of heart attacks, management of heart fail-
ure and heart rhythm diseases. He is also certified by the Society of Cardiovascular
Computed Tomography to read CT scans for coronary arteries, a noninvasive technique
to visualize the arteries of the heart. Dr. Awaida is currently an Affiliate Assistant
Professor at FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine.

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