Department of
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Faculty & Staff

Division of Cardiology

A photo of Ramesh Daggubati.

Ramesh Daggubati, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Positions: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Sandeep Arora.

Sandeep Arora, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Electrophysiology Outreach, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Abdul Abbasi.

Abdul Abbasi, MBBS

Positions: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 724-430-5600

A photo of Abbas Ali.

Abbas S. Ali, MD, MS, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Sudarshan Balla.

Sudarshan Balla, MBBS, FACC

Positions: Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Associate Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Runa Bhattacharya.

Runa Bhattacharya, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-596-6826

A photo of Christopher Bianco.

Christopher M. Bianco, DO

Positions: Associate Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Kristen Bell.

Kristen Bell, DO

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 681-342-1000

A photo of Daniel Brito Guzman.

Daniel Brito Guzman, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Marco Caccamo.

Marco A. Caccamo, DO

Positions: Associate Professor, Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of D Michael Campsey.

D Michael Campsey, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of James D'Antonio.

James D'Antonio, MD, FSCAI

Position: Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-243-3000

A photo of Francis Ergina.

Francis Ergina, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 724-430-5600

A photo of Payam Fallahi.

Payam Fallahi, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

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A photo of Kevin Felpel.

Kevin Felpel, DO

Position: Assistant Professor, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Walid Gharib.

Walid G. Gharib, MD

Positions: Assitant Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Affan Haleem.

Affan Haleem, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 724-430-5000

A photo of Yasmin Hamirani.

Yasmin Hamirani, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

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A photo of Deepak Hooda.

Deepak Hooda, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-243-3000

A photo of Iliana Hurtado Rendon.

Iliana Hurtado Rendon, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Vikrant Jagadeesan.

Vikrant Jagadeesan, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Manish Jhawar.

Manish B. Jhawar, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 540-535-0000

A photo of Mohammad Kawsara.

Mohammad Kawsara, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Brian Kazienko.

Brian T. Kazienko, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of John Lobban.

John H. Lobban, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Gerardo Lopez.

Gerardo C. Lopez, MD

Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine
Phone: 304-842-0007

A photo of James Mills.

James D. Mills, MD, FACC

Positions: Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Jason Moreland.

Jason A. Moreland, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Positions: Associate Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Anthony Morise.

Anthony P. Morise, MD, FACC

Positions: Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of David Murello.

David Murello, MD, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 724-430-5600

A photo of Dakshina Murthy.

Dakshina Murthy, MBBS, MD, FACC, FASE

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Olawale Olatunji.

Olawale Olatunji, MBBS

Position: Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-872-2891

A photo of Brijesh Patel.

Brijesh Patel, DO

Positions: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 844-424-0411

A photo of Ruby Havistin.

Ruby Havistin, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Non-Invasive Cardiology/Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellow, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4000

A photo of David Plitt.

David C. Plitt, MD, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 540-535-0000

A photo of Bryan Raybuck.

Bryan D. Raybuck, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Positions: Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Anthony Roda-Renzelli.

Anthony J. Roda-Renzelli, MD, FACC

Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Stanley Schmidt.

Stanley B. Schmidt, MD, FACC

Positions: Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of David Schwartzman.

David Schwartzman, MD

Position: Professor, Medicine

A photo of Sushant Sharma.

Sushant Sharma, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Secondary Appointment, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-243-3000

A photo of George Sokos.

George G. Sokos, DO, FACC

Positions: Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4651

A photo of Khola Tahir.

Khola Tahir, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-350-3273

A photo of David Tingler.

David Tingler, MD, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-974-3297

A photo of Alexey Sergeev.

Alexey Sergeev, MD/PhD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Ajay Virmani.

Ajay Virmani, MD, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 540-535-0000

A photo of Dean Wolz.

Dean E. Wolz, MD, FACC

Positions: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Assistant Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-842-0007

A photo of Irfan Zeb.

Irfan Zeb, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

Division of Cardiac

A photo of Vinay Badhwar.

Vinay Badhwar, MD, FACS, FACC

Position: Gordon F. Murray Professor and Chair; Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4151

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A photo of Christopher Mascio.

Christopher Mascio, MD

Position: Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery & Professor of Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of James Mehaffey.

James Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MSc

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Geoffrey Cousins.

Geoffrey Cousins, MD, FACS

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Luigi Lagazzi.

Luigi Lagazzi, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Ganga Prabhakar.

Ganga Prabhakar, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-243-3000

A photo of J. Scott Rankin.

J. Scott Rankin, MD

Position: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Lawrence Wei.

Lawrence M. Wei, MD

Position: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Ali Darehzereshki.

Ali Darehzereshki, MD

Position: Clinical Instructor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

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Division of Critical Care Medicine

A photo of Paul McCarthy.

Paul McCarthy, MD, FCCP

Positions: Chief, Critcal Care Medicine, Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Veena Nandwani.

Veena Nandwani, MD

Positions: Critical Care Intensivist, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Douglas Powell.

Douglas Powell, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Bilal Jalil.

Bilal Jalil, MBBS

Position: Assistant Professor; Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Penny Sappington.

Penny Sappington, MD

Positions: Associate Professor; Medical Director of Transplant Critical Care, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Associate Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Angela Smolarz.

Angela Smolarz, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Steven Turley.

Steven Turley, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Secondary Appointment), Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

Division of Thoracic

A photo of Adam Hansen.

Adam J. Hansen, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Jahnavi Kakuturu.

Jahnavi Kakuturu, MD

Position: Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

A photo of Jeremiah Hayanga.

Jeremiah Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCS, FCCP, FCCM

Position: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Robert Herron.

Robert Herron, DO

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-242-4800

A photo of Jason Lamb.

Jason Lamb, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Alper Toker.

Alper Toker, MD

Position: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

Division of Vascular

A photo of Amy Diamond.

Amy Diamond, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Wound Care, Director of Wound Services, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4651

A photo of Samantha Minc.

Samantha Minc, MD, MPH, FACS

Position: Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Omar Nadra.

Omar Nadra, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

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A photo of Lakshmikumar Pillai.

Lakshmikumar Pillai, MD

Position: Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Ellis Salloum.

Ellis Salloum, MD

Position: Assistant Professor; Medical Director of Vascular Outreach, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Dean Wickel.

Dean Wickel, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Pamela Zimmerman.

Pamela Zimmerman, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

A photo of Sashi Inkollu.

Sashi Inkollu, MD

Position: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4478

Division of Cardiac Anesthesia

A photo of Brian Grose.

Brian W. Grose, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Phone: 304-598-4272

A photo of Matthew Ellison.

Matthew Ellison, MD, MMM, FASE, FASA

Positions: Professor, Anesthesiology; Vice Chair and Director, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Phone: 304-598-4929

A photo of Heather Hayanga.

Heather Hayanga, MD, MPH, FASE, FASA

Position: Associate Professor; Program Director, Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program; Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Education and Clinical Research, Anesthesiology
Phone: 304-598-4929

A photo of Roy Henrickson.

Roy Eric Henrickson, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Phone: 304-598-4164

A photo of Jeff Puette.

Jeff A. Puette, MD

Position: Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Phone: 304-598-4929