Joel Fishman MD PhD

Department of radiology, Chief  of cardiothoracic radiology

Dr Fishman reviews and discusses the use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis and evaluation of nonischemic cardiomyopathies during topics in cardiology grand rounds lecture series. 

Joshua M Hare, MD

Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine

Founding director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute 

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Hare discusses the our current understanding of viral heart disease and early findings regarding cardiac involvement of the SARs-COV2 virus. 

Mauricio G Cohen, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization lab UHealth Towers

Dr. Cohen reviews the history and data behind reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction and discusses the implications and use of reperfusion therapy during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Gilson C Fernandes, MD

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr Fernandes reviews the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the heart and the modification of this for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders. 

Ronald Goldberg, MD

Dr. Goldberg discusses the delicate interplay between diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and reviews the data in regards to reduction of cardiovascular risks in diabetes including newer treatments.

Nitika Dabas, MD

Our current fellow Dr Dabas discusses our current knowledge regarding how the SARs-COV2 virus and COVID-19 affects the heart.

Parham Zarrini MD MBA 

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr. Parham Zarrini, reviews the literature and discusses the management strategies for atrial fibrillation, reviewing the evidence from the AFFIRM trial and through more recent studies looking at rhythm control, such as the CABANA trial.

Irving Perez-Guzman MD

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr. Irving Perez-Guzman, reviews the literature and discusses the management strategies for patients with established cardiovascular disease during pregnancy and postpartum.

Grace Wu MD

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr. Grace Wu, reviews the literature and discusses how new medications, including the recently FDA-approved bemdedoic acid may fit into our treatment strategies for patients with dyslipidemia.

Paul Odunayo Olorunfemi MD MPH 

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr. Paul Odunayo Olorunfemi, reviews the literature and discusses the management strategies and special concerns for elderly patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions and procedures.

Celso De La Cruz Luque MD

  Our current cardiology fellow, Dr. Celso De La Cruz, reviews the literature and discusses the management strategies for anticoagulation post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Harold Rivner, MD

Our current cardiology fellow, Dr Harold Rivner, discusses the implications, and treatment algorithms for ventricular ectopy and premature ventricular complexes.

Adedapo Iluyomade, MD MBA

Our current co-chief fellow, Dr Adedapo Iluyomade, presents current evidence based and emerging data regarding prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk patients.

Michael Dyal, MD 

Dr. Dyal provides a historical review of the data and development to current day practice for  revascularization strategies of ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Carlos E Alfonso, MD

Dr Alfonso discusses the various antiplatelet agents available and the evidence base for anti-platelet therapy for primary and secondary prevention in coronary disease.

Jeffrey Goldberger, MD

Our division chief, Dr Goldberger, reviews the updated literature and discusses the management strategies for patients with atrial fibrillation. Dr. Goldberger also discusses ongoing new trials including the NIH funded LEAF trial.

Mauricio G Cohen, MD

Dr Cohen discusses and reviewed the evidence-based medicine data that has formulated our current ACC-AHA Guidelines in NSTEMI.

Robert J Myerburg MD

During our introductory lecture series geared towards the first year cardiology fellows Dr. Robert J Myerburg Professor of Medicine,  provides a practical overview of the diagnosis and classification of cardiac arrhythmias.

E. Joseph Bauerlein MD 

During our introductory lecture series within the Topics in Cardiovascular disease Grand Rounds Dr. Joseph Bauerlein, the advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant fellowship program director at the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital and Miami Transplant Institute provides a primer for cardiology fellows and reviews the current status of cardiac transplantation including new protocols and UNOS classification system for cardiac transplantation.

Eduardo De Marchena MD 

Dr De Marchena gives an overview and update on the current transcatheter valve therapies in mitral valve disease including percutaneous mitral valve repair with Mitral clip, novel coronary sinus devices in current trials, and transcatheter mitral valve replacement.

Jeffrey Goldberger MD MBA

Dr. Jeffrey Goldberger, Chief of the Cardiovascular division at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discusses the two contrasting philosophical approaches to the implementation of optimal health care— the use of evidence-based guidelines and the application of personalized (or “precision”) medicine.   JAMA. 2013;309:2559-60.

George Marzouka MD

 Dr. Marzouka gives an overview and update on the diagnosis of native and prosthetic valve endocarditis and discusses imaging techniques to assist in diagnosis including echo, TEE, CT imaging, and nuclear imaging procedures.