Faculty and Staff Miller School of Medicine

Faculty

Sharon N. Andrade-Bucknor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Eugene J. Bauerlein III, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Yiannis Chatzizisis, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
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Biography: Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD is Professor of Cardiology, and Chief of the Cardiovascular Division at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He was trained in interventional cardiology and advanced non-invasive cardiovascular imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His translational and clinical research is actively funded by the NIH, industry, and...
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Jose Manuel Condor Capcha, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Reasearch Assistant Professor

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Pedro Covas, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Pedro Covas is a highly skilled imaging cardiologist with specialized expertise in echocardiography and cardiac CT. He earned his medical degree from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and went on to complete his internal medicine residency and general cardiology fellowship at the George Washington University, where he also served as Chief Cardiology...
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Pedro Cox-Alomar, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Eduardo J. De Marchena, M.D.
Professor
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Maria Carolina Delgado-Lelievre, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Delgado is Assistant Professor of Medicine, AHA Hypertension Specialist, Founding Director of the AHA-certified University of Miami Comprehensive Hypertension Center. Dr. Delgado is Board Certified Internal Medicine, former Hypertension Fellow and Faculty at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of the University of Michigan. Dr. Delgado was the recipient of the...
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Chunming Dong, M.D.
Professor
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Michael D. Dyal, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Joseph B. Esterson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Jeffrey Goldberger, M.D.
Professor
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Joshua M. Hare, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.
Director, Donald Soffer Endowed Program in Regenerative Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Hare graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and has a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He did his residency at Hopkins and fellowships at Hopkins, Harvard University and The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Hare was Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and director of cardiac transplantation at Johns Hopkins, leading their...
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Litsa K. Lambrakos, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Litsa K. Lambrakos is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Lambrakos completed medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where she graduated with a distinction in research at the top of her class. She subsequently completed her internship...
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Claudia A. Martinez Bermudez, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Claudia Martinez is a Professor of Clinical Medicine, Interventional Cardiologist in the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. She is a physician-scientist, and the PI of several ongoing NIH studies examining cardiovascular disease in a diverse group of at-risk patients. Dr. Martinez has established a...
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George R. Marzouka, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. George R. Marzouka is a board-certified cardiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami, serving as Chief of the Cardiovascular Section at the Miami VA Healthcare System. A lifelong Floridian, Dr. Marzouka completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Miami before pursuing residency and fellowship training at Jackson...
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Raul Mitrani, M.D.
Professor
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Mrudula Munagala, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Alan H. Schob, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Lina Shehadeh, Ph.D.
Research Professor

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Nikolaos Spilias, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Nikolaos Spilias, MD, is an Interventional and Structural Cardiologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He specializes in catheter-based, minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of coronary artery disease and heart valve disorders.

Dr. Spilias earned his medical degree with honors from the University...
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Robert B. Stang, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Alex H. Velasquez, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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Omar Wever-Pinzon, M.D.
Pending Rank, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Biography: Dr. Omar Wever-Pinzon is the Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery Section at the University of Miami Health System and Jackson Memorial’s Miami Transplant Institute. A board-certified specialist in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, he has extensive expertise in cardiomyopathy, heart failure, transplantation, and mechanical circulatory...
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Wei Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Shijia Zhao, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor

Biography: Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with specialization in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 2013. He spent 2.5 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln serving as Lecturer and Research Fellow before joining the Chinese Academy of Sciences in March 2016 as an Associate Professor. In May 2017, He joined the Cardiovascular...
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Staff Physicians

Beteal Ashinne, M.D.
Staff Physician

Antonio R. Barquet, M.D.
Staff Physician

Martin Bilsker, M.D.
Staff Physician/Emeritus Faculty

Andrew Daniel Bromley, M.D.
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

George Degheim, M.D.
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Murry Drescher, M.D.
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Thanh H. Duong-Wagner, M.D.
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Mehrdad Ghahramani, M.D., FACC
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Maureen H. Lowery, M.D.
Staff Physician/Emeritus Faculty

David Weininger, M.D.
Staff Physician/Voluntary Faculty

Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D.
Staff Physician
Voluntary Faculty

Vinod Chainani, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty

Rosario Colombo, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty

Onkar Narula, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty

Alexis P. Rodriguez, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty

Rhea Sancassani, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

Martin Bilsker, M.D.
Associate Professor
Simon Chakko, M.D.
Professor

Maureen Lowery, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Robert Myerburg, M.D.
Professor
Rafael Sequeira, M.D.
Professor

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Faculty

Staff Physicians

Martin Bilsker, M.D.

Maureen H. Lowery, M.D.

Voluntary Faculty

Vinod Chainani, M.D.

Rosario Colombo, M.D.

Onkar Narula, M.D.

Alexis P. Rodriguez, M.D.

Rhea Sancassani, M.D.

Emeritus Faculty

Martin Bilsker, M.D.

Simon Chakko, M.D.

Maureen Lowery, M.D.

Robert Myerburg, M.D.

Rafael Sequeira, M.D.