Meet Our Faculty

Ahmad R. Elashery

Ahmad R. Elashery, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Program Director

Medical School: Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Greater Baltimore Medical Center (served as chief resident)
Cardiovascular Medicine: Danbury Hospital (served as chief fellow)
Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging (cardiac MRI and CT): University of Kentucky 

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Echocardiography
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Cardiac CT

Clinical/Academic Focus: Using the most up to date multi-modality cardiac imaging technology to tailor cardiovascular care.

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Elie G. Gharib, MD

Interventional Cardiology Program Director

Undergraduate School: West Virginia University
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: University of Tennessee
Cardiovascular Medicine: Marshall University, WV
Interventional: Marshall University, WV

Board Certifications:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Interventional Cardiology 

Clinical/Academic Focus: Continue to grow cardiology program on all facets, increase fellowship, interventional cardiology program. 

Elise Anderson

Elise Anderson, DO

Core Faculty Member

Undergraduate School: Marshall University
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency/Fellowship:
Internal Medicine: Marshall University
Cardiovascular Disease: Charleston Area Medical Center
Interventional Cardiology: Aultman Hospital

Board Certifications:
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease

Clinical/Academic Focus:
Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Intensive Care, Mechanical Circulatory Support

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Anand Chockalingam, MD

Core Faculty Member
Mitchell Rashid

Mitchell N. Rashid, MD

Core Faculty Member

Undergraduate School: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: Marshall University, WV

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Marshall University, WV
Cardiovascular Medicine: Marshall University, WV
Interventional Cardiology: University of Vermont

Board Certifications: 
•    Interventional Cardiology

Clinical/Academic Focus: Interventional Cardiology Clinical Trials, STEMI, Complex PCI
 

Sarah Rinehart

Sarah Rinehart, MD

Core Faculty Member

Undergraduate School: WV Wesleyan College
Medical School: Marshall University, WV

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Marshall University, WV
Cardiovascular Disease: Marshall University, WV
Piedmont Heart Institute, GA – Level 3 training in Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT

Board Certifications:

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular CT 

Clinical/Academic Focus: Cardiac Imaging, Prevention and risk management, Women’s Health, Structural Heart Disease, Vascular Disease
 

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Nadew Simone, MD, MPH

Core Faculty Member

Medical School: Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences

Post-Graduate Education:

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at UCSF
  • MPH from Harvard School of Public Health

Residency/Fellowship:
Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Marshall University
Advanced Cardiac Imaging (CT and MRI) Fellowship: Emory University 

Board Certifications: 

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Adult Echocardiography 
  • Internal Medicine

Clinical/Academic Focus: Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Structural Heart Disease, Artificial Intelligence, Public Health and Medical Education

Frank ANnie

Frank Annie, PhD

Undergraduate School: West Virginia University
Graduate School: Florida State University

Clinical/Academic Focus: Disease Ecology, Structural Heart Disease , Toxicology , Medical Geography, Cardiovascular Disease

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Chafik Assal, MD

Undergraduate School: Aleppo University, Syria
Medical School: Aleppo University, Faculty of Medicine, Syria

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Cardiovascular Medicine: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Geisinger Medical Center, PA

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Clinical/Academic Focus: Starting an EP fellowship program, Innovations in EP procedures especially AFib ablation
 

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Tania Babar, MD

Undergraduate School: University of Charleston, WV
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
Cardiovascular Medicine: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, MA
Electrophysiology: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, MA

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Electrophysiology

Clinical/Academic Focus:
Clinical: complex arrhythmia and device management, SVT ablation, VT ablation, Afib ablation, ICD, His Bundle Pacing, Micra, Watchman
Academic: Atrial Fibrillation, Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation, LAA Closure devices, Advanced pacing techniques with physiologic and leadless pacing

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Kevin Driver, MD

Undergraduate School: Messiah University
Medical School: The College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University)

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Duke University Medical Center 
Cardiovascular Disease: University of Virginia Medical Center 
Electrophysiology: University of Virginia Medical Center 

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Clinical/Academic Focus: Device implantation including S-ICD and leadless pacing, Catheter ablation of AF and atrial arrhythmias, Catheter ablation of PVCs and VT
 

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David D. Francke, MD

Undergraduate School: Virginia Tech
Medical School: Marshall University, WV

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Marshall University, WV
Cardiovascular Medicine: Marshall University, WV 
Interventional: Marshall University, WV

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease

Clinical/Academic Focus: General and Interventional Cardiology

Richard Han

Richard Han, MD

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship:
Internal Medicine: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Cardiovascular Disease: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Interventional Cardiology: Massachusetts General Hospital

Board Certifications:
Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology

Clinical/Academic Focus:
Structural Heart Disease

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Marciano B. Lee, MD

Undergraduate School: University of the Philippines
Medical School: Cebu Doctors University College of Medicine

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education
Cardiovascular Medicine: Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education
Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology: University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certifications: 

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Echocardiography
  • Nuclear Cardiology

Clinical/Academic Focus:

  • Advanced Heart Failure
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Sangeeta Mandapaka, MD

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: Seton Hall University, NJ (Internship)/ University of Florida (Residency)
Cardiovascular Medicine: East Carolina University
Cardiac MRI and CTA: Wake Forest University 
Interventional Cardiology: East Carolina University 

Board Certifications: 

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cardiac CT
  • Interventional Cardiology

Clinical/Academic Focus:  Interventional cardiology, CTA cardiology, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Preventive cardiology

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Muhammad S. Mian, MD

Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

Residency/Fellowship: 
Internal Medicine: New Britain General Hospital, CT
Cardiovascular Medicine: University of Connecticut Medical Center
Interventional: St. Francis Hospital, University of Connecticut

Board Certifications: 
•    Internal Medicine
•    Cardiovascular Disease
•    Cardiac CT

Clinical/Academic Focus:  Coronary Interventions, Cardiac CT

Ganpat Thakkar

Ganpat Thakkar, MD

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India

Residency/Fellowship:
Internal Medicine: Queens Hospital Center/Long Island Jewish Hospital SUNY
Cardiovascular Medicine: Queens Hospital Center/Long Island Jewish Hospital SUNY

Board Certifications:
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Echocardiography 
FACC: Fellow of American College of Cardiology
FASE: Fellow of American Society of Echocardiography 
Certified in Vascular Ultrasound Interpretation (RPVI)

Clinical/Academic Focus:
Clinical Cardiology and Echocardiography