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Biography: Dr. Alpesh Patel, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in Kendall Park, NJ. He is 53 years old and has been practicing for 25 years. Dr. Alpesh Patel, MD is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Samuels received his undergraduation education at the University of Rochester in New York and attended Medical School at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He completed his general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery training at Hahnemann and joined the faculty in 1995, assuming the directorship of the Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program in 1997. In 2001, Dr. Samuels and his team implanted the world's fifth total artificial heart (AbioCor). In 2003, Dr. Samuels joined the Main Line Health System as the Surgical Director of Heart Failure, establishing a transplant and VAD program. In 2009, Dr. Samuels rose to the rank of full professor of surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, joining their facutly full-time in 2016. In 2017, Dr. Samuels assumed the Clinical Directorship of Cardiac Surgery for the Einstein Healthcare Network. At present, Dr. Samuels maintains a busy clinical practice, specializing in Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and the use of mechanical circulatory assist technologies (i.e LVADs and ECMO) for acute and chronic heart disease.

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Biography: Niku Thomas, MD is board-certified in cardiovascular disease with a special interest in echocardiography. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Thomas received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her internship and residency in medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Thomas continued her education with a Physician Scientist Fellow in General Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Thomas instructs cardiovascular disease fellows at Einstein Medical Center in non-invasive cardiology.

Care Philosophy: The Cooper Heart Institute provides world-class, comprehensive, adult-focused cardiovascular programs that include non-invasive, minimally invasive, surgical diagnostic and therapeutic options by a team of world-renowned physicians. The Cooper Heart Institute delivers highly trained physician expertise and access to the most globally advanced technologies in an academic treatment setting.

Care Philosophy: The Cooper Heart Institute provides world-class, comprehensive, adult-focused cardiovascular programs that include non-invasive, minimally invasive, surgical diagnostic and therapeutic options by a team of world-renowned physicians. The Cooper Heart Institute delivers highly trained physician expertise and access to the most globally advanced technologies in an academic treatment setting.

Biography: Dr. Andrew Fireman, MD is a Diagnostic Radiologist who practices in Horsham, PA. He is 63 years old and has been practicing for 37 years. Dr. Andrew Fireman, MD is affiliated with Jefferson Abington Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Kenji Minakata, MD is a Cardiology Specialist who practices in Camden, NJ. He is 56 years old. Dr. Kenji Minakata, MD is affiliated with Cooper University Hospital and Cooper University Hospital.