INTRODUCTION TO OUR PHYSICIANS AND NURSES


JACK A. PATTERSON, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Patterson graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and received his medical education from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at the University of Illinois Hospitals.

He served as the Chief of Cardiology for the United States Air Force at Scott Regional Medical Center in Illinois, before moving to California and joining Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group.

Dr. Patterson is the Medical Director of Cardiology at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also a  member of the Attending Clinical Faculty in Cardiac Catheterization and Interventions at Wadsworth VA Hospital, also in Los Angeles. He has published and lectured on interventional cardiology and coronary angioplasty.

Dr. Patterson is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Boards of Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography.


ARA G. TILKIAN, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Tilkian, a graduate of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, received his medical education from the University of Illinois School of Medicine, and completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.

Dr. Tilkian is the Medical Director of Cardiology at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California, and is as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA. He has written numerous articles and two cardiology textbooks and  is an editorial consultant to four specialty medical journals.

Dr. Tilkian is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine,  the Subspecialty Boards of Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiolgy. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Cardiac Angiography.


ISAAC WIENER M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Wiener, a graduate of Columbia University in New York, received his medical education from Harvard University. He completed his internal medicine training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and his cardiology training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

Dr. Wiener remained at Mount Sinai Hospital as Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory for several years. He has written many research articles as well as chapters in medical textbooks, and teaches as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Wiener is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine and Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases. In addition, he is a diplomate of the Subspecialty Board in Cardiac Electrophysiology and holds a special certificate of competency in cardiac pacing from the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.


JOHN S. TSAKONAS, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Tsakonas, a graduate of Columbia University in  New York, received his medical education from the State University of New York at Syracuse. He completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

He remained at George Washington as a Clinical Instructor of Medicine completing an extra year of  invasive and interventional cardiology. Dr. Tsakonas is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA, and is a member of the Attending Clinical Faculty in Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention at the Wadsworth VA Hospital in Los Angeles.

Dr. Tsakonas is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.


MATTHEW E. SCHWINGER, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Schwinger, a graduate of the University of Rochester in New York, received his medical education from New York Medical College. He completed his internal medicine training at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, and his cardiology training at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He completed an extra year of training in non-invasive cardiology at New York University Medical Center and went on to become an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Director of the Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Schwinger has published many articles in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and is a member of the Attending Clinical Faculty in Echocardiography at the Wadsworth VA Hospital, Los Angeles.

Dr. Schwinger is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease and the National Board of Echocardiography. He is a member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, the American Heart Association and the American College of Physicians. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography.

 


KEN K. TAM, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Tam received both his undergraduate and medical education from the University of Maryland. He completed his internal medicine training at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., and later trained in cardiovascular diseases at the UCLA, San Fernando Program.

Dr. Tam is the Associate Director of Cardiology at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills and is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine, at UCLA, where he participates in the clinical training of Cardiology Fellows as well as internal medicine residents.

Dr. Tam is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.


M. GANESA PANDIAN, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Pandian graduated from the University of Madras, India where he received his undergraduate and medical education. He completed his internal medicine training at Misericordia Hospital of New York Medical College and his cardiology training at the Norwalk Hospital of Yale University.

Dr. Pandian served as the Chief of Cardiology at Oliveview Medical Center for two years and has been in private practice since 1981. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Pandian is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also certified by the Canadian Board in both Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.


RAJ WICK, M.D, F.A.C.C.

Dr. Wick received his medical education from the University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Brooklyn Cumberland Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He completed three years of his Cardiology Fellowship at George Washington University Medical Division in Washington, D.C. with an additional year of Cardiology training at the University of California Affiliated Hospitals VA Hospital, San Francisco.

Dr. Wick is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA, is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Subspecialty boards of Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is currently the Director of Cardiology at Northridge Hospital Medical Center - Roscoe Campus in Northridge.


SAM KOJOGLANIAN, M.D., F.A.C.C.

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Dr Samuel Kojoglanian is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Interventional Cardiology. His specialty includes coronary and peripheral interventions.

Dr. Kojoglanian received his Bachelors in Psychobiology from the University of Southern California (USC), Master of Science in Anatomy and Medical Doctor degree from USC School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena , CA , and his fellowships in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at Kaiser Permanente/ Los Angeles Medical Center .

As a master’s student, Dr Kojoglanian taught Anatomy at USC Medical School where he received the teacher of the year award. He was voted the fellow of the year by Internal Medicine and Family Practice Residents at Kaiser/ Los Angeles . He has been published in Circulation and the American Heart Journal. His lectures span from the American Heart Association meetings to schools around the nation, mixing heart and soul to inspire his community.


TING YEE, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Ting Yee is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University where he earned his BA degree with distinction in mathematics. He received his medical education from the UCSD School of Medicine followed by internship, residency and cardiology fellowship at the UCLA San Fernando Valley Medical Program. He has been in practice in Mission Hills since 1984. Dr. Yee joined CCMG in January of 2003. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine.


ROBERT M. HORTH, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.N.C.

Dr. Horth was a Presidential Scholar and Magna Cum Laude graduate of Kings College where he received his BS degree in General Science. He received his medical education from the University of Pittsburgh . He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh . He completed his fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Miami .

Dr. Horth is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.


LEO KASSABIAN .M.D.

Dr. Kassabian graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and received his M.D. degree from the University of California San Francisco. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at Harbor-UCLA where he was chief cardiology fellow. In addition, Dr. Kassabian is certified by the Board of Nuclear Cardiology.


LIBBY BOWERS, N.P.

Libby received her undergraduate nursing education at Messiah College in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . She completed her nurse practitioner and graduate nursing coursework at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in the subspecialty of acute care with a focus on cardiovascular and oncology care. She is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.  

Libby is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Nursing and an adjunct nursing faculty member at College of the Canyons. She has published several professional nursing journal articles and contributed to chapters in nursing textbooks.


ROBYNN GOLDSTEIN, N.P., C.N.S.

Robynn received her nursing degree from Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center (LAC+USC) where she graduated with honors. She went on to graduate Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from California State University , Los Angeles (CSULA). She completed her education at University of California , Los Angeles (UCLA), were she was selected to participate in a dual masters program. She graduated Sigma Theta Tau with a Masters Degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and a Clinical Nurse Specialist. She is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

Robynn has worked most of her nursing career at the USC University Hospital (USC-UH) where she held multiple positions including Staff Nurse, Lead Preceptor, Charge Nurse and Clinical Nurse Educator for the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. She was responsible for staff development and setting clinical practice standards through active research, writing policies, formal presentations and mentorship. Her active involvement in staff development at USC-UH earned her the Nurse of the Year award and a nomination for Nurse of the Year for Nurse Week Magazine in 1999.

  In addition to her full time employment with Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, she volunteers her free time to Camp Del Corazon, a camp for children with cardiac diseases and is an active volunteer in a mentorship program for graduate nursing students at UCLA.


ANGELO L. SORIANO, N.P.

Angelo received his Bachelors degree in Nursing at St Paul University in the Philippines.   He received his Masters degree in Nursing at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Nurse Practitioner program with an Acute Care (ACNP) subspecialty. He is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

Angelo was worked in a variety of settings in the nursing field, including long- term geriatrics, outpatient home care, nursing administration and acute intensive care, but has given emphasis on taking care of patients with cardiovascular diseases.   

Angelo is an Associate Member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and a member of the California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP).


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