DeWITT, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health announced that Dr. Ali Al-Mudamgha, Dr. Ronald Caputo, and Dr. Alan Simons have recently joined the cardiology practice of St Joseph’s Physicians.
These doctors join Dr. Russell Silverman, Dr. Nishith Amin, and Dr. Michael Fischi at St. Joseph’s Physicians Cardiology. They previously practiced at SJH Cardiac Catheterization Associates, P.C., and will now be located in the St. Joseph’s Physicians office at 4939 Brittonfield Parkway, Suite 202, in DeWitt, according to a St. Joseph’s Health news release.
Dr. Al-Mudamgha, received his medical degree from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, where he also completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship. He then completed his electrophysiology fellowship at Stanford University. Al-Mudamgha was appointed director of cardiac electrophysiology services at St. Joseph’s Hospital in 2003, and currently focuses on cardiac electrophysiology. He is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Upstate Medical University.
Dr. Caputo, has been an invasive/interventional cardiologist for more than 20 years. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University Medical School, completed his residency at University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and research and clinical fellowship in cardiology at Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Hospital. Caputo has served as an instructor in medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Harvard Medical School, and is also an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Upstate Medical University. He was director of the cardiology service line at St. Joseph’s Hospital for eight years and was involved in the formation of the structural heart program at the hospital. Caputo will direct cardiovascular research for the St. Joseph’s Physicians practice.
Simons received his medical degree from New York Medical College. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at Upstate Medical University. Simons was the medical director of St. Joseph’s Catheterization Laboratory for eight years, and his areas of focus include interventional cardiology, congestive heart failure and peripheral vascular disease. He is also a clinical instructor and preceptor with the physician assistant program at Le Moyne College.
All three cardiologists have been involved in significant medical research, including being among a small group of doctors selected nationwide for new medical technologies and trials over the past 20 years, St. Joseph’s Health said.
“Having these three renowned cardiologists formally join St. Joseph’s Physicians and become part of the St. Joseph’s integrated network allows St. Joseph’s Health to continue to deliver the highest level of cardiac care in the region and take our comprehensive program to the next level,” Leslie Paul Luke, president and CEO of St. Joseph’s Health, said in the release.
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