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Program Leadership

Program Director

Bravein Amalakuhan, MD, FCCP

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care Medicine

Associate Program Director

Director of Education

Jairo Melo, MD, FCCP

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care Medicine

Associate Program Director

Director of Strategic Operations

Fernando Triana, MD, FACC

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

Interventional Cardiology

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Associate Program Director

Director of Clinical Operations

Shankar Sanka, MD

Internal Medicine

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Director of Outpatient Medicine

Ambassador to the American College of Physicians

Claudia Maidana-Paz, MD, FACP

Internal Medicine

Core Faculty

Director of Scheduling & System Integration

Neil Patel, MD

Internal Medicine

Core Faculty

Director of Culture & Values

Faraz Fiazuddin, MD

Internal Medicine

Core Faculty

Director of Hospital Medicine

Bishal Sinha, MD

Internal Medicine

Core Faculty

Director of Quality Improvement

Vamsi Surapaneni, MD

Internal Medicine

Subspecialty Director of Pulmonology

Director of Patient Safety

Ali Abedi, MD, FCCP, DAABIP

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care Medicine

Interventional Pulmonology

Teaching Faculty

Director of Recruitment & Marketing

Nandish Thukral, MD, FSCAI

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

Interventional Cardiology

Subspecialty Director of Critical Care

Director of Simulation & Artificial Intelligence

Hitesh Gidwani, MD

Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

Subspecialty Director of Cardiology

Director of Innovation

Ananth Prasad, MD

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular disease

Interventional Cardiology

Teaching Faculty

Director of Point-of-Care-Ultrasound

Fernando Vasquez de Lara, MD

Internal Medicine

Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care Medicine

Teaching Faculty

Director of Preventative Medicine

Marichel Marcolino, MD

Internal Medicine

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Teaching Faculty

Director of Value-Based Care

Melissa Medley, MD

Internal Medicine

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Teaching Faculty

Director of Nocturnal Medicine

Sumeet Chavan, MD

Internal Medicine

Teaching Faculty

Director of Infection Prevention

Jeffrey Jones, MD

Internal Medicine

Infectious Disease

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Subspecialty Director of Nephrology

Director of Training Transitions

Fadi Abouzar, MD

Internal Medicine

Nephrology

Teaching Faculty

Subspecialty Director of Heme/Oncology

Emmalind Aponte, MD

Internal Medicine

Hematology

Medical Oncology

Teaching Faculty

Senior Research Scholar & Strategist

Jeffrey Dellavolpe, MD

Internal Medicine

Critical Care Medicine

Teaching Faculty

Nicholas Martinez, MD

Internal Medicine

Gastroenterology

Teaching Faculty

Mohammed Ahmad, MD

Internal Medicine

Nephrology

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Myriam.Gandy@hcahealthcare.com

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