DAVID W. SHONKOFF, M.D. Dr. Shonkoff is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He received his undergraduate degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Cornell University Cooperative Hospitals and Emory Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Shonkoff is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Nuclear Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, member of the Medical Association of Georgia, the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the American Society of Echocardiography, and a founding member of the American College of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Shonkoff specializes in Clinical Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Diseases, and Nuclear Cardiology. He is also an active investigator of new medications to treat acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. He is currently Co-Director of Cardiology at Gwinnett Medical Center.
F. Michael Toca, M.D. Dr. Toca is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where he graduated with honors. He attended medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio where served as the student body president and was selected to be in the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors society. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School where he was selected to be chief resident at the West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Toca completed fellowships in both Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University Of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Toca is a member of American College of Cardiology, The Heart Rhythm Society and Association of Black cardiologists His special interests include electrophysiology and understanding health disparities. He specializes in atrial fibrillation ablation, biventricular pacemakers, ventricular tachycardia ablation, pacemakers/ICDs and other ablative procedures.
NIRAJ SHARMA, M.D. Dr. Sharma received his Medical Degree at Medical College Jabalpur, India with subsequent post graduate medical training at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Bombay, India, Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Waterford Regional Hospital Waterford and University Hospital Galway Ireland. His internship was completed at Yale University in Connecticut and residency at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Sharma completed his cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. Dr. Sharma is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, and Board Certified in Electrophysiology. Dr. Sharma is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society (previously NASPE). His special interests include treating patients with abnormal heart rhythms, ablation of arrhythmias (including atrial fibrillation) and implant of Bi-Ventricular devices (device that paces both lowers chambers of the heart), Cardiac Defibrillators and Pacemakers.
SHEILA E. WOODHOUSE, M.D.,FACC Dr. Woodhouse obtained her undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Biochemistry. After Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Woodhouse attended medical school at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She went on to complete her Internal Medicine training at Temple University Hospital. Following the completion of her Internal Medicine training, she served as Chief Resident for the Internal Medicine residency program at Temple. She continued on at Temple and completed her cardiology fellowship. Dr. Woodhouse is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography. She is a member of the American Heart Association (Council on Women with Heart Disease), Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Association of Black Cardiologist, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, American Society of Echocardiography, Society of Cardiac CT and the American College of Physicians. Her special interests include congestive heart failure, echocardiography (in particular transesphogeal and stress echo), nuclear cardiology,Cardiac CT, women and heart disease and clinical/preventative cardiology.
SREENI R. GANGASANI, M.D. Dr. Gangasani is from Hyderabad, India. He attended prestigious Kurnool Medical College of University of Health Sciences and graduated with honors. He did Internship and post graduate rotations in internal medicine at University Health Sciences Hospital. He also did Internship, Residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital, an affiliate of University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Royal Oak, Michigan. During the residency he was recognized as outstanding resident. Dr Gangasani is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography. He is a member of American Medical Association and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr Gangasani's interests include 2D, Stress and Transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, nuclear cardiology and pacemakers.
Dr.
Wilson is from Bloomington, Indiana. He received his undergraduate degree from
Indiana University and attended medical school at Indiana University. He
completed his Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology Fellowship at
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. Dr. Wilson also completed
his Electrophysiology Fellowship at the Hospital of Good Samaritan in Los
Angeles, California.
Dr.
Shonkoff is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He received his undergraduate
degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed his Internal
Medicine residency at Cornell University Cooperative Hospitals and Emory
Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr.
Proctor was born in Union, South Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree
from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He attended medical
school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Dr. Proctor's
internship and residency were completed at Baptist Memorial Hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. His
cardiology fellowship was completed at the Medical University of South Carolina
where he was named Outstanding Cardiology Fellow.
Dr. Toca is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He received his undergraduate degree
from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where he graduated with honors. He attended
medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland,
Ohio where served as the student body president and was selected to be in the
prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors society.
He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School where he was selected to be chief
resident at the West Roxbury Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr. Toca completed fellowships
in both Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University Of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. 
Dr. Friedland is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He attended
medical school at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. His
Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology Fellowship were completed at Tufts
New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr.
Lesser is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He
attended medical school at the State University of New York and he completed
his Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology Fellowship at the Emory
Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr.
Heller is from New York City. Dr. Heller received his undergraduate degree from
Queens College in Flushing New York. He attended Medical School at New York
Medical College in Valhalla New York. His internship and residency were
completed at Long Island Jewish – Hillside Medical Center in New York. He
completed cardiology fellowships at Columbia University, University of
Massachusetts and Tufts Medical School.
Dr.
Sandler was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He received his undergraduate
degree and medical degree from University of Witwatesrand in Johannesburg. Dr.
Sandler furthered his post graduate education work with rotations at the
University of Witwatesrand in Johannesburg. Dr. Sandler went on to complete his
internship and residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.
He completed his cardiology fellowship at the Washington University in St.
Louis, Missouri. He worked as a Clinical Instructor for one year in the
Division of Cardiology at the Washington University prior to moving to Atlanta.
Dr.
Unterman is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He received his undergraduate
degree from Brooklyn College and attended medical school at Emory University in
Atlanta, Georgia. His Internal Medicine residency was completed at Grady
Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia and he completed his Cardiology
Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati.
Dr.
Porkert was born in Cologne, Germany and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA.
He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
and he received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta,
Georgia. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at University of
Texas – Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. In addition, he completed his fellowship in
Cardiovascular Diseases at Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr.
Bergh was born in Riverside, New York. She received her undergraduate degree
from the University of Florida and attended medical school at the University of
South Florida in Tampa. She completed her internship, residency and Cardiology
Fellowship at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Dr.
Lipsitt is from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate degree
at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended medical school at
Hershey Medical School (Penn State) in Hershey, Pennsylvania. His Internal
Medicine residency and Cardiology Fellowship were completed at the Emory
Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr.
Sharma received his Medical Degree at Medical College Jabalpur, India with
subsequent post graduate medical training at the Bombay Hospital Institute of
Medical Sciences, Bombay, India, Beaumont Hospital Dublin, Waterford Regional
Hospital Waterford and University Hospital Galway Ireland. His internship was
completed at Yale University in Connecticut and residency at Brown University
in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Sharma completed his cardiology and
electrophysiology fellowships at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center in Dallas Texas.
Dr.
Romm is from Woodmere, New York. He received his undergraduate degree at Queens
College in Flushing, New York. He attended medical school at the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine. His Internal Medicine residency was completed at the Miriam
Hospital of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He completed his
Cardiology Fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He finished
his training in Interventional Cardiology at the Andreas Gruentzig
Cardiovascular Center of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr.
Patel was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his
medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus,
Ohio. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in
Cardiology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, he completed a
fellowship in Cardiovascular MRI in the Department of Radiology and served on
faculty at Emory University.
Dr.
Woodhouse obtained her undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with a B.S.
in Biochemistry. After Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Woodhouse attended medical school
at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She went
on to complete her Internal Medicine training at Temple University Hospital.
Following the completion of her Internal Medicine training, she served as Chief
Resident for the Internal Medicine residency program at Temple. She continued
on at Temple and completed her cardiology fellowship.
Dr.
Gangasani is from Hyderabad, India. He attended prestigious Kurnool Medical
College of University of Health Sciences and graduated with honors. He did
Internship and post graduate rotations in internal medicine at University
Health Sciences Hospital. He also did Internship, Residency in Internal
Medicine and Cardiology fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital, an affiliate
of University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Royal Oak, Michigan.
During the residency he was recognized as outstanding resident.