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	Anthony J. Cannistra, MD, FACC Dr. Cannistra completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University, Providence, RI, He completed his medical school studies at Boston University School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Cannistra did his residency in Internal Medicine followed by a fellowship in Cardiology at the University Hospital, Boston MA. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. His academic appointment is Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine. Dr. Cannistraﾒs professional memberships include: American College of Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Heart Association, Rhode Island Medical Society, Pawtucket Medical Society and a Fellow American College of Cardiology.
	Lauralyn B. Cannistra, MD, FACC Dr. Cannistra is a graduate of Brown University, receiving her medical degree from University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT. Her postdoctoral training included an internship and residency in Internal Medicine and a clinical fellowship in Cardiology at Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI. Dr. Cannistra is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. She has also successfully completed an examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Rhode Island Medical Society, Pawtucket Medical Society, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and the American Society of Echocardiography.
	John Cava, MD, FACC Dr. Cava is a graduate of New York University, New York, NY and completed his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, in 1987. His post graduate training included an internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine at New England Medical Center, Boston, MA. He completed his Cardiology Fellowship at the Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He is a Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, and Diplomate in Cardiovascular Disease, certified by the Board of Nuclear Cardiology. His professional associations include Fellow, American College of Cardiology, and American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society and the Washington County Medical Society (Pennsylvania).
	Andrew R. Hordes, MD, FACC Dr. Andrew Hordes is originally from Brooklyn, New York. He received his undergraduate education at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. His medical school education was at State University of New York at Buffalo graduating in 1982 with honors. Dr. Hordes completed an internship at Dartmouth Family Medicine with an additional residency in Internal Medicine as well as Chief Resident at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island 1983-1987. Upon completion of his residency, he completed his Cardiology fellowship at Brown University. In 1998 he completed an additional Cardiac Electrophysiology training at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University. Dr. Hordes is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. He is a member of the Heart Rhythm Society, Rhode Island Medical Society, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association.
	Shafiq T. Mamdani, MD, FACC Dr. Mamdani completed his undergraduate studies at Emory University, Atlanta, GA., followed by medical school at Medical College of Georgia. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital /Brown Medical School followed by a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center at the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Mamdani completed his subspecialty training in Interventional Cardiology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and has since then received additional training in peripheral vascular disease at Harvard University and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Mamdani has served as an author or guest editor to several peer review journals, contributing abstracts, and book chapters. He remains active in clinical research as a principal investigator or sub investigator on various cath-lab and outpatient clinical trials, evaluating newer treatments for cardiovascular disease. He is currently a clinical assistant professor at Brown University School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Society of Angiography and Intervention. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, General Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology.
	Thomas E. Noonan, MD, FACC Dr. Noonan completed his undergraduate studies at Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, Boston, MA and completed his medical degree at Tufts University School of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Noonan completed his residency at Beth Israel/Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA and his fellowship in Cardiology at University Hospital/Boston University Medical Center, Boston. Dr Noonan also completed a Lipid Disorder Training Program at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 2002. He is licensed in Nuclear Cardiology, board certified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine and a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.
	Ara Sadaniantz, MD, FACC Dr. Sadaniantz completed his undergraduate study at CUNY Baruch College in New York, NY, earning a BA degree in biology, magna cum laude. He received his medical degree in 1981 from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Sadaniantz also holds an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Brown University, Providence, RI. He completed his internship training in Internal Medicine at Kings County University, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, residency in Internal Medicine at Staten Island Hospital, NY and a clinical fellowship in Cardiology at Brown University, Integrated Hospitals in Providence, RI. He is a Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners and American Board of Internal Medicine. Currently he is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, RI. He is certified by the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He is an elected fellow of American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology. He has published over 100 scientific manuscripts, including original research, case reports and abstracts. He has served on editorial boards of Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports and American Journal of Medicine and Sports, American Journal of Kidney Disease and Scientific World, an online journal. He was guest editor for the journal Echocardiography in 2001 and 2004 and for the American Journal of Kidney Disease in 2001. He served as editor for Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports of a column featuring innovative new techniques in cardiovascular medicine. He was the recipient of the 2002 Teacher of the Year Award for the Brown University Cardiology Fellowship. Prior to joining Blackstone Cardiology Associates in practice he served at the Miriam Hospital as Director of Coronary Care Unit from 1986-2001 and as Director of Echocardiography from 2001-2003. He is a frequent invited speaker for local, national, and international forums. His hobbies include poetry which have been published in trade journals, as well as served as poetry editor for Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports and The American Journal of Medicine and Sports.