Cardiologists & Electrophysiologists

Dr. Phillip G. Apprill
Dr. Elie Azrak
Dr. Christopher Bauer
Dr. Sami Bishara
Dr. Georges Chahoud
Dr. Lalit Chouhan
Dr. Manoj K. Eapen

Dr. Mark A. Friedman
Dr. Gregory Gabliani
Dr. M. Kiran Kancherla
Dr. David Kardesch
Dr. Alok Katyal
Dr. Ardaman Singh Nanda
Dr. Khalid Qayum
Dr. Robert Snitzer

Dr. Mark D. Taber
Dr. Samer Thanavaro
Dr. Anish J. Thomas
Dr. Arun Venkat
Dr. Edward Weiss
Dr. Richard B. Whiting
Dr. Ali Ziaee

	Phillip G. Apprill, MD, FACC, Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Apprill earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. in 1980. He served internship, residency and cardiology fellowship requirements at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Apprill is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	Elie Azrak, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Azrak is board certified in nuclear cardiology, adult comprehensive echocardiography, interventional cardiology, cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine. He earned his medical degree from Aleppo University-Syria and completed his residency at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Azrak has also had three fellowships – in cardiology, interventional cardiology, and nuclear cardiology. These were also done at Saint Louis University, where Dr. Azrak now serves as an assistant professor of medicine. Dr. Azrak has memberships in the American Society of Echocardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society. His medical interests include performing complex interventions including transradial catheterization, atherectomy, and peripheral stenting. He is certified in catheter closure of intracardiac shunts. Office 1475 Kisker Road, Suite 200 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-498-5890
	Christopher Bauer, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology Dr. Bauer received his medical degree from Saint Louis University and completed his internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He completed both his cardiology fellowship and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Dr. Bauer is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Offices 1035 Bellevue Avenue Suite 500 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-647-8269 1015 Bowles Avenue Suite G10 Fenton, MO 63026 Phone: 314-647-8269
	Sami Bishara, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Bishara is board certified in cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine and geriatric medicine. He completed the interventional cardiology fellowship at Ohio State University. His fellowship in geriatrics was served at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Dr. Bishara’s medical degree is from Damascus University in Syria. His areas of interest include interventional cardiology. Offices 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 150 Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367 Phone: 636-625-2662 1475 Kisker Road, Suite 200 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-498-5890
	Georges Chahoud, MD Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Chahoud graduated third in his class at Aleppo University School of Medicine in Aleppo, Syria and served internal medicine residencies both there and at Saint Louis University. Dr. Chahoud then completed a cardiology fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, with advanced training in heart failure and transplantation at UAMS and Washington University in St. Louis. He served as an assistant professor of medicine, director of the noninvasive cardiology laboratory, and co-director of the heart failure and transplant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for three years. Dr. Chahoud is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He cares for patients in the Medical Group's cardiology suite at Lake Saint Louis, which is dedicated exclusively to the special testing and care that heart patients require. The services in his office include various types of stress testing (nuclear stress tests, stress echos, regular treadmill stress tests), echocardiograms, and other services such as 24-hour Holter monitoring and 30-day event monitoring. He also performs invasive testing at SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, including cardiac catheterizations, hemodynamic studies, and transesophageal echocardiograms. Dr. Chahoud ‘s particular areas of interest include advanced heart failure, valvular heart disease, and heart disease during pregnancy. Offices 300 Medical Plaza, Suite 150 Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367 Phone: 636-625-2662 1475 Kisker Road, Suite 200 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-498-5890
	Lalit Chouhan, MD Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Chouhan is board certified in cardiology. He received his medical degree from Seth G.S. Medical College: University of Bombay, India. Dr. Chouhan completed his internal medicine residency at Wayne State University in Detroit. He then served a cardiology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Offices 1551 Wall Street, Suite 400 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-669-2220 1475 Kisker Road, Suite 200 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-498-5890
	Manoj K. Eapen, MD, FACC, FSCAI Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Eapen earned his medical degree from Trivandrum Medical College in Kerala, India in 1988. He served internship, residency and fellowship requirements in internal medicine and cardiology at The Miriam Hospital of the Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, R.I. Dr. Eapen is board certified in the areas of internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	Mark A. Friedman, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Friedman earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. in 2004, and completed his residency at the college’s Jacobi Medical Center. Dr. Friedman served his fellowship in cardiology at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and is board certified in internal medicine, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, computed tomography and cardiovascular disease. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	Gregory Gabliani, MD Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Gabliani is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. He earned his medical degree from Abraham Lincoln University of Illinois – Chicago and completed his residency at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. He then served a clinical cardiology fellowship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and an angioplasty fellowship at Harvard’s Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. “For all the training I’ve had in large cities, my passion is caring for patients within their home communities,” Dr. Gabliani said. “I enjoy getting to know my patients and forming a long-term doctor-patient relationship where we work together to improve each patient’s cardiac health." Office 172 Professional Parkway Troy, MO 63379 Phone: 636-462-6106
	M. Kiran Kancherla, M.D., FACC Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Kancherla earned his medical degree from Emory University Atlanta, Ga. in 1993. He served his residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and a fellowship in cardiology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill. Dr. Kancherla is board certified in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	David J. Kardesch, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Kardesch earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in 1985. He served his residency in internal medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo., and a fellowship in adult cardiology with the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas. Dr. Kardesch is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Office 5401 Veterans Memorial Parkway Suite 101, St. Peters Corporate Center 1 St. Peters, MO 63376 Phone: 636-939-4820
	Alok Katyal, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Katyal earned his medical degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Aligarh, India in 1988. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, and served his cardiology fellowship at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill. Dr. Katyal is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography and is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, cardiac CT and nuclear cardiology. Office 12266 DePaul Drive Suite 205, East Medical Building Bridgeton, MO 63044 Phone: 314-218-2300
	Ardaman Singh Nanda, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Nanda earned his medical degree from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 1985. He completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology from The Miriam Hospital of Brown University in Providence, R.I. Dr. Nanda is board certified in cardiology, internal medicine and nuclear medicine. Office 12266 DePaul Drive Suite 205, East Medical Building Bridgeton, MO 63044 Phone: 314-218-2300
	Khalid Qayum, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Qayum earned his medical degree from Khyber Medical College, Peshawar University, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1970. He served his residency requirements at Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, and a fellowship in cardiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Qayum is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Office 12266 DePaul Drive Suite 205, East Medical Building Bridgeton, MO 63044 Phone: 314-218-2300
	Robert Snitzer, MD, FACC, FCCP Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Snitzer earned his medical degree Ohio State University of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He completed internship and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, and a fellowship in cardiology at Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Snitzer is board certified in cardiovascular disease and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Office 5401 Veterans Memorial Parkway Suite 101, St. Peters Corporate Center 1 St. Peters, MO 63376 Phone: 636-939-4820
	Mark D. Taber, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Taber earned his medical degree from Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill., in 1978. He completed his residency at Grady Memorial Hospital of the Emory University Medical School in Atlanta, Ga., and fellowships in invasive cardiology at Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill., and coronary angioplasty from the Oklahoma Heart Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. Dr. Taber is board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Office 5401 Veterans Memorial Parkway Suite 101, St. Peters Corporate Center 1 St. Peters, MO 63376 Phone: 636-939-4820
	Samer Thanavaro, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Thanavaro is board certified in cardiology and a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology. He earned his medical degree from Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Thanavaro completed his residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He served his fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Thanavaro’s medical interests include: performing diagnostic cardiac catheterization; performance and interpretation of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography; implantation of cardiac pacemakers; interpretation of cardiac nuclear scan; coronary angiography; coronary angioplasty; coronary stenting; right and left heart catheterization; rotablator procedures; and routine medical procedures. Office 1551 Wall Street, Suite 400 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-669-2220
	Anish J. Thomas, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Thomas earned his medical degree from Christian Medical College Ludhiana, India, in 1999. He completed his residency at Saint Vincent Hospital, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Mass. He served fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Saint Vincent Hospital, and a fellowship in peripheral endovascular intervention and vascular medicine at The Miriam Hospital, Brown University, Providence, R.I. Dr. Thomas is board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular computed tomography, nuclear cardiology, adult comprehensive echocardiography and internal medicine. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	Arun Venkat, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Venkat earned his medical degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum, India in 1991. He completed his fellowship in cardiology at Cooper University Hospital of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, N.J., and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pa. Dr, Venkat is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology. Office 12266 DePaul Drive Suite 205, East Medical Building Bridgeton, MO 63044 Phone: 314-218-2300
	Edward Weiss, MD Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Weiss is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. He earned his medical degree at Chicago Medical School and completed his residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Weiss served his fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and now serves as an assistant professor of cardiology at Washington University’s medical school. Office 1475 Kisker Road, Suite 200 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-498-5890
	Richard B. Whiting, MD, FACC Specialty: Cardiology Dr. Whiting earned his medical degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 1965. He completed his residency and a fellowship in cardiology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass., and was clinical research fellow in cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr. Whiting is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians and the Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Office 1027 Bellevue Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63117 Phone: 314-645-6450
	Ali Ziaee, MD Specialty: Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Dr. Ziaee is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He was born in Baltimore, grew up in St. Louis, and did all of his medical training at Saint Louis University, where he graduated magna cum laude from medical school and completed an internal medicine and pediatrics residency, followed by fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology. Dr. Ziaee’s special areas of expertise include: performing coronary angiography and angioplasty through the radial artery; transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO); complex coronary interventions; and physiologic assessment of coronary artery disease. He utilizes a flow wire technique to accurately assess the significance of coronary disease prior to stenting. Dr. Ziaee also sees patients for pacemakers and transesophageal echocardiograms. Office 1551 Wall Street, Suite 400 St. Charles, MO 63303 Phone: 636-669-2220