Meet Our Structural Heart Disease Team

Structural Heart Physicians at BIDMC

The Structural Heart Center's multidisciplinary team works together to evaluate and treat patients with structural heart disease.

Interventional Cardiologists

Donald Cutlip, MD

Vice Chair, Clinical Care in the Community, Department of Medicine; Interventional Cardiology

Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD

Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Roger J Laham, MD

Roger J. Laham, MD 

Director, Structural Heart Center; Interventional Cardiology

Wally A. Omar, MD

Wally A. Omar, MD

Interventional Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease

Marie-France Poulin, MD

Associate Director, Structural Heart Clinical Services; Interventional Cardiology

Cardiac Surgeons

Louis M. Chu, MD

Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, ECMO & Temporary MCS Program

Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD

Chief, Cardiac Surgery;    Co-Director, Aortic Center; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

David Liu, MD

David C. Liu, MD

Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Hassan Rastegar, MD

Hassan Rastegar, MD

Director, HCM Surgery; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD

Cardiac Surgery

Nurse Practitioners

Kim Guibone, NP

Kim Guibone, NP

Structural Heart Clinical Program Manager

Sue Papazian, NP

Sue Papazian, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Beatie Ultimo, NP

Beatie Ultimo, NP

Nurse Practitioner

Nurses

Karen Nichols, RN

Karen Nichols, RN

Nurse Coordinator

Janine Schmidt, RN

Janine Schmidt, RN

QI Data Outcomes Coordinator