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
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Donald Cutlip, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Care in the Community, Department of Medicine; Interventional Cardiology
![Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/clifford-kavinsky-120x150px.jpg)
Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD
Interventional Cardiology
![Roger J Laham, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/roger-j-laham-md-80x100px.jpg)
Roger J. Laham, MD
Director, Structural Heart Center; Interventional Cardiology
![Wally A. Omar, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/wally-a-omar-md-120x150px.jpg)
Wally A. Omar, MD
Interventional Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease
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Marie-France Poulin, MD
Associate Director, Structural Heart Clinical Services; Interventional Cardiology
Cardiac Surgeons
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Louis M. Chu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, ECMO & Temporary MCS Program
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Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD
Chief, Cardiac Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
![David Liu, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/liu-david-c/david-liu-md-80x100px.jpg)
David C. Liu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
![Hassan Rastegar, MD](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/hassan-rastegar-md-80x100px.jpg)
Hassan Rastegar, MD
Director, HCM Surgery; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
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Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Nurse Practitioners
![Kim Guibone, NP](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/kim-guibone-np-120x150px.jpg)
Kim Guibone, NP
Structural Heart Clinical Program Manager
![Sue Papazian, NP](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/sue-papazian-np-120x150px.jpg)
Sue Papazian, NP
Nurse Practitioner
![Beatie Ultimo, NP](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/beatie-ultimo-np-120x150px.jpg)
Beatie Ultimo, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Nurses
![Karen Nichols, RN](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/karen-nichols-rn-120x150px.jpg)
Karen Nichols, RN
Nurse Coordinator
![Janine Schmidt, RN](/-/media/images/beth-israel-org/team-members/janine-schmidt-rn-120x150px.jpg)
Janine Schmidt, RN
QI Data Outcomes Coordinator