Our team’s expertise

Luis Gruberg, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director of the cardiovascular cath lab is board certified in Interventional cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, cardiology and internal medicine, Dr. Gruberg earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University of San Simon in Cochabamba, Bolivia.  He worked in Israel for 20 years, completing a fellowship in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases, working at hospitals and teaching at the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University. He did research as a Fogarty Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD as part of the Human Genome Project. He later completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC where he became the director of clinical pharmacological trials.  Dr. Gruberg came to South Shore University Hospital (formerly Southside Hospital)– in 2017 as the director of cardiovascular research for eastern Long Island. This followed a career at Stony Brook University Hospital where he served as the interim director of the division of cardiovascular diseases, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories, director of the chest pain unit and director of research, interventional cardiology.  Dr. Gruberg is a professor of Medicine (cardiology) at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.   He is widely published in medical manuscripts and peer review journals.

Nicole Hoefler, MSN, BSN, RN, CVN, nursing director, cardiac cath lab, joined Mather from Long Island Jewish Hospital, where she was a nurse in the cardiac cath lab for 16 years, then assistant nurse manager and interim manager for the last two years.  Her prior experience includes six years in the medical/surgical ICU. She attended Nassau Community College for nursing and received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Empire State College. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Nurse Leadership from Stony Brook University.

Dr. Giridhar KorliparaBoard certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and ECFMG, Dr. Korlipara strives to provide the most comprehensive cardiac care. In addition to Clinical Cardiology, he is trained in comprehensive Interventional cardiology including complex coronary interventions and trans-catheter aortic valve replacement techniques. Since completing his Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology training at Stony Brook University Hospital and joining Three Village Cardiology in 1996, he has performed thousands of coronary angiography procedures and interventions and many TAVR procedures.

Dr. Korlipara went to medical school at Guntur Medical College in India.  He completed his residency and fellowship at State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical Center, NY.

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular diseases with a subspecialty in Interventional Cardiology, Dr. Nguyen is honored to have joined Three Village Cardiology and Harbor View Medical Services after practicing in New York City for over 20 years. Dr. Nguyen specializes in General as well as Invasive & Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Nguyen completed medical school at New York Medical College and did his residency at Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center.  He completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center of New York.

Dr. Nguyen is an active member and fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Angiography and Interventions. He has been involved in multiple clinical research trials, and has published in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Nguyen is proficient in the diagnosis, management and treatment of a wide spectrum of cardiovascular diseases including arrhythmias, coronary atherosclerosis, heart failure, hypertension, lipid disorders, myocardial infarction and valve ailments. He employs the most current, innovative and clinically relevant diagnostic tools and therapies to provide his patients with compassionate and competent care.

Dr. Rosenband is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Rosenband is one of the highest volume Interventional Cardiologist in the area (New York PCI data base). His interests include coronary angioplasty and stenting, peripheral angioplasty and stenting and clinical cardiology.

Dr. Rosenband attended medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo, graduating cum laude, in May 1989. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York in 1993.  He pursued fellowships in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY.  Dr. Rosenband is widely published in medical journals.  Dr. Rosenband practices at Island Cardiovascular Associates, LLP.

Dr. Shamim KhanDr. Khan is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. His interests include coronary angioplasty and stenting, TAVR ( transcatheter aortic Valve replacement), clinical cardiology, valvular heart diseases echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Dr. Khan earned his medical degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U. in Aligarh, India.  He completed his fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.  He was Chief Caridology Fellow at Wright State University School of Medicine.  He was Chief Resident of Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine.  Dr. Khan practices at Island Cardiovascular Associates, LLP.

Dr. Rajat Goyal is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab at Mather Memorial Hospital and is affiliated with South Shore University Hospital, Huntington Hospital and Peconic Bay Medical Center. He received his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. Following medical school, he went on to complete Internal Medicine Residency training at Boston University Medical Center and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Stony Brook University Hospital, where he also served as Chief Fellow. He completed his training at NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center with an advanced Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Although he performs all electrophysiologic procedures, he has a special interest in complex ablation for rapid arrhythmias as well as novel pacing therapies. He speaks multiple languages, including Hindi and Spanish.

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