The Team

First Coast Cardiovascular Institute offers unparalleled medical expertise in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, sleep medicine, pulmonology, and amputation prevention.  Our physicians are well-known pioneers in their fields both locally and internationally. We invite you to meet our team of physicians, medical, and administrative staff.

PHYSICIANS

CARDIAC & ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

Yazan Khatib, MD

FACC, FSCAI, FABVM, FSVM

Vaqar Ali, MD

FACC, FSCAI, FABVM

Youssef Al-Saghir, MD

FACC, FSCAI, FABVM

Ziad Alnabki, MD

FACC, FSCAI

Ahmad Younes, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Sumant Lamba, MD

FACC, FSCAI

Brett M. Sasseen, MD

FACC

Alan Schimmel, MD

Mubbasher Syed, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Ibrahim Fahdi, MD,

FACC, FASE

Andrea DeNeen, MD

FACC

Abraham Jacob, MD

Ashu Dhanjal, MD

Rahul Bhardwaj, MD

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Firas El Sabbagh, MD, FHRS

Yuhning Linda Hu, MD,

FACC

SLEEP MEDICINE & PULMONOLOGY

Bruce Krieger, MD, FACP, FCCP

Irram Hamdani, MD

Daniel Thielemann, MD

WOUND CARE & AMPUTATION PREVENTION

David Swain, DPM

CWSP

ALLIED HEALTH

Lucy Walling, APRN

Brenda Murphy, APRN

Sherita Bentley, APRN

Liliana Torrealba,

PA-C

Merdijana "Jana" Ahmetovic, APRN

Donna Geiger,

APRN, CWON

Gina Luncan,

APRN

Meagan LeMaster,

PA-C

Erin Voss PA-C

Cecilia Pitts, APRN

Ashley Jarrell, PA-C

Marjorie Matheny, APRN

Alexandria Turnage, APRN

Kathryn Prifti, DNP, FNP-BC

Ella Anastasiades, PA-C

Heather Brown, APRN

Jason Roberts, DHSc, RVT

Cheryl Preckajlo, CNMT

RESEARCH

Mary Hudson, RN, CCRP

ADMINISTRATION 

Ibrahim Aloustwani, MBA, CMPE, CPPM, CPB

Chief Operating Officer

Amy Williams

Patient Advocate, Referral and Resource Scheduling Manager

Elias Demetree

Director of Non-Clinical Operations

Michelle Banks

Operations Manager & Director of Health Informatics

Walid Abdalla

Director of Performance Improvement

Daryl Smith DeBolt, CPCS, CPMSM

Credentialing Specialist