The team behind our research

Faculty Investigators

Sentara Cardiology

Matthew R. Summers, MD

Director, Structural Cardiology Research

Program Director, Structural Heart

• Deepak Talreja, MD Clinical Chief, Cardiology
• Joshua Cohen, MD Cardiology, Sentara Cardiology Specialists
• Parth Parikh, MD Cardiology, Sentara Cardiology Specialists

EVMS Cardiology

Raymond L. Benza, MD

Kaufman Academic Chair of Cardiology

Sentara Cardiac Surgery

Clinton D. Kemp, MD

Surgical Director, Sentara Structural Heart

Co-Director, Sentara Heart Valve Center

Trainees

Director, Trainee Structural Research

Nicholas Valle, DO

Director, Trainee Structural Research

Portrait — pending

Omar Saleh

Director, Trainee Structural Research

Research Coordination

Data Science, Web Development, Institutional Review Board Preparation

Team Members

Residents: Lake Lomax DO, Joshua Dolsen MD, Hira Sarfraz MD, Omar Jafar MD

Medical Students: Connor McKechnie, Kamiyah Corinaldi, Shirish Yasa, Rishab Agarwal, Thomas Cook, Daiwik Munjiani, Dhruvi Patel, among others on our excellent medical student team!

Join the Team

We welcome fellows, residents, and medical students interested in research.