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Siri Kunchakarra

Siri Kunchakarra, MD, is board certified in Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Kunchakarra attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology. Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Dr. Kunchakarra attended Vanderbilt University, in Nashville,…

Kara Merritt

Kara Merritt, NP earned her Master of Science in Nursing at Fresno State University. She has provided care at multiple locations in the Central Valley including Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital and Adventist Health Family Practice. Kara has also practiced Cardiology at Community Regional Medical Center. Her professional interests include…

Flora David

Flora David is a certified nurse practitioner specializing in cardiology, including heart failure in outpatient and acute care settings, non-invasive cardiac diagnostic testing, and cardiac transplantation. Flora received a Bachelor of Science in nursing at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, followed by a Master of Science in…

Jonathan Wylie

Jonathan Wylie is a certified nurse practitioner with extensive experience in providing critical care within ICUs and in response to emergency situations and disasters. Jonathan received his Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and a post-master’s certificate in flight nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Attending Northern Kentucky University,…

Zaher Fanari

Zaher Fanari, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FABVM, is fellowship trained and board certified in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, advanced structural heart disease, and vascular and endovascular medicine. Dr. Fanari earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo in Syria in 2007, graduating as valedictorian. He then completed an internal medicine…

Brandon Woodbury

Brandon Woodbury specializes in treating heart disease and cardiac arrhythmias (fast, slow, and irregular heart rhythms). He earned his medical degree from Loma Linda University in southern California, and completed his internal medicine residency at UCLA Olive View Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Loma…

Laxmi Ghimire

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel, M.D. is board certified in Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Cardiovascular Disease. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, Fresno where he served as Chief Resident. His Adult Cardiovascular Disease fellowship was also completed at UCSF Fresno. Richard Kiel, M.D., then went…

Ankit Rathod

Ankit Rathod, M.D., specializes in cardiac consultation and advanced cardiac imaging. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Rathod completed his Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University, and fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Cedars…

Prakash Deedwania

Dr. Prakash Deedwania is one of the most recognizable figures in the fields of hypertension, heart failure, lipid disorders, ischemic heart disease, rhythm disorders, and preventive cardiology where he has authored numerous landmark clinical trials and several clinical practice guidelines. He is a respected leader of several national and international…