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Alvancin Louis

Board Certified Vascular Surgery

Dr. Louis is a graduate of the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL. He completed his residency in general surgery at University of Florida Health in Jacksonville, FL, and earned his vascular surgery fellowship at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple, TX. He also serves in the United States Air Force and remains affiliated with Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis AFB. When not caring for patients, Dr. Louis enjoys weightlifting, step-dancing, and all things Japanese anime.

Sanjay Malhotra

Dr. Malhotra graduated from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1990.  He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology Fellowship at St. Luke Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.  He then did a year specializing in Interventional Cardiology at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California.  He enjoys traveling with Ritu, his wife.  He loves to bicycle the trails of Red Rock and play squash.

Awards
  • Desert Companion: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Vegas Seven: 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Modern Luxury Vegas: 2023

Arturo Marchand

Dr. Marchand earned his medical doctorate from the University of Southern California – School of Medicine in 1990. He went on to complete his Cardiology Fellowship program at the University of California, San Diego in 1996 and his Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Heart Institute and Foundation in 1997. Dr. Marchand’s passion for medicine is exemplified by his consistent desire to provide the best possible care for his patients to improve their quality of life. He serves as a specialist in both interventional cardiology and vascular care, with a consistent focus on providing new, less-invasive treatment options to meet all his patients’ cardiovascular care needs. In 2012, Dr. Arturo Marchand established the Latino American Medical Professionals (LAMP) of Nevada non-profit organization to serve as a central hub for the local Latino healthcare community. He speaks fluent Spanish and is dedicated to expanding and connecting Latinos in the healthcare community and jumpstarting initiatives to give back to the community. Because of his dedication, professionalism and compassion throughout his over 20 years of cardiovascular experience, Dr. Marchand has established himself as an area leader in Las Vegas interventional cardiology and vein treatment.

Cres Miranda

Dr. Miranda is from San Diego, California.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California, San Diego.  He then attended medical school at the University of California, San Francisco.  His medicine residency was performed at the University of Texas, Southwestern in Dallas, at Parkland Hospital.  Dr. Miranda finished his Cardiology Fellowship at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center.  He was then accepted to and completed his advanced Coronary Angioplasty Fellowship at the famous Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, under the renowned Dr. Geoffrey Hartzler.  His major interests are Coronary Angioplasty and Preventive Medicine.  His personal time is spent reading and traveling.  He also enjoys exercising on a regular basis.

Awards
  • Desert Companion: 2011, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Vegas Seven: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Modern Luxury Vegas: 2023

James E. Mock

Prior to joining Nevada Heart and Vascular, James E. Mock, MD, founded Westside Cardiology in 2003. Dr. Mock has previously been Chief of Cardiology Services and Chief of Staff at Mountain View Hospital. He earned his medical doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota, followed by a cardiology fellowship at the same institution.

Dr. Mock was certified from the American Board of Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease in 1995 and received certification from the Board of Nuclear Medicine in 2008. He is the former president of the Nevada affiliate of the American Heart Association.

Having served as the head of a vital and motivated staff of Medical Assistants who provide outstanding care to their patients, Dr. Mock takes pride in being able to shape the future of his field by serving in the capacity of adjunct clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Clinical Faculty Supervisor at Touro University Nevada.

Dr. Mock is an experienced speaker who has addressed a variety of medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies on numerous topics, including amongst others, Novartis, Abbott, Sunrise Hospital CME program, Bayer, SmithKline Beecham, Pfizer and Eli Lily.

Outside of work, Mock admits to being a Packers fan, but often travels to San Diego to watch the Chargers.

Ali Namazi

Dr. Namazi earned his medical degree from Tehran medical university in Iran followed by internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship from UNLV and cardiac electrophysiology training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. His clinical interests include arrhythmia management, catheter ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac device pacemaker, left atrial appendage closure device (watchman) and defibrillator implantation. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology.

Swetal Patel

Dr. Swetal Patel graduated from University of Florida in Gainesville with his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and then attended St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada. He has completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences and General Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He also is active in research with numerous publications to date, and ongoing research projects in the areas of Heparin vs Lovenox in Primary PCI and a Radial Artery Spasm Study. Dr. Patel is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and ASE Echocardiography, and is a member of the American College of Cardiology.

Cara Pozolo

Vascular Surgery

Dr. Pozolo is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing and Grand Rapids, MI, and served as chief resident, vascular surgery, at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA. A Major in the United States Air Force, she also serves as a vascular surgeon at Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis AFB. Dr. Pozolo earned a B.S. in biological sciences from University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, where she also studied for a supplemental major in Spanish.

William Resh

Board Certified, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Resh grew up in Los Alamitos, California. He received his bachelors degree from the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated cum laude and was admitted to the Phi Betta Kappa Honor Society. He attended medical school at the University Of Southern California. Following medical school he performed his Residency in Internal Medicine followed by a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California, Irvine. He was voted best resident in his class and was awarded best senior resident research project. He finished his training in Cardiac Electrophysiology with a one year Fellowship at Indiana University-Krannert Institute of Cardiology, with the renowned Dr. Douglas Zipes. His areas of expertise include Cardiac Arrhythmia Management, Ablation Procedures, and Defibrillator/Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Resh has served as the practice’s President and Managing Partner since it was founded in 1998. He has also sat on executive boards and been Chair of Medicine at several of the local Las Vegas hospitals. He has three children. His oldest son is a graduate of Duke University and attended Boyd School of Law. His second son is a chef, and daughter is in college in Los Angeles and is an aspiring singer/ actress. His personal interests include snow skiing, wake boarding and wine collecting. His favorite vacations are spent with his family and friends on Lake Powell.

Stephen Savran

Dr. Savran is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor’s Degree at Swarthmore College. He attended medical school at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. His Internal Medicine Residency was performed at the University of Wisconsin. He subsequently completed his Cardiology Fellowship at the David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center, in conjunction with the University of California, Davis. He is the cardiology consultant to the Civil Aeromedical Institute of the FAA that certifies pilots with heart disease to return to flying. He has four wonderful children, and enjoys flying, golf, skiing, fishing, especially in Alaska, and traveling.

Tyler M. Schmeling

Tyler is a Board-Certified Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with a focus on acute patient care, staff development and family advocacy. He attended Grand Canyon University where he obtained both his Bachelor of Science in Nursing as well as his Master of Science in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty. Tyler is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration at Western Governors University. He is certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Heart Association (BLS and ACLS.) Tyler has experience in cardiac, ICU, and Emergency Department nursing. When he is not working, Tyler enjoys photography, woodworking, camping, and spending time with his family.

Kenneth J. Shah

Dr. Kenneth Jayendra Shah wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a physician and help people. Dr. Shah received his medical degree from the University of Technology UTESA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He subsequently completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center (NYMC) Staten Island, NY. Fellowship in Critical Care-Pulmonary Medicine at St. Vincent Hospital, New York City, NY. Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease where he was Chief Cardiology Fellow at Rush St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.  Fellowship training in Interventional Cardiology and Transplant Medicine at Research Institute of Kansas, Wichita, KS.  Dr. Shah’s family of three children and his wife moved to Nevada in 1998 and started his medical practice in Henderson, Nevada.  Dr. Shah has done news articles, TV and radio patient education programs.  Dr. Shah is proud to have been titled one of Vegas, Inc. ‘s and Health Care Top Doctors.  In addition to specializing in cardiovascular medicine, Dr. Shah also helps his patients with stroke prevention, varicose vein treatment, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and sleep apnea. Dr. Shah spends his free time with his family traveling, enjoying outdoor activities and also watching Star Trek.

Fareed A. Sheikh

Dr. Fareed Sheikh attended Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania where he completed his B.S in Biology. He earned his D.O. at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Long Island, NY, and completed an internship at St. Clare’s Hospital in New York City, New York. Dr. Sheikh completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, also in New York City, followed by a cardiology fellowship at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He has been a staff member at a number of hospitals in Nevada and most recently was a cardiologist with Advanced Heart Care Associates. Amongst other appointments, Dr. Sheikh has served in Internal medicine at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany and as Air Force ICU Director at Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada. Other experience Dr. Sheikh has includes being deployed with Army MASH unit Operation Lifeline for earthquake relief in Pakistan from October 2005 to February 2006 and serving as a mission physician in Kazakhstan and Europe. Dr. Sheikh was also deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2011 for 6 months with Operation Enduring Freedom and attended critically injured soldiers in flights to Germany with critical air transport. He has received numerous awards and honors for his service including Joint Meritorious Service, Army Commendation and Humanitarian Service medals in 2006. Dr. Sheikh has an interest in the treatment of congestive heart failure and has worked to increase use of the CardioMEMS™ HF System device implants, allowing patients to monitor their pulmonary artery pressure at home. He was an early adopter of this leading edge technology, having done 70 implants, and has been invited to speak at the Heart Failure Society of America national conference on this experience. Dr. Sheikh is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine for both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, and is a Fellow with the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Sheikh is multilingual, speaking English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and German, and he enjoys traveling in his free time.

Nicholas Tselikis

Dr. Tselikis is a native of Montreal, Canada.  After completing his undergraduate education at Northeastern University, he received his medical degree from Ross University, School of Medicine. His Internship at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York was then followed by Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship training at St. John and Providence Hospitals in Michigan.  He is board certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.  Since 1993, Dr. Tselikis has practiced Interventional Cardiology in Las Vegas.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. His interests include hockey, tennis and travel.  He spends his personal time with his wife and three children.

Branavan Umakanthan

Dr. Umakanthan received his Internal Medicine and general Cardiology training at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Medical Resident.  He then completed his coronary and peripheral vascular interventional training at the Western Pennsylvania/Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh, PA.  Dr. Umakanthan has been practicing in Las Vegas since 2008.   He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Echocardiography.  In addition to performing coronary, peripheral vascular and carotid interventions, Dr. Umakanthan has a keen interest in structural heart procedures (including PFO closures and valvuloplasty procedures), venous interventions (including IVC filter placement and DVT extractions), and high risk coronary interventions.  He performs a majority of his angiographic procedures via the radial arterial approach.  He spends his free time with his wife and 2 children, and enjoys SCUBA diving and playing tennis.

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