The Division of Cardiology at Hackensack University Medical Center operates under the auspices of the Department of Internal Medicine. MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION Peter A. Gross, M.D. Senior Vice President – Chief Medical Officer Louis Evan Teichholz, M.D. Chief of the Division of Cardiology Medical Director of Cardiac Services Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School Virender Sethi, M.D. Associate Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School SECTION CHIEFS Robert Berkowitz, M.D. Chief of Heart Failure Joseph DeGregorio, M.D. Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Interventional Research Joel S. Landzberg, M.D. Chief of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School Domenic Mariano, M.D. Chief of CT Angiography Jayant N. Patel, M.D. Chief of Noninvasive Cardiology Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School William D. Salerno, M.D. Chief of the Coronary Care Unit, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School John M. Zimmerman, M.D. Chief of Electrophysiology MEDICAL STAFF Click here for a listing of attending physicians in the Division of Cardiology. ATTENDING MEDICAL STAFF ADMINISTRATION Jo-Ann Lee, RN, BSN, MHA Administrative Director of Cardiac Services BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Peter A. Gross, M.D. Louis Evan Teichholz, M.D. Chief of the Division of Cardiology Medical Director of Cardiac Services Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ / New Jersey Medical School Dr. Louis Evan Teichholz received his A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard College and his M.D. degree cum laude from Harvard Medical School. He completed his fellowship training in housestaff and cardiology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He then served as a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Public Health Service and a Staff Associate at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School before going to Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, in 1974 as the Associate Chief of Cardiology. During his tenure there, he became Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Vice-Chairman of Medicine. In 1996, he began his tenure at HUMC as the Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of Cardiac Services. He is also Professor of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Teichholz is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Sub-specialty Board on Cardiovascular Diseases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Dr. Teichholz is also HUMC Medical Director of both the Complementary Medicine Program and BEYOND, the day spa at the medical center.