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Internal Medicine Sebring - Faculty

**Chad Brands, MD**

**Program Director**

**Education:**

Doctor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

**Residency:**

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

**Board Certification:** Pediatrics: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

**Areas of Interest:**

Preventative Medicine

Transitional Medicine

Acute and Chronic Disease Management

**Email:** [email protected]

Thomas M. Shimshak, MD — **Thomas Shimshak, MD, FACC, FASCAI, FACP**

**Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiologist**

**Education**

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Doctor of Medicine - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Internal Medicine Residency -Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Advanced Angioplasty Fellowship - Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

**Board Certification**: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases

**Areas of Interest:**

Coronary and peripheral vascular disease

Contemporary catheter-based imaging and intervention

Physician education and training, clinical research

**Email:** [email protected]

**Deepti Bhandare, MD, FACC**

**Associate Program Director, Cardiologist**

**Education:**

Doctor of Medicine, Goa Medical College, India

Internal Medicine Residency, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center

**Board Certification:** Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

**Areas of Interest**

Clinical Cardiology

Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging

Heart Failure

**Email:** [email protected]

**Philip Wong, MD, FACP, FACC**

**Associate Program Director, Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine**

Education:

Bachelor of Science, St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines

Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines

Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering-Cancer Center, The

Weil Medical College of Cornell University, New York

**Board Certification:** Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine

**Areas of Interest:** Pulmonary and critical care medicine, Sleep disorders, Physician education and training

**Email:** [email protected]

Pankaj J Patel, MD — **Pankajkumar Patel, MD**

**Core Faculty, SEC - Gastroenterology**

**Education:**

Doctor of Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine/Grenada c/o North American Correspondent

Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY

**Board Certification:** Gastroenterology

**Areas of Interest:** Gastroenterological diseases

**Shahnaz Punjani, MD, FACC**

**Interventional Cardiologist**

**Education:**

Medical Degree, DMC/Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Internal Medicine, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Fellowship, Echocardiography, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Fellowship, Preventive Cardiology, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI

Interventional Fellowship, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA

Endovascular Peripheral Fellowship, First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, Jacksonville, FL

**Board Certification:** Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology

**Areas of Interest:** Coronary and peripheral vascular disease and contemporary catheter-based therapy

Heart failure, Preventive cardiology, Cardiovascular disease in women, Physician education and training

**Email**: [email protected]

Luis A. Duharte-Vidaurre, MD — **Luis Duharte-Vidaurre, MD**

**Core Faculty, SEC - Infectious Disease**

SEC – Infectious Diseases

**Education:**

Medical Degree, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Fellowship, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico

**Areas of Interest:** Infectious Diseases, COVID pandemic

**Email:** [email protected]

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Internal Medicine Sebring - Faculty

Chad Brands, MD

Thomas Shimshak, MD, FACC, FASCAI, FACP

Deepti Bhandare, MD, FACC

Philip Wong, MD, FACP, FACC

Pankajkumar Patel, MD

Shahnaz Punjani, MD, FACC

Luis Duharte-Vidaurre, MD

Fernando Abanilla, MD, FASN

Alexander Torres, MD

Mahender Yellu, MD