CARDIOLOGISTS JOIN WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES

Drs. Gary Gabelman, Douglas Hart, Gabriela Grasa, Anthony Mercando and Mitchell Fishbach, formerly associated with NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester have joined White Plains Hospital Physician Associates. This new cardiology group expands the number of physicians in White Plains Hospital Division of Cardiology, which continues to bolster its comprehensive cardiology services, most recently with the launch of its cardiac surgery program in November 2021 in partnership with Montefiore.

Specializing in preventative and noninvasive cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography, Drs. Gabelman, Hart, Grasa, Mercando and Fishbach are now seeing patients at White Plains Hospital”™s Center for Advanced Medicine & Surgery, at 122 Maple Ave. in White Plains.

Gabelman oversees the practice and specializes in heart disease, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. He graduated from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his internship, residency, and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center.

Hart helps lead echocardiography services for the practice and also specializes in cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology. After graduating from the University of Michigan School of Medicine he completed a fellowship in circulatory physiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and then completed a full cardiology fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center with special concentration on echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Grasa specializes in cardiology, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography and is responsible for developing relationships for the group with community members and providers throughout the region. She graduated from the Carol Davila Medical School and completed her internship at St. Andrew Hospital, both in Romania. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Washington Hospital Center and her fellowship in cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Mercando specializes in preventive cardiology, pacing and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy and medical informatics. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard”MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He completed his internal medicine internship, residency and a fellowship in clinical cardiology at Montefiore Medical Center.

Fishbach is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases. He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his internship, residency, and fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. From 2004-2015, Fishbach was chief of cardiology at Lawrence Hospital.

White Plains Hospital is a member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley.