Physicians at Cardiac Solutions

Attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada for Doctor of Medicine; Fellowship in Cardiology at Wadsworth VA Hospital; Board Certified in Cardiology, Heart Failure Colloquium Medical Director for Banner Boswell Medical Center, Chest Pain Center Medical Director for Banner Boswell Medical Center, President Board of Directors for Arizona Integrated Physicians; Founded Cardiology Medical Practice in 1984.

Attended Mysore University in Mysore, India for Doctor of Medicine; Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia; Board Certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2001.
 
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Attended University of Delhi in Delhi, India for Doctor of Medicine; Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology in Detroit, MI in conjunction with Tulane University; Board Certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2005.
 
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Attended College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa for Doctor of Osteopathy; Fellowship in Cardiology at Botsford General Hospital/Michigan State University in Detroit; Board Certified in Cardiology, Medical Director of the Chest Pain and CHF Programs at Banner Boswell Medical Center; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2005.
 
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Attended Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, PA. Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in N.J. Board Certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology; Presently; Chief of Cardiology at Banner Boswell and Banner Del Webb Hospital. Former Director of Cardiac Cath Lab & Director of non-invasive Cardiovascular Services of Banner Del Webb Medical Center; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2007.

Attended Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University for Doctor of Osteopathy; Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Medical College of Virginia; Board Certified in Cardiology; Director of Cardiology at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2007.
 
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Dr. David Sease will be joining our practice March 1, 2020. Dr. Sease is a well-respected non-invasive cardiologist, with almost 30 years’ experience in Maricopa County. He received his medical degree from University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Sease is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular disease.

Attended Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Board Certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology; Current Chief of Staff at Banner Boswell Medical Center, Medical Executive Committee member; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2010.
 
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Attended University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME; Residency in Medicine at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ; Fellowship in Cardiology at Ochsner Medical Institutions in New Orleans, LA; Board Certified in Cardiology, Secretary Treasurer of Medical Staff at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Med Executive Committee, Medical Director of Cardiovascular Service line at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2013.

Attended Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, MO, Residency at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, and Fellowship in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Board Certified in Cardiology and Electrophysiology; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2013.
 
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Attended Royal Free and University College Hospital School of Medicine, London UK; Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine, PA. Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix, AZ; Director of Cardiac Cath Labs at Banner Boswell Medical Center. Dr. Khawaja joined Cardiac Solutions July of 2017.

Attended Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska for Doctor of Medicine; Residency in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona in 1998; Cardiology Fellowship at UCLA-Harbor Medical Center in Torrance, California and then advanced Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Shaia has been practicing as an Interventional Cardiologist in the valley for more than 10 years. Joined Cardiac Solutions July of 2017.

Attended Armed Forces Medical College, Pune India for MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences for MD Internal Medicine. Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Louisiana State University, New Orleans and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular Interventions, Echocardiography and Nuclear Medicine. Medical Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Del E Web Hospital, Medical Director of Echocardiography and Cardiac Rehabilitation at Banner Boswell, and Chairman Ad-hoc Committee for Endovascular Interventions at Banner Boswell. In Valley since 2007, joined Cardiac Solutions in July of 2017.

Attended University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL for Doctor of Medicine; Residency in Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL; Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease/Research at Emory University in Atlanta, GA; Board Certified in Cardiology; Presently Chief of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at Arrowhead Hospital; Joined Cardiac Solutions in 2012.
 
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Attended Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond Virginia; Fellowship in Cardiology at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale Arizona; Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Bhatia has been practicing Cardiology in West Valley for a number of years. Dr. Bhatia joined Cardiac Solutions January of 2018.

Dr. Salil Sethi received his medical degree at the University College of Medical Sciences, India in 2007. He completed his Masters in Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He graduated in Internal Medicine Residency from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2012. Following which, Dr. Sethi received his sub-speciality degree in Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology at the University of Texas Health Center in 2016. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular medicine, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He is a registered physician in vascular interpretation (RPVI). He specializes in performing high risk coronary and peripheral vascular procedures. He also performs advanced structural cardiovascular interventions and does procedures such as Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), Watchman, and Patent foramen ovale/Atrial septal defect closures. He joined Cardiac Solutions in February 2021 and serves as the Chair of Structural Heart at Banner Thunderbird.

Dr. Rahul Sharma is an interventional cardiologist with expertise and experience in structural heart and valve disease. He previously completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Penn State University, cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Wake Forest University, interventional cardiology fellowship at University of Florida-Jacksonville, and an additional year of fellowship in structural heart disease at the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute in Seattle, WA. For the past three and a half years he served as an interventional cardiologist and Assistant Director of the Structural Heart Center at Carilion Clinic, as well as Assistant Professor of medicine at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Virginia. He then joined Cardiac Solutions in April 2021 to help expand and grow cardiac services in the Phoenix metro area. Dr. Sharma performs minimally invasive interventional cardiac procedures such as cardiac catheterization, coronary stent placement, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacment (TAVR), percutaneous mitral valve repair with the MitraClip device, and left atrial appendage closure with the WATCHMAN device for patients with atrial fibrillation who cannot take a long term blood thinner. He also performs patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure and atrial septal defect (ASD) closure for indicated patients. Dr. Sharma's patient care philosophy is to show the utmost compassion in the delivery of health care while providing cutting edge guidelines based treatments.

Dr. Sharma is a procedural proctor and helps train other physicians on various structural heart devices. He is a committee member of the national Structural Heart Disease Council for the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). He is on the editorial board for various Cardiology journals, has published several papers within the field, and has engaged in several pivotal structural heart research trials.

Dr. Brian Perlmutter completed his medical degree and residency from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science in Little Rock, Arkansas. He completed his fellowship training at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California, and he completed he interventional fellowship at Indiana Heart Institute at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indiana. Additionally, Dr. Perlmutter obtained is PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Arkansas. Dr. Perlmutter is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. He has been practicing medicine in Arizona since 1995 and joined Cardiac Solutions June 2021.

Dr. Mark Burns completed his medical degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He completed his residency at the University of Toronto Canada Adult Cardiology training at Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. He then completed his Electrophysiology training at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Burns is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has been practicing medicine in Arizona since 2001 and joined Cardiac Solutions April 2021.

Dr. Amponsah went to medical school at K. N. University of Science and Technology. 
He completed his Internal Medicine, Interventional Cariology, and Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Rutgers University/Newark Beth Israel medical center, New Jersey. He completed his Executive MBA in Healthcare from the University of Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Amponsah is fellowship-trained in structural heart procedures including heart valves (TAVR), left atrial appendage occlusion (watchman), coronary artery stenting as well as management of peripheral arterial disease. He also diagnoses and treats the entire spectrum of adult cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease (heart attack), irregular heart rhythms, heart failure, hypertension, and high cholesterol 
He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Adult Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Amponsah joined Cardiac Solutions in 2021 from Conemaugh Health Systems in Pennsylvania where he served as the director of the interventional cardiology service as well as the lead physician for the TAVR program.
Dr. Amponsah practices with empathy and works with his clients to achieve the best possible health outcomes

An Arizona native, Dr Freeman was born with complete heart block and has had a pacemaker since the age of nine. This launched his curiosity into the field of medicine and electrophysiology.
Dr. Freeman attended Medical School at A.T. Still University in Mesa, AZ; Residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ; General Cardiology Fellowship at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE; and Electrophysiology Fellowship at The University of Kansas in Kansas City, KS. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Electrophysiology.
Dr. Freeman specializes in all aspects of electrophysiology including ablations, left atrial appendage occlusion devices, implantable defibrillators and conduction system pacemakers.