Meet the Shaw Heart Center Medical Team
Howard Feldman, M.D.
Medical Director
Dr Feldman is the founder of the Interventional Cardiology Program at Shaw Heart and several other centers. He has the rare distinction of being certified in four disciplines – cardiology, interventional cardiology, vascular medicine and endovascular medicine.
A graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, N.Y., Dr. Feldman completed his internship and residency at UCLA. In addition he served a cardiology fellowship at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston.
Dr. Feldman moved to Roseburg in 2007, relocating from Great Falls, Mont., where he directed the Heartland Cardiac and Vascular Center.
Fred Van Dis, M.D.
Dr. Van Dis has been a member of the Shaw Heart Center cardiology team since 2002. He moved to Roseburg from Sioux Falls, S.D., where he practiced in affiliation with Sioux Valley Hospital.
The Michigan native graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his internship and residency at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Van Dis also served a fellowship at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology.
Gary Bronstein, M.D.
Cardiologist Dr. Bronstein is the newest member of the Shaw Heart Center medical staff. He relocated from Woodlands, Texas, where he was in a private cardiology practice.
Dr. Bronstein is a graduate of the School of Medicine, State University of New York, and completed his residency at University of Michigan Hospitals and a fellowship at St. Vincent’s hospital in Staten Island, N.Y.
He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology.
Kartik Mani, M.D.
Dr. Mani is trained in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology, the use of balloon catheters to opened blocked blood vessels.
He has relocated to our community from New York, where he was director of the Jacobi Cardiovascular Research Center and attending physician at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
After graduating from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India, Dr. Mani completed internship and residency training, also in New Delhi, he trained for an additional eight years in cardiology and interventional cardiology training at Albert Einstein.
One of the world’s foremost experts in interventional cardiology has praised the Shaw Heart and Vascular Center’s 18-month-old program as among the best he has ever seen.
Tom Wharton, M.D., a cardiologist from Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire visited Shaw Heart in March and was effusive in his review of the heart program and its medical director, Howard Feldman, M.D.
“This is an outstanding program, run by one of the finest cardiologists I have ever met,” Dr. Wharton praised. “Dr. Feldman is truly a superstar in every sense of the word.”
During his visit, Dr. Wharton reviewed 34 interventional cardiology (also known as angioplasty) cases, the results of which left him, he said, with one of the most positive impressions he had ever had of a program similar to Shaw Heart Center’s.
“I can say that this program is the best that I have ever had
the pleasure to review, with possibly one exception. It deserves to
be showcased at national meetings.”
The dramatic growth of the Shaw Heart and Vascular Center’s Interventional Center and the testimonials of grateful patients speak volumes about the quality of care and level of staff expertise.
However, it’s also nice to get a second opinion from an objective outsider like Dr. Wharton.
