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Our International Physician Team at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital:

Paolo E. Angelini MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	University of Milano
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Italian, Spanish

Sayed F. Feghali MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases Interventional Cardiology
Education:	American University of Beirut, Beirut
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Arabic, Spanish, French

Zvonimir Krajcer MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	Univ. of Zagreb Faculty of Medicine, Yugoslavia
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian, German, Croatian, Slavic Languages, Hungarian

J.A. Lopez MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiac Electrophysiology Critical Care Medicine
Education:	Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Philadelphia, PA Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Roberto Lufschanowski MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian, French

Ali Massumi MD

Main Specialty:
Other Specialties:	Cardiac Electrophysiology Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiac Electrophysiology Cardiovascular Disease
Education:	Tehran University School of Medicine, Iran
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Farsi (Persian)

Andres Mesa MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Internal Medicine
Board Certifications:	Cardiovascular Disease Interventional Cardiology
Education:	Escuela Autonoma de Ciencias Medicas, San Jose Escuela Colombianade Medicina
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Maher M. Nasser MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	Kasr-Al-Aini Medical School Cairo University Egypt
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Arabic, Spanish

Emerson C. Perin MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Interventional Cardiology
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	Federal University of Brazil
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital
Foreign Language:	Portuguese, Spanish

Michele P. Sartori MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	Parma Medical University, Parma Italy
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian, French

Bernardo Treistman MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease

Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Education:	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

James T. Willerson MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

James M. Wilson MD

Main Specialty:	Interventional Cardiology
Other Specialties:	Cardiovascular Disease
Board Certifications:	Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease
Education:	Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans LA
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Hindi, Farsi (Persian), French

Eduardo A. Hernandez MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Interventional Cardiology
Education:	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Gerardo Kalife MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases Interventional Cardiology
Education:	Universidad de Monterrey, Div. Ciencias dela Salud, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian

David Paniagua MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiology Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Diseases
Education:	Universidad De Costa Rica Ciudad Unversitaria, San Jose, Costa Rica
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Neil E. Strickman MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Interventional Cardiology
Education:	State Univ of New York College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian, Farsi (Persian)

Denton A. Cooley MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:	Thoracic Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	German, Spanish

John M. Duncan MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:	Thoracic Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery General Vascular Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

O. H. Frazier MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

James J. Livesay MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery General Vascular Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

David A. Ott MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery General Vascular Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Ross M. Reul MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Joseph S. Coselli MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Charles H. Hallman MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Other Specialties:	Thoracic Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Cristina Boccalandro MD

Main Specialty:	Endocrinology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Endocrinology
Education:	U.T. Health Science Center at Houston, Houston TX Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Sheldon Rubenfeld MD

Main Specialty:	Endocrinology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Endocrinology
Education:	Georgetown Univ. School of Medicine, Washington DC Georgetown Univ. School of Nursing, Washington DC
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Samuel C. Weber MD

Main Specialty:	Otolaryngology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Otolaryngology
Education:	University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Polish, Arabic

Fred J. Bressler MD

Main Specialty:	Otolaryngology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Otolaryngology Facial Plastic Surgery
Education:	University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Joseph Varon MD

Main Specialty:	Pulmanary Disease
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Critical Care Medicine
Education:	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, Hebrew, Greek

Etai Funk MD

Main Specialty:	Otolaryngology
Other Specialties:	Facial Plastic Surgery
Board Certifications:	Otolaryngology
Education:	University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Brian C. Douglas MD

Main Specialty:	Gastroenterology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Education:	University of Toronto, Canada
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Isaac L. Raijman MD

Main Specialty:	Gastroenterology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Education:	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish

Fernando M. Urrutia MD

Main Specialty:	Gastroenterology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Education:	Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

William A. Redwine MD

Main Specialty:	General Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery
Education:	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

James O. Wallace MD

Main Specialty:	General Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery
Education:	Univ. of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital
Foreign Language:

Victor Ankoma-Sey MD

Main Specialty:	Gastroenterology
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Transplantation
Education:	University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Alan Hoffman MD

Main Specialty:	General Medicine
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Shezi Z. Ali-Kirmani MD

Main Specialty:	General Medicine
Other Specialties:	Internal Medicine
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine
Education:	Aga Khan University Medical College
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Urdu, Hindi

Camilo G. Barcenas MD

Main Specialty:	Nephrology
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Nephrology
Education:	Universidad Nacional de Nicaragua, Leon Nicaragua
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Lazaro B. Cherem MD

Main Specialty:	Nephrology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Nephrology
Education:	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, MEXICO
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Bernardino F. Abaya MD

Main Specialty:	Nephrology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Nephrology
Education:	University of the Philippines, Philippines
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Katherine S. Timmins MD

Main Specialty:	Nephrology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Nephrology
Education:	Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine (Degree Ver), Lubbock, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital
Foreign Language:	None

Vincenzo Virgadamo MD

Main Specialty:	Neurology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurology
Education:	Palermo University Medical School, Italy
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Italian

Jose I. Suarez MD

Main Specialty:	Neurology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurology Vascular Neurology
Education:	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Edward A. Duckworth MD

Main Specialty:	Neurological Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:
Education:	University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Daniel H. Kim MD

Main Specialty:	Neurological Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurological Surgery
Education:	Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Korean

Stuart M. Weil MD

Main Specialty:	Neurological Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurological Surgery
Education:	University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Daniel Yoshor, MD

Main Specialty:	Neurological Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurological Surgery
Education:
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Ibrahim A. Omeis, MD

Main Specialty:	Neurological Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Neurological Surgery
Education:
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

David E. Zepeda MD

Main Specialty:	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Education:	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Damla K. Dryden MD

Main Specialty:	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Education:	Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Turkish

Luis T. Campos MD

Main Specialty:	Medical Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Education:	Universidad Peruana, Lima, Peru
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Paul Holoye MD

Main Specialty:	Medical Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Education:	Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	French, Spanish

Luis H. Camacho MD

Main Specialty:	Hematology / Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Education:	George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Philip A. Salem MD

Main Specialty:	Medical Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:
Education:	American University of Beirut, Beriut
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Arabic/Turkish, Greek/Armenian, Spanish, Italian, French

Sherwin J. Siff MD

Main Specialty:	Orthopedic Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Orthopedic Surgery
Education:	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE), Pittsburgh, PA
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

William C. Watters MD

Main Specialty:	Orthopedic Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Orthopedic Surgery
Education:	Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Marc Labbe MD

Main Specialty:	Orthopedic Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Orthopedic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, French

Charles G. Kevorkian MD

Main Specialty:	Physical Medicine & Rehab
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Physical Medicine & Rehab
Education:	University of New South Wales, Australia
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Steven M. Hamilton MD

Main Specialty:	Plastic Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Plastic Surgery
Education:	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Fred J. Bressler MD

Main Specialty:	Otolaryngology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Otolaryngology Facial Plastic Surgery Otolaryngology
Education:	University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Robert T. Solis MD

Main Specialty:	Pulmonary Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Sleep Medicine
Education:	Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Michel E. Mawad MD

Main Specialty:	Diagnostic Radiology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Diagnostic Radiology Neuroradiology
Education:	French Medical University in Beirut, Lebanon
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital St. Lukes Lakeside Hospital St. Lukes Sugarland Hospital St. Lukes The Woodlands Hospital
Foreign Language:	Arabic, French and Spanish

Martha B. Aguilar MD

Main Specialty:	Rheumatology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Education:	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Joseph S. Spindler MD

Main Specialty:	Rheumatology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:
Education:	University of Madrid School of Medicine, Spain
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, German

Larry S. Carpenter MD

Main Specialty:	Radiation Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Radiation Oncology
Education:	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Chinese

Hsin H. Lu MD

Main Specialty:	Radiation Oncology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Radiation Oncology
Education:	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, Chinese

Felipe N. Flores-Sandoval MD

Main Specialty:	Urology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Urology
Education:	San Carlos University Medical School, Guatemala
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Samuel L. Attia MD

Main Specialty:	Urology
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Urology
Education:	Alexandria University, Alexandria Egypt
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish, French, Arabic

Biswajit Kar MD

Main Specialty:	Cardiovascular Disease
Other Specialties:	Transplantation
Board Certifications:	Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Diseases Interventional Cardiology
Education:	University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez University of Pune (Rural Medical College Loni), MS/India
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

O. H. Frazier MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:	Cardiovascular Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Charles T. Van Buren MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery
Education:	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Stephen Katz MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Surgery Surgical Critical Care
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

Omar Barakat MD

Main Specialty:	General Surgery
Other Specialties:
Board Certifications:	Transplantation
Education:	Aleppo University
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:	Spanish

John A. Goss MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:	General Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery
Education:	Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language:

Scott A. Scheinin MD

Main Specialty:	Transplantation
Other Specialties:	General Surgery
Board Certifications:	Surgery Thoracic Surgery
Education:	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Location(s):	St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Foreign Language: