Meet Our Team

Where excellence and innovation promote well-being.

Surgeons

The surgeons have been the dedicated cardiac team for the highly acclaimed Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute performing over 600 heart surgeries per year.

Dr. Asad Shah

  • Co-Director of Cardiac Surgery at Hoag Memorial Hospital
  • Diplomate American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Timothy Lee

  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery – Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery – General Surgery

Dr. Anthony Caffarelli is no longer practicing with Newport Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery.  He has moved to Montana and is now the Cardiothoracic Surgery Director at Providence St. Patrick Hospital’s Heart Institute.

His new contact information is:
Providence St. Patrick Hospital
Heart Institute
500 W. Broadway Street
Missoula, MT  59802
(406) 329-5611

We wish Dr. Caffarelli all the best on his new position and thank him for his many years of helping patients as part of our team.

Physician Assistants

William Fazzalaro

Lead Physician Assistant

Chiara Rundle

Physician Assistant

Hitomi Sugiimoto

Physician Assistant

Ryley Rosenthal

Physician Assistant

Vicki Zucker

Physician Assistant