THE DOCTORS
ALI ABOUFARES, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. Ali Aboufares is an interventional cardiologist and a vascular specialist. He specializes in diagnosing and treating heart and blood vessel diseases including arteries and veins. Dr. Aboufares is the former Associate Director of the Endovascular Section for the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapeutics (CIVT) at Columbia University Medical Center.
Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and remains on faculty at New York Presbyterian Hospital
He has several specialty and subspecialty Board certifications in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease. In addition to academia and extensive clinical experience with several thousand procedures cited in his logbook, he is an avid researcher with numerous publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and book chapters. He is a frequent lecturer at various medical conferences and has appeared on television for medical interviews and commentary.
RAMI SARTAWI, MD
Dr. Rami Sartawi is a board-certified radiologist and fellowship trained Vascular Interventional Radiologist. He specializes in minimally invasive procedures involving almost every organ but has particular interest in vascular medicine (arteries and veins). He is the director of International Radiology at Pikeville Medical Center in Kentucky and has been working simultaneously with OMNY in New York since July 2016.
He obtained his radiology residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and subsequently a fellowship at North-western Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Sartawi is a member of the prestigious AOA medical society and is an active member of the society of International Radiology.
He has lectured at multiple medical conferences, has been featured in multiple news articles and is involved with multiple ongoing research projects in the field of vascular medicine.
RAMI SARTAWI, MD
Dr. Rami Sartawi is a double board-certified physician in the fields of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. He specializes in minimally invasive procedures involving almost every organ, but has particular interest in vascular medicine. Dr. Sartawi is the former founder and director of Interventional Radiology at Pikeville Medical Center in Kentucky. He has been working simultaneously with OMNY in New York since July 2016, and recently joined the practice full time.
He completed his diagnostic radiology residency training at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville and subsequently a fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Sartawi is a member of the prestigious AOA and Tau Beta Pi honor societies, and is an active member of the society of Interventional Radiology. He has lectured at multiple medical conferences, has been featured in multiple news articles and is involved with multiple ongoing research projects in the field of vascular medicine.
J RAMOS, MD
Dr. Julie Ramos is an invasive cardiologist at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapeutics (CIVT) at CUMC with an interest and emphasis on preventive cardiology. Dr. Ramos is both a cardiologist and a nutritionist and has appeared in numerous television interviews on diet and heart disease. She has also been a spokesperson for heart healthy lifestyles in an at-risk population with multiple co-morbid diseases. She founded a Bronx WomenHeart support group for minority women of color who are survivors of heart disease. Her clinical focus has been in the under-served community of Inwood and Washington Heights since 2011. Her research interests have been in decreasing health disparities in women’s cardiovascular health through cross discipline collaborations.
She is an assistant professor of cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers University and a Master’s Degree from Tufts University both in Nutritional Sciences. She received her medical degree from UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School. She underwent post-graduate Ivy League training at Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York City for Internal Medicine. She was trained in a 4 years Cardiology Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, which included a cardiac MRI and CT imaging fellowship. Dr. Ramos is a native of New Jersey and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
J RAMOS, MD
Dr. Julie Ramos is an invasive cardiologist at the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapeutics (CIVT) at CUMC with an interest and emphasis on preventive cardiology. Dr. Ramos is both a cardiologist and a nutritionist and has appeared in numerous television interviews on diet and heart disease. She has also been a spokesperson for heart healthy lifestyles in an at-risk population with multiple co-morbid diseases. She founded a Bronx WomenHeart support group for minority women of color who are survivors of heart disease. Her clinical focus has been in the under-served community of Inwood and Washington Heights since 2011. Her research interests have been in decreasing health disparities in women’s cardiovascular health through cross discipline collaborations.
She is an assistant professor of cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers University and a Master’s Degree from Tufts University both in Nutritional Sciences. She received her medical degree from UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School. She underwent post-graduate Ivy League training at Weill-Cornell Medical Center in New York City for Internal Medicine. She was trained in a 4 years Cardiology Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, which included a cardiac MRI and CT imaging fellowship. Dr. Ramos is a native of New Jersey and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.
