Arizona Heart Institute physicians aren't just excellent practitioners: they're leaders in their fields. Our staff includes more than 30 board-certified specialists, including cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, electrophysiologists, neurologists, pulmonologists, and internists. Other key members of your health-care team include nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, nurse specialists, technicians, and other specially trained professionals. They come from different backgrounds and have different kinds of training, but all share one common goal: to give you the very best care there is.
Many of our physicians practice at our main campus in central Phoenix. Others practice at our satellite locations.
To learn more about a physician, click on a name below.
Jeffrey B. Alpern, DO 
Edward B. Diethrich, MD 
Marwan Ghazoul, MD, FACS 
Neil J. Goldberg, DO, FACC, FACCP, FACOI 
Michele L. Gough, MS, RN, APRN-BC 
Jesus F. Hernandez, MD, FRCP (C), FACC 
Ayman Jamal, MD, FACC 
Carole J. Klein, M. Ed. CPC, NCC 
Fredric H. Klopf, MD 
James S. Lee, MD 
James Liguori, MD, FACC 
Bashar Markabawi, MD 
Robert J. Matthews, MD 
Kelly A. Maurer, RN, MSN, FNP 
Kim Mostoller, MS  
Alfonso Muņoz, MD 
Christine N. Nikolic, NP-C 
Georges Y. Nseir, MD 
Rajeesh S. Punnakkatt, MD, FCCP 
Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, MD, FACS 
Murli Raman, MD, FACC 
William J. Rappoport, MD, FACC 
Rajagopalan Ravi, MD, FACS 
Jerome Robinson, MD 
Julio A. Rodriguez-Lopez, MD, FACS 
Shani S. Saks, DO 
Mark J. Seifert , MD 
Himal Shah, MD 
Ashok C. Solsi, MD 
S. Fernando Soto, MD 
Robert K. Strumpf, MD 
Stephen Stuart, MD, FACC 
John A. Sutherland, MD 
Grayson H. Wheatley III, MD 
Lyndon C. Xavier, MD 
Claudio G. Zamorano, MD