Faculty

Dr. Azemi

Dr. Azemi is the Program Director of the Structural Heart Fellowship program at Hartford Hospital and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Azemi received his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University and his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He did all his training including internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Hartford Hospital. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital since 2012.

Dr. Fram

Dr. Fram is the Co-director of the CTO program at Hartford Hospital and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Fram received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton and his medical degree from New York Medical College. He did his internal medicine training at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City and cardiology fellowship training at University of Connecticut. He did two years of interventional cardiology training, one at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine program and an additional year of interventional cardiology fellowship training at Hartford Hospital. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital since July 1991.

Dr. Ingrassia

Dr. Ingrassia is the Director of Vascular and Endovascular Medicine at Hartford Hospital and is Clinical faculty of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Ingrassia received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He did his internal medicine and cardiology fellowship training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He did an additional year of interventional cardiology training at Hartford Hospital and a year of vascular and endovascular training at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He joined the Hartford Healthcare Heart and Vascular institute in 2020.

Dr. Joshi

Dr. Joshi is an interventional cardiologist at Hartford Hospital and is Clinical faculty of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Joshi received his medical degree from Gauhati Medical College. He did his internal medicine training at Saint Vincent Hospital in Massachusetts and his cardiology fellowship training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He did an additional year of interventional cardiology training at Hartford Hospital and joined the Hartford Healthcare Heart and Vascular Institute in 2020.

Dr. Kiernan

Dr. Kiernan is the Co-director of the Structural Heart Program and the Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Hartford Hospital and is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He was the Program Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship program till December 2020.

Dr. Kiernan received his undergraduate degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He did all his training including internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Hartford Hospital. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital in 1986.

Dr. McKay

Dr. McKay is the Co-director of the Structural Heart Program at Hartford Hospital and is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. McKay received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He did all his training including internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Beth Israel hospital in Boston Massachusetts. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital since 1988.

Dr. Piccirillo

Dr. Piccirillo is Clinical faculty of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Piccirillo received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He did his internal medicine training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts and his cardiovascular disease fellowship at Boston Medical Center. He then completed his interventional cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Intervention and Structural Heart Disease Intervention fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital since 2018.

Dr. Rizvi

Dr. Rizvi is Clinical faculty of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Dr. Rizvi received his medical degree from the Aga Khan University Medical College. He did all his training including internal medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and his cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowship's at Hartford Hospital. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital in 2014.

Dr. Sadiq

Dr. Sadiq is the Program Director for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship program at Hartford Hospital and is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

He received his undergraduate degree from Government College Lahore and his medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College. He did all his training including internal medicine and cardiovascular disease training at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester Massachusetts. He did his interventional cardiology at Hartford Hospital and Vascular and Endovascular Medicine fellowship training at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts. He joined the cardiac catheterization lab at Hartford Hospital in 2010.