• Press Release

Mount Sinai Doctors Cardiovascular Consultants of Staten Island Expands Health Network

  • New York, NY
  • (January 27, 2016)

Residents of New York City’s southernmost borough can now look forward to the finest care in cardiology, interventional cardiology and critical care from the physicians and staff at the newly-renamed Mount Sinai Doctors Cardiovascular Consultants of Staten Island.  With offices in the Grasmere and Charleston sections of Staten Island, the physicians’ group is the latest member of the growing Mount Sinai Health Network.  Mount Sinai Doctors Cardiovascular Consultants of Staten Island is pleased to announce the Mount Sinai Heart-sponsored interventional cardiology program at Richmond University Medical Center.

"Mount Sinai is synonymous with state-of-the-art medicine and exceptional patient care, and we are delighted to announce another important clinical and academic relationship in Staten Island,” said Arthur A. Klein, MD, President of the Mount Sinai Health Network.

Mount Sinai Doctors Cardiovascular Consultants of Staten Island  is comprised of the Medical Chief Srinivas Duvvuri, MD, Radu Ariton, MD and Para Ahilan, MD.  Dr. Duvvuri, board certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, trained at The Mount Sinai Hospital and has performed thousands of coronary angiograms and interventions such as coronary stents for more than 21 years. Dr. Duvvuri has also been named Director of the Interventional Cardiology program, which is jointly sponsored with Mount Sinai, at Richmond University Medical Center.  Dr. Ahilan is board certified in Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Echo-Cardiography; he has performed thousands of consultations along with stress tests and echocardiogram in the management of patients for more than 15 years.  Dr. Ariton, a seasoned consultative cardiologist who has provided care to Staten Island residents for a quarter-century, is board certified in Cardiology and Critical Care.

“We are very proud to join the prestigious and highly-respected Mount Sinai Health Network, and we are very excited to represent and extend Mount Sinai’s excellent levels of cardiology care with Richmond University Medical Center to the Staten Island community,” said Dr. Duvvuri.  He, along with other Richmond University Medical Center interventional cardiologists, was instrumental in establishing the hospital’s immediate coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction program – a real asset to Staten Islanders.

Mount Sinai Doctors Cardiovascular Consultants of Staten Island has two locations, each with different office hours: the main office is at 11 Ralph Place in Grasmere, open from Monday to Thursday, 8am to 9pm, and on Fridays from 8am to 4pm; it is also open one Saturday a month.  The other location is at 4864 Arthur Kill Road in the Charleston section, open on two Tuesdays a month, from 2-8pm.  Call (718) 981-2684 for complete information or to make an appointment.


About the Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.

As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.

Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.