If you need cardiac care, the physicians of Heritage Valley’s Heart & Vascular Center provide a full range of services, including consultative care, non-invasive diagnostic testing and diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac, thoracic and vascular procedures. We are dedicated to providing high quality services, ranging from disease prevention to testing and surgical intervention.  



Listed below are the Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group (HVMG) Cardiologists and Electrophysiologists of the Heart & Vascular Center. Please call 724-773-4502 to reach these physician offices.

George Antalis, MD has been part of the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center for more than 20 years. He is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Antalis serves as the Medical Director of the Nuclear Lab at the Leetsdale and Sharon Road office locations. He currently has office hours in the Leetsdale location.

Maninder Bedi, MD is a board certified Electrophysiologist and graduated from Andhra Medical College, King George Hospital in India. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Western Reserve Care System in Youngstown, Ohio. He fulfilled his Cardiology and Electrophysiology fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Bedi is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Marco G. Cavagna, MD, PhD graduated from Columbia College in New York with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry, and earned both his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and his Medical Degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his Medical Residency at the University of Virginia Health System; a Fellowship in Cardiology at Georgetown University Hospital-Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC; and a Fellowship in Electrophysiology at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Cavagna is board certified in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine; and is a member of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Cavagna’s specialties include cardiac device implantation, including pacemakers, defibrillators, biventricular devices and loop recorders; and invasive electrophysiological testing, including 3D mapping, ablation, ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. He is fluent in Italian. Dr. Cavagna sees patients at the Beaver and Leetsdale Heart and Vascular Center locations.

Stephen D’Auria, MD, FACC completed his Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, and Advanced Interventional Structural Cardiology Fellowship at UPMC. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. D’Auria joined the Heritage Valley Health & Vascular Center in 2020. His interests include Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and endovascular management of peripheral arterial disease. Dr. D’Auria sees patients at the Beaver and Calcutta, Ohio locations. 

Rina Gandhi, MD, FACC has practiced Cardiology in western Pennsylvania for more than 20 years and joined the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center in 2019. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and holds a board certification in Nuclear Cardiology. She has research experience at Harvard Medical School and UPMC, and has published research involving Mitral Valve Prolapse. Dr. Gandhi has office hours at the Heart & Vascular Center locations in Kennedy Township and Leetsdale. 

Emily Guhl, MD, MS, FACC is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. She holds additional board certifications in Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Guhl earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she was the Chief Cardiology Fellow. She also earned a Masters of Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Guhl has authored numerous publications and was awarded multiple research awards during her training. Dr. Guhl sees patients at the Beaver and Leetsdale Heart and Vascular Center locations. 

Kenneth House, DO, FACC is the Medical Director of the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and holds a board certification in Nuclear Cardiology. In addition to Dr. House’s leadership role, he treats patients at the Heart & Vascular Center locations in Beaver, Leetsdale and Calcutta, Ohio.

Christopher Kolibash, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a graduate of West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine internship at The Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus, OH and his residency at Allegheny General Hospital. His Cardiovascular Fellowship was completed at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Kolibash fulfilled his Electrophysiology Fellowship at Aurora HealthCare in Milwaukee, WI. He has been practicing Electrophysiology since 2013.

Amit Ladani, MD, FACC is a graduate of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago and fulfilled his Cardiology fellowship at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Ladani is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine. He is also board certified in Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound. Dr. Ladani serves as the Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehab at Heritage Valley Kennedy. He has been in practice since 2016 and sees patients in the Kennedy Township and Leetsdale offices.

Michael Malkowski, MD, FACC is the Director of Echocardiography for Heritage Valley Health System and has more than 25 years of experience in Cardiology. He is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease and specializes in treating heart failure and valvular heart disease. Dr. Malkowski has authored and co-authored numerous published papers, book chapters and abstracts and has lectured extensively on cardiac-related topics. Dr. Malkowski has been featured in Pittsburgh Magazine as one of the top Cardiologists in Pittsburgh. He currently treats patients at the Heart & Vascular Center’s Beaver and Leetsdale locations. 

Ure Laura Mezu-Chukwu, MD, FACC, FHRS, MBA received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Morgan State University in Baltimore and her Doctor of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine in Edison, New Jersey. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Youngstown State University. Dr. Mezu-Chukwu completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the Cleveland Clinic, as well as Fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is board certified in both Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, and is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Mezu-Chukwu sees patients at the Beaver and Leetsdale Heart and Vascular Center locations.

Glen Miske, DO is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine internship at St. Francis Medical Center and his residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His Cardiology Fellowship was completed at Allegheny General Hospital and his Electrophysiology Fellowship at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA. Dr. Miske is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America and the American Heart Association.

Christopher Morgan, DO, FACC is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology and holds board certifications in Echocardiography and Nuclear Medicine. He joined the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center in 2017 and is a participant in the Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program and has an interest in endovascular management of peripheral arterial disease. Dr. Morgan currently treats patients at the Heart & Vascular Center’s Beaver, Leetsdale and Calcutta, Ohio locations. 

Gauravkumar Patel, MD, FACC joined the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center in 2017. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology and holds board certifications in Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. His interests include Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and endovascular management of peripheral arterial disease. Dr. Patel currently practices at the Heart & Vascular Center’s Beaver and Ellwood City locations.

Jasvinder Sandhu, MD, FACC, RVT, RPVI was born in Nairobi, Kenya and attended medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. He finished his fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at UPMC and became affiliated with Heritage Valley Health System in 1990. He is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology and serves as Director of the Cardiovascular Catheterization Lab at Heritage Valley. His interests include high-risk coronary intervention, Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), endovascular management of peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery stenting and endovascular management of aortic aneurysms. His primary office location is in Leetsdale. 

S. Jeffrey Yakish, DO joined the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center in 2016 and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia as well as a Cardiology Fellowship from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. Dr. Yakish is the Medical Director of non-invasive Cardiology. He is also the Director of Cardiac Rehab for the Leetsdale and Beaver offices. Dr. Yakish currently sees patients at the Beaver and Calcutta, Ohio Heart & Vascular Center locations. 

Xingyi Que, MD received his M.D. and his M.S. in Cardiac Surgery and Hemodynamic Research from the West China University of Medical Sciences. He has completed multiple residencies, including one in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Que is double Board Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery and has over 22 years of experience as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Que is bilingual, and is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

Some of Dr. Que’s areas of skill and expertise include off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery; valvular repair/replacement surgery; aortic aneurysm surgery; minimally invasive cardiac surgery, including Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR); surgical treatment of heart failure and pulmonary failure, such as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD); lung surgery of benign or malignant disease; and minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery, such as Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS).

Edward Villella, MD, RPVI is board-certified in General Surgery by the American College of Surgeons and completed a Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. Additionally, Dr. Villella is a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI). He earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed his General Surgery residency at West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society and the Society for Vascular Surgery.