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February 25, 2022
Get to Know the Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group Cardiologists of the Heart & Vascular Center!
Although American Heart Month is coming to a close for 2022, we still want you to maintain a healthy heart! 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 and peripheral procedures. We are committed to being a leader in cardiac care.
 
Listed below are the skilled Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group (HVMG) Cardiologists of the Heart & Vascular Center. Please call 724-773-4502 to reach any of the Heart & Vascular Centers.
Kenneth House, DO is the Medical Director of the Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology and holds a board certification in Nuclear Cardiology. In addition to Dr. House’s leadership role, he treats patients at Heart & Vascular Center locations in Beaver, Leetsdale and Calcutta, Ohio.
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.
Stephen D’Auria, MD 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. Dr. Gandhi is currently the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Heritage Valley Kennedy. 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. 
Michael Malkowski, MD 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 was recently 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. 
Christopher Morgan, DO 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 and Calcutta, Ohio locations. 
Gauravkumar Patel, MD 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/Sewickley. 
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.