Cardiovascular Physicians (Cardiologists / Heart Surgeons)
Expert physicians and nurses, leading-edge technology – this winning combination distinguishes Mills-Peninsula’s cardiovascular services in our community.
Cardiologists | Cardiac Surgeons | Vascular SurgeonsCardiologists
Brad Angeja, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist
Dr. Angeja earned his medical doctorate from University of California, San Francisco. He also completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular fellowship training at UCSF, where he remains affiliated as assistant clinical professor. Dr. Angeja is board certified in comprehensive echocardiography and nuclear cardiology, with special interest in cardiac CT and investigational methods of imaging coronary disease. He has extensive experience using echocardiography to diagnose, stage, and manage valvular heart disease.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Jonathan Briskin, M.D. - Cardiologist
Dr. Briskin is the medical director of cardiology at Peninsula Medical Center. He received his medical degree at New York University following undergraduate work at Stanford University. He completed his residency and internships at Bellevue Hospital and New York University Medical Center, and a fellowship in cardiology at Stanford University. Dr. Briskin is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. He has served as a clinical associate professor at Stanford University. Dr. Briskin’s special interests include clinical cardiology and echocardiography.
101 S. San Mateo Drive, #213
San Mateo, California 94401
Phone: (650) 373-0170
Samuel Chan, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist
Dr. Chan completed his medical degree at University of California, San Francisco following undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin. He served as assistant chief of cardiology for the U.S. Public Health Hospital in San Francisco, and is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Chan’s special interests are adult congenital heart disease, echocardiography and preventive cardiology.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Ian Christoph, M.D., FACC, FSCAI - Cardiology: Interventional cardiology
Dr. Christoph received his undergraduate degree in engineering and biology at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and his medical degree at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. After completing his residency in internal medicine at Duke University in North Carolina, he did advanced training in cardiology at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Christoph is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
George Cohen, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist
Dr. Cohen is the chair of Mills-Peninsula’s Cardiovascular Services Program. He completed his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania following undergraduate work at University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Cohen served as a research flight surgeon, Biodynamics Branch of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. His special interests include aerospace medicine, cardiac risk assessment, valvular heart disease and advanced heart failure therapy.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Michael Girolami, M.D. - Cardiologist
Dr. Girolami completed his medical degree and residency at University of California, San Francisco, following undergraduate work at University of San Francisco. He completed a cardiology fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and he is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology.
1828 El Camino Real, #402
Burlingame, California 94401
Phone: (650) 697-7644
Jeffrey Guttas, M.D. - Cardiologist
Dr. Guttas is medical director of cardiology at Mills Health Center. He completed his undergraduate work at University of California, Davis and his medical degree at St. Louis University in Missouri. Dr. Guttas completed fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. His special interests include preventive approaches to cardiovascular disease and non-invasive vascular imaging. Dr. Guttas is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine.
100 S. San Mateo Dr.
San Mateo, California 94401
Phone: (650) 696-4100
David Kurzrock, M.D. - Cardiologist
Dr. Kurzrock received his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., following undergraduate work at University of California, San Diego. He completed a cardiology fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and an interventional cardiology fellowship at the San Francisco Heart Institute. Dr. Kurzrock is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology, and has expertise with cardiac rhythm devices.
100 S. San Mateo Drive, Suite 400
San Mateo, California 94401
Phone: (650) 696-4100
Tania Nanevicz, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist: General and preventive cardiology
Dr. Nanevicz completed her medical degree at Dartmouth-Brown University following undergraduate work at Stanford University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and her cardiology fellowship at University of California, San Francisco. She served as an associate professor of medicine at University of California. She is board certified in cardiovascular disease. Her special interests include heart failure and non-invasive cardiac imaging and women’s cardiovascular health.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Tak Poon, M.D., PharmD , FACC - Cardiologist: General and preventive cardiology
Dr. Poon received doctoral degrees in clinical pharmacy and medicine at University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in clinical cardiology. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Poon has a special interest in integrating advanced medical technology with a holistic approach to heart and overall health. He has lectured extensively on wellness, stress management, long-term weight control and heart disease prevention.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Stephen Pope, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist: Interventional cardiology
Dr. Pope completed his medical degree and undergraduate work at Stanford University. He also did his internship, residency and fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Stanford, where he was senior resident in medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Dr. Pope is medical director of interventional cardiology, Peninsula Medical Center.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Alan Schwartz, M.D., FACC, FACP, FAHA - Cardiologist: Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing
Dr. Schwartz received his medical degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, following undergraduate work at Tufts University and graduate work at Polytechnic University of Brooklyn where he received a masters in electrical engineering. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at University of Chicago and his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the University of California, San Francisco, where he also completed a fellowship in electrophysiology at the University’s Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Schwartz is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. His special interests include catheter ablation of cardiac rhythm disturbances, internal cardiac defibrillator and pacemaker implantation.
Burlingame Center
1501-B Trousdale Drive, 2nd Floor
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-8600
Fax: (650) 652-8601
Frederick Watson, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist: General and interventional cardiology
Dr. Watson received his medical degree at University of Texas in Galveston following undergraduate work at University of California, San Diego. He completed his residency and internship at Phoenix VA/Good Samaritan Hospital in Arizona, a research fellowship in heart failure/transplantation at the University of Utah Hospitals in Salt Lake City and a cardiology fellowship at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Watson served as clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Watson’s special interests include heart failure and interventional cardiology.
100 S. San Mateo Drive, Suite #400
San Mateo, California 94401
Phone: (650) 696-4100
Robert Zipkin, M.D., FACC - Cardiologist: General and interventional cardiology
Dr. Zipkin received his medical degree at University of California, Davis following undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley and graduate work at University of California, Los Angeles in applied mathematics. He received his cardiology fellowship at Stanford University and interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco and Indiana Heart Institute. He is board certified in internal medicine, and interventional and nuclear cardiology and has served as medical director of the transitional care unit at Peninsula Medical Center. His special interests include preventive and interventional cardiology.
100 S. San Mateo Drive, #400
San Mateo, California 94401
Phone: (650) 696-4100
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Cardiac Surgeons
Luis Castro, M.D. - Cardiac surgeon
Dr. Castro completed his general surgical training at Stanford University Medical School following undergraduate work at University of Southern California. He has performed more than 3,000 operations and has a particular interest in aortic root reconstruction. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Western Thoracic Surgical Association and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
2900 Whipple Avenue, #210
Redwood City, California 94062
Phone: (650) 366-0225
Adam Harmon, M.D. - Cardiac surgeon
Dr. Harmon received his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery from State University of New York after graduating from Albany Medical College. He was director of cardiac surgery for three years at Washington Township Hospital in Fremont, California. Dr. Harmon’s areas of interest include adult cardiac surgery and general thoracic surgery.
2900 Whipple Avenue, #225
Redwood City, California 94062
Phone: (650) 366-0225
Conrad Vial, M.D. - Cardiac surgeon
Dr. Vial received his medical doctorate from Stanford University. He received his general surgical and cardiothoracic surgical training at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Vial also earned a master’s of philosophy at Cambridge University in England, completing a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiac transplant immunology. His particular interest is in cardiac valvular disease and minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery.
701 E. El Camino Real
Mountain View, California 94040
Phone: (650) 853-5745
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94301
Phone: (650) 853-5745
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Vascular Surgeons
Dirk Baumann, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Baumann received his medical degree at Washington University following undergraduate work at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He completed a general surgery residency and fellowship in vascular surgery at Barnes Hospital, Washington University and is board certified in vascular surgery. Dr. Baumann directs the Mid-Peninsula Wound Care Medical Clinic, which treats an extensive array of vascular, post-surgical and traumatic wounds. His special interests also include aortic and carotid arterial surgery.
1720 El Camino Real, Suite 101
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-0600
John Beare, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Beare received his medical degree at St. Louis University in Missouri following undergraduate work at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. He completed his residency at the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Stanford Medical Center followed by a fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Dr. Beare is board certified in vascular surgery. His special interests include venous disease.
1720 El Camino Real, Suite 101
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 697-4511
Raju Gandhi, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Gandhi received his medical degree at State University of New York at Stoney Brook following undergraduate work at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. He completed his residency and internships at
Columbia University, St. Luke – Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. Dr. Gandhi is board certified in general and vascular surgery. His special interests include minimally invasive hospital-based procedures to prevent stroke, improve circulation to the legs and repair aneurysms. He also performs office-based laser procedures and sclerotherapy for varicose and spider veins.
1828 El Camino Real, Suite 611
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 697-2431
Stephanie Lin, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Lin completed her medical degree and undergraduate work at Stanford University. She completed her residency at University of California, San Francisco and a vascular fellowship at New York Presbyterian, the University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell University, New York City. Dr. Lin’s special interests include endovascular treatment of carotid, aortic and peripheral arterial disease.
1720 El Camino Real, Suite 101
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 652-0600
John Rosenman, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Rosenman is chair of the Mills-Peninsula Surgery Department. He received his medical degree at University of California, San Francisco, following undergraduate work at University of California, Berkeley. He completed his residency at the University of New Mexico affiliated hospitals and his fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. He is board certified in thoracic and vascular surgery. Dr. Rosenman’s special interests include minimally invasive endovascular procedures.
1720 El Camino Real, #101
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 697-4511
Gerald Sydorak, M.D. - Vascular surgeon
Dr. Sydorak completed his undergraduate work at Cornell University. He obtained his medical degree at Cornell Medical School in New York City. His surgical training in general and vascular surgery including research in vascular surgery was further completed at University of California Hospitals in San Francisco. Two additional years of surgery during this time were done at the Public Health Service Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Sydorak is board certified in general and vascular surgery. His special interests at present include minimally invasive endovascular stenting procedures, both peripheral and carotid, aortic aneurysm stent grafting, venous procedures and peripheral revascularization operations.
1828 El Camino Real, #704
Burlingame, California 94010
Phone: (650) 697-7003
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