Meet Our Structural Heart Disease Team
Structural Heart Physicians at BIDMC
The Structural Heart Center's multidisciplinary team works together to evaluate and treat patients with structural heart disease.
Interventional Cardiologists

Roger J. Laham, MD
Director, Structural Heart Center; Interventional Cardiology

Wally A. Omar, MD
Interventional Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease

Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH
Interventional Cardiology

Jeffrey Popma, MD
Interventional Cardiology

Marie-France Poulin, MD
Associate Director, Structural Heart Clinical Services; Interventional Cardiology
Cardiac Surgeons

Louis M. Chu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, ECMO & Temporary MCS Program

Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD
Chief, Cardiac Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

David C. Liu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Nurse Practitioners

Kim Guibone, NP
Structural Heart Clinical Program Manager

Sue Papazian, NP
Nurse Practitioner

Beatie Ultimo, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Nurses

Karen Nichols, RN
Nurse Coordinator

Janine Schmidt, RN
QI Data Outcomes Coordinator