Jeffrey Bander, MD, FACC, PL Founder
Dr. Bander is a Cardiologist and entrepreneur. He has started several technology companies and is active as an advisor on several health tech start-ups and non-profits. He serves as the Medical Director for Mount Sinai Health System's Network Development and is Director of Operations of Cardiology at Mount Sinai West.
Robert Copeland-Halperin, MD
Dr. Robert S. Copeland-Halperin is a cardiologist in New York City. He received his Medical Doctorate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he was inducted into Arthur P. Gold Society for Humanism in Medicine and the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society for medicine. He completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was the Director of the novel joint Cardiology-Emergency Medicine Telephone Admissions Triage Program. Dr. Copeland-Halperin has engaged in clinical research in the cardiovascular field addressing changes in endothelial function in response to various therapeutic interventions, cardiovascular effects of cancer therapy, and determinants of treatment compliance. His work has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, the Journal of the American Heart Association, Current Opinion in Cardiology, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He is a third-generation physician with a particular interest in Cardio-Oncology, tele-medicine, and healthcare startups and innovation.
Johanna Contreras, MD, FACC
Dr. Contreras was born and educated in Colombia, completing her medical education at Universidad Industrial de Santander. In 2011, Dr. Contreras moved to NYC and became an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After building one of the largest based-referral practices in NY and becoming a reference cardiologist, Dr. Contreras became the director of the division of Heart Failure at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West. She is also the Medical Director of the Hispanic Heart Center, a reference center that provides state-of-the-art therapies and interventions for complex cardiac conditions.
Dr. Contreras strives to promote diversity and healthcare among minority groups. She is determined to eliminate cardiovascular health disparities and improve access to advanced CHF therapies for minority patients.
Nishant Trivedi, MD
Dr. Trivedi's interests are in heart failure and reducing cardiac hospital readmissions. Dr. Trivedi's hobbies include: music, hiking, medical education, and biomedical technology.