Trained at Cornell, Downstate, Montefiore, and Beth Israel, Dr. Kalafatic pairs attentive bedside care with today's most advanced cardiac imaging — in service of the hearts of the Bronx.
Dr. Kalafatic's approach starts at the bedside: a thorough interview and a careful physical examination, before any machine is switched on. That order of operations is deliberate — and it's what patients notice first.
Every day he manages heart failure, valvular heart disease, hypertension, angina, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, and lipid disorders. His particular interests — prevention, women's heart disease, and cardiac risk assessment — share one theme: finding trouble early, while it's still easy to change the story.
Affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center — home to countless breakthroughs in cardiological research — he brings that standard of care to a neighborhood office where patients are greeted by name, in English or Spanish.
