Key Program Supervision
Marco Diaz, M.D., FACC
Director of Cardiovascular Service Line
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center
Residency: Boston University Medical Center
Douglas Sawyer, MD
Advance Heart Failure Specialist
Chief Academic Officer
Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sanjeev A. Francis, M.D., FACC
Director of Education, Cardiovascular Institute
Fellowship: Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital
Maxwell Afari, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant)
Fellowship: St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Residency: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Core Faculty
Charles Carpenter
Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology Fellowship: University of Rochester at Strong Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Jaidip Chakravartti, MD
Interventional, Peripheral Vascular, and Structural Heart Disease
Fellowship: Interventional Cardiology, Duke University Hospital
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Disease, Duke University Hospital
Residency: Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Angela Higgins, MD
Advanced Imaging
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Disease Yale University
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess-Boston
Patrick Hohl, DO
Sports cardiology, HCM, and Cardiac Imaging
Fellowship: University of Vermont
Residency: University of Vermont
Additional Faculty
The MaineHealth Cardiovascular Services is comprised of the following:
- Thirty general and non-invasive cardiologists
- Nine adult interventional and one pediatric interventional cardiologist
- Seven adult electrophysiologists and one pediatric electrophysiologist
- Seven adult cardiothoracic surgeons and one adult/pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon
- Seven advanced heart failure & transplantation cardiologists
- Six pediatric / congenital cardiologists
- Seven vascular / endovascular surgeons