The faculty

Trained where cardiologists train. Practicing where care is made.

Six fellowship-trained physicians, each with primary expertise in a different sub-specialty — and a shared commitment to a single patient experience.

Cardiologist in a modern clinic
Same-week care Advanced diagnostics, coordinated in one practice
Elena Marquez, MD, FACC portrait

Elena Marquez, MD, FACC

Founder & Chief Medical Officer

Interventional Cardiology · Structural Heart

Dr. Marquez founded DHG in 2014 after a decade leading the catheterization lab at a major Miami academic center. Her practice focuses on complex coronary intervention and TAVR.

  • MD — Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Residency — Mass General Hospital
  • Fellowship — Cleveland Clinic
Rohan Patel, MD, PhD, FHRS portrait

Rohan Patel, MD, PhD, FHRS

Director of Electrophysiology

Atrial Fibrillation · Ablation · Devices

A clinician-scientist with over 60 peer-reviewed publications on atrial fibrillation ablation outcomes. Dr. Patel leads our arrhythmia program and remote monitoring service.

  • MD/PhD — Duke University
  • Fellowship — University of Pennsylvania
Sofia Castellanos, MD, FACC portrait

Sofia Castellanos, MD, FACC

Director, Women's Heart Program

Women's Cardiology · Cardio-Obstetrics

Dr. Castellanos built our nationally-recognized Women's Heart Program, with sub-specialty expertise in pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease and microvascular dysfunction.

  • MD — University of Miami
  • Fellowship — Brigham & Women's Hospital
James Okafor, MD, MPH, FACC portrait

James Okafor, MD, MPH, FACC

Director of Preventive Cardiology

Preventive Cardiology · Lipidology

A board-certified clinical lipidologist focused on advanced risk stratification, calcium scoring, and lifestyle medicine for primary and secondary prevention.

  • MD — Yale School of Medicine
  • MPH — Harvard T.H. Chan
  • Fellowship — Stanford
Aisha Rahman, MD, FACC, FASE portrait

Aisha Rahman, MD, FACC, FASE

Director of Imaging

Multimodality Imaging · Echo · Cardiac MRI

Dr. Rahman leads our multimodality imaging program, with particular expertise in strain echocardiography, cardiac MRI, and cardiac amyloidosis.

  • MD — Columbia P&S
  • Fellowship — UCLA Cardiac Imaging
Lucas Fernández, MD, FACC portrait

Lucas Fernández, MD, FACC

Director of Heart Failure

Advanced Heart Failure · Cardio-Oncology

Dr. Fernández directs our heart failure and cardio-oncology services, including CardioMEMS implantation and bridge-to-transplant coordination.

  • MD — Baylor College of Medicine
  • Fellowship — Texas Heart Institute
Join the faculty

We hire physicians who could practice anywhere — and choose DHG.

If you are a board-certified cardiologist who wants to spend more time with patients and less time with paperwork, we'd like to hear from you.

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