Cardiology
Cardiology is the study of the heart and its functions. A cardiologist specializes in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of heart disease.
Granite Medical was the first area practice to offer EECP, a painless, non-invasive treatment for angina that has successfully reduced the symptoms of this disease for many patients without surgery or medicine.
An on-site anticoagulation clinic makes it easy and convenient for patients on anticoagulation therapy to monitor their blood levels.
Granite Medical’s Cardiologists
Neil Jeffrey Berman, M.D.Specialty – CardiologyDr. Berman is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. After finishing his residency in internal medicine at Faulkner Hospital, he completed a fellowship in cardiology at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Dr. Berman’s article on cardiology tests and services offers a quick overview for the layperson. |
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Alan J. Berrick, M.D.Specialty – CardiologyDr. Berrick is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and a graduate of Albany Medical College. After finishing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia Hospital, he completed a fellowship in cardiology at Boston University Medical Center. Dr. Berrick is the Medical Director of Granite Medical’s Advanced Cardiac Care Center. The center offers non-invasive treatment for angina. |
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Robert H. Noonan, M.D.Specialty – CardiologyDr. Noonan is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed his internship, his residency in internal medicine, and a fellowship in cardiology at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Boston. |
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Robert Pressberg, M.D.Specialty – CardiologyDr. Pressberg is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and a graduate of Tufts Medical School. After finishing his residency in internal medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, he completed fellowships in cardiology at the West Roxbury Veterans Administration Medical Center and in cardiac electrophysiology at Tufts New England Medical Center. |
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Leon Shturman, M.D.Specialty – CardiologyDr. Shturman is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and nuclear cardiology with a special competence in adult echocardiography. He is a graduate of Nizhniy Novgorod Medical Academy in Russia, the University of Texas in Arlington and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas. After finishing his residency and a fellowship in cardiology at Tufts / St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, he completed a fellowship in Cardiac CT/MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital. |
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Granite Medical’s Interventional Cardiologist
David R. Dobroski, M.D.Specialty – Interventional CardiologyDr. Dobroski is board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and is a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After finishing his residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in cardiology at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Dobroski went on to complete a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. |
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On Line Resources
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- American Stroke Association (a division of American Heart Association)
- Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia (a subsection of American Heart Association)
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute- Cardiovascular disease information
- Coumadin (crystalline warfarin sodium), is an anticoagulant which acts by inhibiting vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors.