Robert A. Iaffaldano M.D.

Ravi Ramana, M.D. is a board-certified interventional cardiologist with Heart Care Centers of Illinois, seeing patients in Palos Park, Merrionette Park, and Mokena. He specializes in structural heart interventions, including TAVR, MitraClip, TMVR, and LAAO procedures for atrial fibrillation. Trained at Loyola University, Dr. Ramana serves as Medical Director of the Heart Valve Program at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Silver Cross Hospital. He is also a lead investigator in national transcatheter valve therapy trials and a frequent faculty member at cardiovascular conferences.

Sean Tierney, MD is a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist and cardiologist with Heart Care Centers of Illinois, seeing patients in Merrionette Park, Palos Park, and Mokena. He specializes in heart rhythm management, including pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, biventricular device therapy, and catheter ablations. Trained at Loyola University, where he also served as faculty, Dr. Tierney is Director of the Electrophysiology Lab at MetroSouth Medical Center and is recognized for his expertise in syncope, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death prevention.

Gregory P. Macaluso, MD is a board-certified cardiologist with Heart Care Centers of Illinois, specializing in advanced heart failure, transplant cardiology, and LVAD (heart pump) therapy. He sees patients in Palos Park and Merrionette Park. Trained at Loyola and Advocate Lutheran General, Dr. Macaluso has extensive expertise in managing complex cardiac conditions, including preserved ejection fraction heart failure. He also performs and interprets echocardiography, right heart catheterizations, nuclear stress testing, and endomyocardial biopsies.