Heather K. Morris, MD

Margaret McEntegart, MD, serves as Director of Complex PCI and CTO Programs at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, leading one of New York City’s premier programs for complex coronary care. She also holds the position of Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.An internationally recognized clinician and researcher, Dr. McEntegart brings extensive experience to her work at Columbia. Before joining the institution, she was a consultant interventional cardiologist at Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Scotland, where she helped establish and lead the CTO and Complex PCI Program. She also directed the MitraClip service and contributed to the early development of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program.Dr. McEntegart has played a central role as principal investigator in numerous clinical trials at local, national, and international levels. She co-supervised Ph.D. research fellows in interventional cardiology with Professor Colin Berry and founded the Glasgow Coronary Core Lab, which supported critical research efforts including the UK T-TIME trial and the BCIS-REVIVED study.At Columbia, Dr. McEntegart is committed to education and mentorship. She plays an active role in training interventional cardiology fellows, guiding junior faculty, and supporting professional development across the cardiovascular care team.

Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH, is an interventional cardiologist specializing in advanced coronary and endovascular interventions. He serves as the Director of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He performs catheter-based interventions in the coronary artery, pulmonary artery, peripheral arterial, and peripheral venous vascular beds. He received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University in 2008, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha - the national medical honor society. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Sethi stayed on at Mount Sinai, simultaneously attaining his MPH degree while completing a residency in Preventive Medicine. He subsequently completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology at UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Sethi then completed a Vascular Medicine and Endovascular Intervention fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Dr. Virendra I. Patel is the chief of vascular surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. A vascular surgeon-scientist, Dr. Patel is highly skilled in the full range of vascular disorders that can lead to stroke, renal issues, intestinal problems, and peripheral arterial disease. Dr. Patel has a particular interest in clinical outcomes research and has served as principal investigator of several studies to evaluate open and minimally invasive repairs of complex aortic aneurysms. He participated in the TEVAR and EVAR Committees of the Vascular Quality Initiative of the Society of Vascular Surgery, and hel has also been a member of the Executive Council of the New England Society of Vascular Surgery and the Research Advisory Committee for the Society’s Vascular Study Group. A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Patel completed his surgical residency and a research fellowship in vascular surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and was a clinical fellow in vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He earned a Master of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Program of Clinical Effectiveness.