Joshua Fischer, M.D.
Joshua Fischer, M.D. is a native of Buffalo, NY and did his undergraduate and medical school training at the University at Buffalo. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia, and stayed on to complete a Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Virginia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Anna Baer
Dr. Anna Baer is a native Virginian and did her undergraduate and medical school training at the University of Virginia. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia and continued there to complete her fellowship in Cardiology. She has particular interest in nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, preventive cardiology, and women's health.

William B. Freedman, M.D.
William B. Freedman, M.D. is a native of Rochester, New York, where he did his undergraduate training at Cornell University and received his medical degree from the University of Rochester. He completed his postgraduate training in Cardiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Freedman served as a major in the U.S. Air Force for two years at Andrews Air Force Base where he was Chief of the Department of Cardiology. He is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease, is active in numerous medical organizations.

Christopher D. Friend, M.D.
Dr. Friend began Cardiology practice at Martha Jefferson Hospital 1981 after education at Washington & Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Areas of specialty include "Device Implantation" (pacemakers and defibrillators) and the area of lifelong prevention of heart disease.

Duong X. Nguyen, M.D.
Duong Nguyen, M.D. completed his undergraduate, medical school, and his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1992. After finishing his Cardiology fellowship at the University of Virginia, he worked in West Virginia in conjunction with the University of Virginia and subsequently with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has practiced in Charlottesville since 1998. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease. His areas of interest include invasive and non-invasive evaluations, prevention, and treatment of heart disease.

Carolyn Z. Behm, M.D.
Carolyn Z. Behm, M.D. completed her medical school training at the University of Virginia and internal medicine training at the University of California, San Francisco. She returned to the University of Virginia to complete a fellowship in cardiology. Her areas of interest include general and preventive cardiology, noninvasive imaging, and women's health.

Arun Prahash, M.D.
Dr. Arun Prahash is originally from India, where he attended a nationally reputed medical school. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and subspecialty training in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Tim Williams, M.D.
Dr. Tim Williams completed undergraduate training at Duke University. He finished medical school and internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia. He completed postgraduate training in cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. He stayed on as staff for 2 years in the Department of Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic before returning to Charlottesville in 2007. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has additional certification in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and vascular medicine. His interests include general and preventive cardiology, noninvasive imaging, valvular heart disease, cardiac CT, and aortic aneurysms.

John Zakaib, M.D.
Dr. John Zakaib is a native of Richmond, Virginia and completed his undergraduate training at the University of Virginia. He attended medical school at the Medical College of Virginia and then stayed on there to complete his residency in Internal Medicine. He served an additional year at MCV as Chief Resident in the Department of Internal Medicine. He continued his training in Cardiovascular Disease at the Cleveland Clinic where he served as Chief Fellow in Cardiology. Dr. Zakaib stayed on at the Cleveland Clinic to complete his fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is Board Eligible in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. His areas of interest include all forms of cardiac arrhythmias and their management, both invasive and noninvasive, including catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. He is further interested in device-based therapies for management of tachycardia arrhythmias and bradycardia arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death.