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TO CENLA HEART SPECIALISTS

Our expert team of physicians provides general and specialized cardiovascular care that is readily accessible to our patients while preserving a unique physician-patient relationship.

DR. HARRY R. HAWTHORNE

M.D., FACC

Dr. Hawthorne is a graduate of Louisiana College and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport. He completed both his internship and residency training in internal medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. This was followed by a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology also at the Medical College of Virginia and then a second subspecialty fellowship at Bowman-Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. He is also a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Hawthorne was one of the founding physicians of Cenla Heart Specialists.

DR. REYMOND MEADAA

M.D., FACC

Reymond Meadaa, MD, FACC is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, General Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Meadaa received his M.D. at the Damascus University School of Medicine, Damascus, Syria in 1986; his post-graduate education includes services as Chief Medical Resident and completion of an Internal Medicine Residency 1991 - 1992 at St. Luke's Hospital of Temple University, Bethlehem, PA.  He completed his Cardiology Fellowship in 1995 at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship in 1996 at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA.

DR. NAVTEJ S. RANGI

M.D.

Dr. Rangi received his medical education from Punjab University Govt. Medical College in Patiala, Punjab, India. He followed with a medical internship at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala. He then served a residency at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and went on to complete a Cardiology Fellowhip at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Dr. Rangi is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology as well as being a fellow in the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Rangi has been a partner at Cenla Heart Specialists since 2007.

DR. VIKRAM NIJJAR

M.D.

Raised in Alexandria, Dr. Nijjar is a Bolton High School graduate. He received his medical education from Tulane University in New Orleans. He completed his medical internship at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. He followed with a Residency at LSU University Medical Center in Lafayette, La and also the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Nijjar followed with his Fellowship at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Nijjar has been a partner at Cenla Heart Specialists since 2013.

  • SUZANNE CIESLAK

    FNP
  • Beckie Vincent

    APRN, ANP-C
  • Kelly Waring

    FNP
  • Cade McDaniel

    Echo Tech
  • AMY DYER

    Echo Tech
  • David Smith

    Nuclear Medicine

DR. HARRY R. HAWTHORNE

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KELLYE GRAFF

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CAROLYN Carlino

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DR. REYMOND MEADAA

Jennifer Martin

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Krystal Moreno

Nurse

DR. NAVTEJ S. RANGI

PATSY COMBS

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KAREN NORMAND

Nurse

DR. VIKRAM NIJJAR

MARY JO BRUNSON

Nurse

CINDY PICKETT

Nurse

Kelly Waring, FNP

DENISE RUSSELL

Nurse

JANICE AYMOND

Nurse

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