Buffalo Heart Group and Niagara Falls Medical Center Join Forces

Buffalo Heart Group LLP is opening its seventh office at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center on 10th Street in Niagara Falls. Dr. Robert Neufeld, head of the hospital’s cardiology division, will join the practice, while six cardiologists from the practice join the hospital’s staff. Founded in 1987, Buffalo Heart Group is based on Bailey Avenue in Buffalo with offices in Cheektowaga, Hamburg, Wheatfield, Amherst and Niagara Falls. The affiliation with Niagara Falls Memorial is its sixth, with its cardiologists credentialed to serve patients at Millard Fillmore Suburban, Millard Fillmore Gates, Buffalo General, Mercy and Sisters of Charity-St. Joseph Campus.The six cardiologists joining the hospitals’ medical staff include Dr. Marie Iacona; Dr. Alan Meholick; Dr. Judyann Joy-Pardi; Dr. Irfan Khan; Dr. Richard Jennings; and Dr.Phong Nguyen-Ho. Also joining the medical staff are two nurse practitioners: Kathleen Ruggiero and Jennifer Earsing.Buffalo Heart Group offers a range of diagnostic, clinical and invasive cardiology services, including stress testing, vascular imaging, disease management and electrophysiology services. They join the current Heart Center staff at Memorial: Dr. Michael Merhige; and Dr. Eram Chaudhry, who provide both inpatient and outpatient cardiology services.