Kussay Nassr

Dr. Buckingham was born and raised in Portland, Maine. She received a B.A. in genetics, cell and developmental Biology from Dartmouth College and earned her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Her first year of training in a Primary Care Medicine Internship was split between Waterbury and Yale-New Haven Hospitals. She completed her Neurology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Buckingham then completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. She and her family currently reside in Stamford and enjoy exploring the local food scene around Fairfield County.

Pamela Blanchett is a board-certified nurse practitioner who specializes in cardiovascular disease. She has over 15 years of combined experience in primary care, urgent care, internal medicine, and cardiology. Her clinical practice now focuses on diagnosing and treating patients with acute and chronic cardiac problems, in addition to educating patients and families on disease process and proper medication management.

Dr. Choi joined The Heart Physicians, now Stamford Health Medical Group, in 2008. Dr. Choi is the Director of Resident Cardiology Education. He is the physician champion for congestive heart failure and has helped Stamford Hospital achieve the Gold Award for heart failure in the AHA Get with the Guidelines Program. He serves as Chairman of the Bioethics Committee and is editor of The Pulse, the physicians’ quarterly newsletter of the Stamford Health Heart & Vascular Institute. He lives in Greenwich with his wife and two children.