Meghan Grone, NP - Closed

Dr. Mani Vannan earned his medical degree at Madras Medical College in Madras, India and completed his residency at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester, England and his cardiology fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Vannan is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Society of Echocardiography as well as a member of the Royal College of Physicians in the UK. He is a frequent presenter at national and international meetings and leads Piedmont Heart's annual 3-D Echo 360, iMAGINE and Napa Cardiology conferences, among others. He serves on the editorial boards of major cardiovascular journals and has over 200 publications. His research interests include 3-D imaging.

Jose F. Lizcano, M.D., is a transplant nephrologist at the Piedmont Transplant Institute. His special interests include kidney and liver transplant clinical approaches and immunosuppressive therapy in allograft renal transplant. Dr. Lizcano received his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Valle in Cali, Columbia where he graduated with honors in the top percent of his class. He completed his general and medical transplant nephrology fellowship at the University of South Florida where he was chief fellow. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Prior to joining the Piedmont team, Dr. Lizcano served as a transplant nephrologist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. In his spare time, Dr. Lizcano enjoys playing sports (especially soccer), traveling and watching a good movie. Dr. Lizcano is fluent in Spanish. He welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Robert W. Powers, Jr., MD, earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C. He then completed his internship and residency at Emory University affiliated hospitals and his fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the Georgia Surgical Society and the Michael E. DeBakey Cardiovascular Society. He is board certified in vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Powers joined the Piedmont Hospital medical staff in 1982.