Vivek Modi, MD

Dr. Karia is the founding Medical Director for Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs at Piedmont Augusta. His expertise centers on innovative heart failure therapies. He is a respected thought leader and lectures globally on topics related to Advanced Heart Failure. In addition to taking care of Advanced Heart Failure; Cardiac Transplant; and LVAD patients; he performs echocardiograms; stress tests; and cardiac catheterizations. Dr. Karia is the Principal Investigator in many research studies and is published in many peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board of many prestigious journals.Dr. Karia has over 17 years’ experience in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; and Cardiovascular Medicine. He manages patients with Cardiac Transplants; Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD); Cardiomems® and other implantable cardiac devices with remote heart failure monitoring capabilities. Beloved by his patients; Dr. Karia is an enthusiastic advocate for their care and is always willing to go the extra mile for them.

David Woska, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Florida. He completed his Cardiology fellowship at the University of Miami. He received his undergraduate degree in Pre-Medicine from Rollins College. He is board-certified in Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Woska has been practicing cardiology for over 33 years. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Woska was practicing in Albany, GA. He practiced in Orlando, FL for over 26 years. Dr. Woska specializes in non-invasive cardiology, but did invasive work(cardiac catheterizations) for over 28 years. His special interests include all aspects of cardiac care. In his spare time, Dr. Woska enjoys playing tennis and antiquing. Dr. Woska is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.