Cardines, Brian

Denzel Hunter is a native New Yorker who received his BSN and MSN with honors from CUNY Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. After working for several years in acute care in both New York and California, he decided to shift his focus to outpatient care. He is an ANCC board certified Adult Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and currently works in the gastroenterology department where he helps his patients manage both acute and chronic conditions.

Dr. Christina Shayevitz received her B.A. degree from University of California, San Diego in 2008, on the Dean’s Honor Roll. She wished for change in seasons and snow, and moved to Syracuse, New York where she attended SUNY Upstate Medical University. Following the completion of her medical degree, she attended residency in Adult Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel where she also served as the Co-Chair of the MSBI House Staff Committee. She fell in love with fast-pace and multicultural New York, and stayed for a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at NYU/Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Shayevitz also completed the Psychodynamic Therapy Certification Course provided by the New York Medical College Psychoanalytic Program. She now resides in Financial District and is happy to be a part of the Consultation-Liaison Service at the lower Manhattan campus.

Dr. Lakshmi Nambiar is a cardiologist and Assistant Professor in the Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed her internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University of Vermont. She joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine after completing her fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging with a focus on cardiac MRI and echocardiography at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Nambiar is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac MRI and Echocardiography. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Her clinical interests include the application of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography to women’s cardiac health. She is first author on multiple peer-reviewed publications including in JACC and JASE. Her research has been recognized with national media releases including in Medscape, MedPage Today, and TCTMD. She is committed to excellence in patient-centered care and education.