Louis W. Kantaros, MD

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Stephen Burns is a board certified Nurse Practitioner in the practice of cardiology since 2002. He works in the inpatient environment at Vassar Brothers Medical Center for The Heart Center. Stephen finds that the best part of the job is the time spent getting to know the patients, not just about their illnesses but also about their life experiences. Stephen specializes in managing acute cardiac conditions including chest pain, heart attacks, heart failure and arrhythmias. A special interest for Stephen is working with the tobacco addicted patient to quit smoking. When not working, Stephen can be found spending family time or otherwise he's sure to be somewhere in the forest on one of many trails in the beautiful Hudson Valley.

Kashif Ather, MD, is a non-invasive cardiologist at The Heart Center. He received his medical degree from The University of Connecticut School of Medicine and went on to complete his training in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease at Brown University. As a non-invasive cardiologist, he focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various heart conditions. His specific interests include heart failure, valvular heart disease and cardiac imaging, specifically echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound).