Our Team
Your care is coordinated at one of the largest Cardiovascular and Thoracic programs in the Inland Empire at Dignity Health – St. Bernardine Medical Center.
Beyond our office visits, the teams’ expertise extends to two dedicated cardiovascular surgical suites for open heart and thoracic procedures. There is also a state-of-the-art hybrid operating room for complex cardiac and vascular procedures.
Together, our team performs many procedures such as:
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - CABG
- Heart Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery
- MAZE Procedure
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR
- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery Team
When it comes to heart, lung, and vascular team, experience matters, and that is what we offer to all our patients.
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-ali-mir-wasif-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic surgery
Board-certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-ali-mir-wasif-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic surgery
Board-certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-michio-kajitani-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic surgery
Board-certified in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-michio-kajitani-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic surgery
Board-certified in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute Oscar Faguada](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-oscar-faguada.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1314.png)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute Oscar Faguada](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-oscar-faguada.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1314.png)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-daniel-rothstein-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-daniel-rothstein-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-william-schlegel-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-william-schlegel-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-heather-witmer-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant
![The team at St. Bernardine Medical Center Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/socal/misc/sbmc-heather-witmer-heart.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1306.jpeg)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant