New Cardiology Practice Opens in Gwinnett

Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) announced the opening of Gwinnett Heart Specialists of Gwinnett Medical Group in early January.

This new medical practice is staffed by cardiologists Sreeni Gangasani, M.D., Michael Lipsitt, M.D. and Marc Unterman, M.D., who have served the community for 30 years. Gwnnett Health Specialists is based in Lawrenceville, but has locations in Dacula, Duluth, Loganville, Monroe, and Sugar Hill.

Gwinnett Heart Specialists provides services for both the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease that include:

• Stress testing
• Echocardiography
• Vascular services
• Coronary interventions, including cardiac catheterization and angioplasty
• Peripheral interventions, including percutaneous stenting
• Pacemaker implantation

Dr. Gangasani, who has served as the chief of the Department of Internal Medicine at GMC, completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases from William Beaumont Hospital, an affiliate of University of Michigan and Wayne State University. His special interests include cardiac catheterization, pacemaker implantation and echocardiography. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Dr. Lipsitt, named a top doctor for the Southeast region by Money Magazine, completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the Emory Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta. He is experienced in interventional cardiology, which includes cardiac catheterization, coronary angioplasty, intracoronary stents, peripheral vascular angioplasty and pacemakers. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology.

Dr. Unterman, a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Society of Echocardiography and the College of Nuclear Cardiology, completed his internal medicine residency Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and his cardiology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. His specialties include interventional cardiology, including cardiac catheterization, coronary angioplasty, coronary atherectomy, intracoronary stents, and peripheral vascular angioplasty. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology.