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About the Presenters
Al Pilong is Vice President of Operations at Winchester Medical Center. He is responsible for all of Valley Health's Centers of Excellence including Heart & Vascular Services, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, Neurosciences, and Medicine. He has been with Valley Health since August, 2005 after spending the previous 13 years at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, DE in various clinical and management roles. He is a registered pharmacist, has an MBA from Saint Joseph's University, and is Board Certified in Healthcare Management by the American College of Healthcare Executives.
 
David Sisson, MD is a practicing nephrologist with Winchester Medical Consultants. His special interests include end-stage renal disease, hypertension, electrolyte disorders and acid/base disorders. Dr. Sisson received his medical degree from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at the New Jersey Medical School. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a member of the attending medical staff at Winchester
Medical Center.
 
Dr. James Rittelmeyer is a cardiologist with Winchester
Cardiology and Internal Medicine. His special interests include cardiac catheterization and interventions, pacemakers and defibrillator therapy. Dr. Rittelmeyer received
his medical degree from Georgetown University and is a member of the medical staff at Winchester Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular
Disease and Interventional Cardiology.
 
Lynne Bouffard, RN, CNP is the Heart Failure Clinic Leader for Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware. Her primary responsibilities include development and implementation of inpatient and outpatient Heart Failure Programs and the management of Christiana Care’s
Heart Failure Clinic. She is a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner from West Virginia University and practiced with Selma Cardiology in Winchester for six years. She is a
member of the Heart Failure Society of America, American Association of Heart Failure Nursing and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
 
Amy Tucker, MD is the Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System. She is associated with the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at UVA and is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Tucker received her medical degree from the University
of North Carolina and completed both her residency and fellowship at the University of Virginia. Her clinical interests include general cardiology and adult congenital heart disease.
 
Dr. Preston Fox is an interventional radiologist with Winchester Radiologists, PC. He is board certified in Diagnostic Radiology as well as Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Fox received his medical degree from the University of Virginia. His special interests include carotid stenting, peripheral vascular interventions and interventional radiology.
 
Dr. David Epstein is a vascular surgeon with Winchester Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons. His special interests include endovascular surgery, lower extremity bypass, carotid endarterectomy and stenting, aortic surgery and varicose veins. Dr. Epstein received his medical degree from The Ohio State University and he is board certified in general and vascular surgery.
 
Dr. Andre Fredieu is a neurologist with Winchester Neurological Consultants. He specializes in stroke with special interest in interventional neurology. He received his medical degree from the University of California Los Angeles and is a member of the medical staff at Winchester Medical Center. Dr. Fredieu is board certified in neurology.
 
Dr. Cullen Hardy is a cardiologist with The Cardiovascular Group at Selma in Winchester. His special interests include echocardiology, stress and transesophogeal echo, nuclear cardiology, pacemaker implantation and therapy. Dr. Hardy received his medical degree from the Tulane
University School of Medicine and is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.
 
 Dr. James A Warner is a practicing interventional cardiologist with Winchester Cardiology and Internal Medicine. His special interests include echocardiography, stress echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, preventative cardiology and cardiac rehab. He received his doctorate in medicine from West Virginia University. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is the current Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services at the Heart & Vascular Center at Winchester Medical Center.