PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES

Christopher Kolibash, M.D. is in practice with Regional Cardiac Arrhythmia Inc. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a graduate of West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine internship at The Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, OH and his residency at Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA. A Cardiovascular Fellowship was completed at The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA and an Electrophysiology Fellowship at Aurora HealthCare Milwaukee, WI. 

Robert Bredniak, PharmD graduated from Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in 2016. Upon graduating he became a staff pharmacist at Washington Hospital until 2018. Currently he is a Clinical Pharmacist at Washington Hospital with a focus in Internal Medicine.

Jerad Heintz, PharmD graduated from West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in 2005.  He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice residency at Allegheny General Hospital. After his residency completion, he worked at UPMC McKeesport as the Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist until 2016.  Currently he is a clinical pharmacist at WHS Washington in the Critical Care Unit.

Rekhi Varghese, M.D. is an Interventional Cardiologist with WHS Cardiovascular Care. Dr. Varghese attended medical school at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College at Bangalore University, India. He completed an internship and residencies in India and Saudi Arabia.  After moving to the United States, he completed a residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a fellowship in both the Department of Cardiology and Department of Interventional Cardiology at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. 

Edward Stafford, M.D. joined Washington Ear, Nose and Throat in 2008. He is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his internship in General Surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, and his residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, both in New York City. He also completed a fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore. 

Mathew Van Deusen, M.D. is a Thoracic Surgeon with the WHS Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery practice.  He received his medical degree from Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and completed both his residency and fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.  Dr. Van Deusen is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Ziad Fawaz, M.D., MS is Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He sees patients at Washington Health System Radiation Oncology. Dr. Fawaz is board certified in Radiation Oncology. He received his medical degree from the University of Montreal and completed an Internal Medicine internship and a Radiation Oncology residency at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. He also received a master's degree in Experimental Medicine from McGill University.

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