Interventional cardiology
The full-service cardiac catheterization laboratories at White Plains Hospital provide the community with numerous options for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. We opened the Joan and Alan Herfort, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Lab in 2008 and began performing emergency cardiac catheterizations in 2010. In late 2015, the Hospital proudly opened the Marie Promuto Cardiac Cath Lab with state-of-the-art equipment to best meet the demand of a growing number of patients who are in need of interventional and emergency angioplasty, device implants and other procedures.
The Hospital continues to meet the challenge of enormous growth seen over the past several years while exceeding quality benchmarks. Our "Door-to-balloon time" is consistently under one hour and "Major adverse events" remains above the 90th percentile nationally demonstrating the focus and commitment to providing exceptional care to the community.
Cardiac catheterization
White Plains Hospital offers its community numerous options for the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Our full-service Cardiac Catheterization Labs feature best-in-class equipment to optimally meet the demand of a growing number of patients who are in need of interventional and emergency coronary angioplasty.
Current capabilities include:
- Right and left heart catheterization, pulmonary artery catheterization
- Coronary atherectomy
- Coronary intravascular lithotripsy
- Intravascular imaging and coronary flow measurement
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
- Intra-aortic balloon pump insertion/Impella insertion
- Rotational atherectomy/CSI/laser atherectomy
- Pericardiocentesis
- Elective TEE with/without cardioversion
- Thrombolytic therapy
- Peripheral angiogram/intervention
- IVC filter placement
- Hemodialysis catheter insertion
Expert care
Judah Rauch, MD
Director of Cardiac Catheterization, White Plains Hospital
Board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, Dr. Judah Rauch is the Director of Cardiac Catheterization and White Plains Hospital, an interventional cardiologist at Montefiore, and assistant professor of Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease. He has a particular interest in the care of patients with acute coronary syndromes, cardiogenic shock and complex coronary disease.
Electrophysiology
The Electrophysiology department focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of arrhythmias. Its evolution parallels that of Cardiac Electrophysiology itself. The field has evolved from being largely research and diagnostic/medical-driven to an interventional one – with innovative therapeutics that have dramatically changed patients' lives for the better.
Our specialties include:
- Cardiac implantable electronic devices
- Pacemaker implantation
- Defibrillator implantation
- Implantable loop recorder insertion
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Leadless pacemaker implantation
- Electrophysiology study and catheter ablation
- Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ablation
- Ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation
- Transeptal puncture
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- WATCHMAN LAA closure
Expert care
Daniel Wang, MD
Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, White Plains Hospital
A board-certified cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist and the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Dr. Daniel Wang’s professional focus is on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of arrhythmias. By implementing the latest therapies in catheter ablation, pacemakers, and defibrillators, his goal is to help patients with arrhythmias live longer and better lives.
Dr. Wang's areas of expertise include advance treatment options, such as leadless pacemakers, subcutaneous defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapy, and HIS-bundle pacing. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and conducted his internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed fellowship programs in cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at Columbia University Medical Center and received his postdoctoral training at the Columbia University Medical Center's Division of Cardiology.