Dr. Soffer returned to Lenox Hill Hospital in 2004 to join his mentor, Dr. Gary Roubin and his interventional team after a two year tenure in North Carolina where he stamped his expertise in cardiac, carotid and peripheral interventions. Dr Soffer trained at the world renowned William Beaumont Hospital with Drs. William O'Neill, Cindy Grines and Robert Safian. He completed his residency and his cardiology fellowship programs at Lenox Hill Hospital and he is currently board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Soffer brought with him extensive experience in primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction from Michigan and North Carolina where his program was the regional center for a tri-state area. In Michigan, Dr. Soffer participated in the first TandemHeart®, a percutaneous left ventricular assist device, performed in the United States. In North Carolina, he assembled a team of vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists to create a successful carotid stent program and he was one of the first physicians in the country to use a new atherectomy device, (SilverHawk made by Fox Hollow), in patients with lower extremity claudication and critical limb ischemia.
In addition to high risk coronary interventions, carotid stenting and limb salvage procedures involving thrombectomy and atherectomy, Dr. Soffer has an abiding interest in reno-vascular hypertension and renal preservation. He also performs percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects, and percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty of the aortic and mitral valves.
Areas of Expertise
Coronary artery disease, angiography and interventions
Carotid and peripheral vascular disease and interventions
Adult congenital and valvular heart disease and interventions
Reno-vascular hypertension and intervention
Experience
Present
Lenox Hill Interventional Cardiac & Vascular Services, P.C.
Cardiac, Endovascular, and Carotid Interventions
Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Department of Interventional Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
2002-2004
Carolina Heart, P.A.
Interventional cardiology, endovascular and carotid interventions
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville, NC
Education & Training
Medical School
1985-1993, Doctor of Medicine
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Postdoctoral Training
Fellowships
2000-2002
Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Interventions
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
1997-2000
Clinical Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Residency
1995-1997, Residency
Internal Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Internship
1994-1995, Internship (PGY 1)
Internal Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Honors & Awards
1990-1991
Two-Time Recipient, Swiss Foundation Scholarship
1990
Selected Honorary Student, Cardiology and Emergency Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
1989
Visiting Honorary Student, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Üelleval Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Lenox Hill Hospital
Department of Interventional Cardiology
130 East 77th Street,
9th floor
New York, NY 10021
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