Kent N. Gershengorn, MD, FACC
Dr. Gershengorn was born in New York City and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University before attending the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York before completing a fellowship in clinical cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, where he currently is Clinical Professor of Medicine. He was recently selected (along with seven other cardiologists in Northern California) as one of "America's Top Doctors".

Ann K. Kao, MD, FACC
Dr. Kao received her undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles, and attended medical school at the New York University School of Medicine. Her Internal Medicine residency was completed at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and she received advanced fellowship training in Cardiology at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Kao joined Cardiology Associates of Marin and San Francisco and the Attending Physician Staff of Marin General Hospital in 1991. She is an active member of a number of professional organizations and has served on the Board of Directors of the Marin Medical Society. Dr. Kao is an author on a number of scientific publications.

Steven Hao, MD, FACC
Medical Director Electrophysiology Laboratory
Dr. Steven Hao graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1996. He completed his Internship and Residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and two fellowships in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York. Dr. Hao is board certified in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Dr. Hao is the principal investigator for several multi-center trials in electrophysiology, has lectured both nationally and internationally on many areas of electrophysiology including catheter ablation for arterial atrial fibrillation

David C. Sperling, MD, FACC
Dr. Sperling was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed residency at Cleveland Metro General Hospital. Dr. Sperling has been a Clinical Instructor at UCSF and is married with two children.

Brian Keeffe, MD, FACC
Dr. Keeffe is originally from Portland, Oregon. He is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC with majors in English and economics. Dr. Keeffe also attended medical school at Georgetown, where he graduated with honors. He then trained in internal medicine at Stanford University, followed by cardiovascular disease training at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Melinda Aquino, MD
Dr. Aquino was born and raised in South Bend Indiana. She received a degree in international politics from Georgetown University, then attended Indiana University for medical school. She completed her general surgery residency at Boston Medical Center. She subsequently stayed at Boston Medical Center for her vascular fellowship, and then completed an endovascular fellowship at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. Her clinical interests include the endovascular and open treatment of peripheral vascular disease, carotid disease, and abdominal aneurysms, as well as new treatments for varicose veins.

Brian L. Strunk, MD, FACC
Brian Strunk, born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Princeton University and his medical degree from Harvard University. After his medical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, he completed his cardiology fellowship at Stanford University. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease as well as Interventional Cardiology. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Interventional Cardiology and has published several articles on interventional cardiology. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF and co-chair of the cardiology division at MGH.

Richard Hongo, MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Dr. Richard Hongo received his M.D. in 1995 from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He completed his Internship and Residency at Legacy Emanuel/Good Samaritan Hospitals in Portland, and Cardiology at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. His Electrophysiology training was completed at the University of California, San Francisco in 2003. Dr. Hongo is board certified in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology. Dr. Hongo's expertise covers the full range of current technology and skill in cardiac arrhythmias management, including specialized pacemakers for resynchronizing the weakened heart, implantable defibrillators, and catheter ablation for heart rhythm problems.

Arun Raghupathy, MD

Dr. Raghupathy received his undergraduate and medical school degrees from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.  He completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA.  He then completed fellowships in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.  Dr. Raghupathy is trained in peripheral vascular medicine and peripheral intervention.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, and Nuclear Cardiology.

Kin-Man Lai

Dr. Kin-Man Lai was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Los Angeles.  He attended college at UC Irvine, majoring in Chemistry, and stayed on there for medical school.  Later, he completed General Surgery residency at Stanford University and Vascular Surgery fellowship at Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  Prior to joining Cardiovascular Associates, Dr. Lai was a practicing Vascular and Endovascular surgeon at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa.  Also, he is an assistant clinical professor at UCSF.