Program Faculty
Haitham Dib, MD, MBA, CPE, FACC, FACP, FHFSA
Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Director
Director, AtlantiCare Physician Group, Cardiology
Clinical Cardiologist- AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board Certified, Cardiovascular disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant, Echocardiography
Residency, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Critical Care Fellowship, Cooper University
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Guthrie Clinic, Robert Packer Hospital
Core Teaching Faculty, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Devender Akula, MD, FACC, FHRS
Associate Program Director
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist-AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board certified: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine
EP Fellowship: St Vincent’s Hospital Indianapolis Ind.
Cardiology Fellowship: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Chief Fellow)
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Michael Link, MD
Core Faculty
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist-AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board certified: Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine
EP Fellowship: Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA
Cardiology Fellowship: Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA
Alpha Omega Alpha; inducted 2004
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society; inducted 2004
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Yatish Merchant, MD, FACC
Core Faculty
Clinical Cardiologist- AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board Certified: Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiology Fellowship: Deborah Heart and Lung Center Browns Mills, NJ
Internal Medicine Residency: Atlantic City Medical Center Atlantic City, NJ
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Vin Patel, MD, FACC
Core Faculty
Medical Director-Ornish Cardiac Rehab Program AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Medical Director- Heart and Vascular Unit AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board Certified: Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography, board eligible- Nuclear Cardiology
Cardiology Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ
Level II Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology Deborah Heart and Lung Center Browns Mills, NJ
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Inga Robbins, MD, FACC, FASE
Core Faculty
Clinical Cardiologist- AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board certified: Cardiovascular Disease and American Society of Echocardiography
Cardiology Fellowship: Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA
Internal Medicine Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Specialized Training:
- Transthoracic echocardiography
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Exercise echocardiography
- Dobutamine echocardiography
Board Member, Delaware Valley Echo Society
Past Co-Chair, South Jersey Echo Society
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Jeffery Van Hook, DO
Core Faculty
Medical Director: Structural Heart Disease Program- AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Interventional Cardiologist-AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board certified: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, and Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Cooper University Hospital/Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Camden, NJ
Fellowship: Added Qualification in Peripheral Vascular Intervention- Cooper University Hospital/Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Camden, NJ
Cardiology Fellowship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic, Stratford NJ Medicine
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program
Jing Zheng, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE
Core Faculty
Medical Director Noninvasive Cardiology- AtlantiCare Heart Institute
Board Certified: Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography
Cardiology Fellowship: Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Internal Medicine Residency: George Washington University-Providence Hospital Washington, DC
NJ Top Doc recognition 2012
Guest Professor, Fujian Medical College, China
Teaching Faculty AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program