Inspiring Optimism in Heart Valve Patients

Less than 2% of structural and interventional cardiologists are women in the United States. Nishtha Sodhi, MD, FACC, is among this small group of highly trained, expert female physicians. She completed medical school at Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency training at the Cleveland Clinic. She then pursued her cardiology, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease fellowships at Barnes Jewish Hospital of Washington University St. Louis. Dr. Sodhi holds several leadership positions on national committees, including the Education Standards and Outcomes Committee and the Awards Committee of the ACC. She previously served on the Accreditation Compliance Workgroup, the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) ACTION Registry Committee for Quality Improvement in STEMI and NSTEMI, and was part of the founding committee to create the Women in Cardiology Section of the ACC Missouri Chapter. 

Dr. Gabriel Olivares is a cardiac surgeon at the Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute. Dr. Olivares received his medical degree, general surgery and cardiac surgery training from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. He additionally completed a 3-year fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Following his training, he returned to Santiago, Chile where he practiced for 7 years. Dr. Olivares has specific clinical interests in Complex and Re-do Surgery, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Aortic Surgery.

Dr. Konstantinos Voudris is a Structural & Interventional Cardiologist at the Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute. He completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Crete and completed fellowship at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, before joining the practice full-time. His research interests are heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy, hypertension and high blood pressure.

Nichol (Coley) Landvik has many years of experience in cardiovascular clinical research. Before joining the MHIF's structural heart team, she spent time managing clinical research trials at the University of Minnesota.

Carrie Hiemstra is the valve coordinator at the Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute® at United Hospital St. Paul. With many years of experience as an RN, Carrie brings her everyday expertise into the field of valvular heart disease.