Meet Our Team
Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
Ellis Medicine is a founding member of the 80-member PERT (Pulmonary Embolism Response Team) consortium, a nationwide collective of hospitals with expertise and interest in coordinated delivery of care for patients with Pulmonary Embolism. Ellis is the only hospital in the Capital Region with a PERT Program.
History of PERT
The concept of Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) was first introduced by a group of physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston led by its Chief of Vascular Medicine Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield. Since then, like-minded and forward thinking institutions have formed an alliance called the PERT consortium which enables these hospitals to share experiences,
best practices and help educate other physicians and hospitals.
The collaboration includes a trigger to a virtual or live discussion between Critical Care and Cardiology PERT designated physicians who will collaborate with other specialists such as Interventional Cardiology, Radiology, Pharmacy and Cardiothoracic Surgery to develop a diagnostic and treatment pathway best suited to that patient. This may include additional testing,
standard anticoagulation or in selected high risk situations, delivery of catheter based or surgical clot extraction. The Ellis Medicine Wright Heart Center Physicians & Surgeons have expertise in invasive therapies such as catheter directed thrombolysis, EKOS ultrasonic aided pharmacomechanical thrombolysis, AngioVac Vortex thrombectomy and surgical pulmonary thrombo-embolectomy.
The Ellis PERT team is led by Dr. Satish Madiraju, Dr. Ahmed Khan, Dr. Saddam Abisse, Dr. Christopher Dibble and Dr. Steve Piacentine with support from Interventional Cardiologists and Cardiothoracic Surgeons at the Wright Heart Center. The team is a collaborative effort between several area practices including Schenectady Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates, Cardiology Associates of Schenectady, Ellis Division of Emergency Medicine, Ellis Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ellis Department of
Radiology and the Ellis Department of Pharmacy.
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Saddam S. Abisse, M.D.
Cardiology Associates of Schenectady
2546 Balltown Road
Schenectady, New York 12309
Phone: 518.377.8184
Fax: 518.381.1696
Dr. Abisse is a non-invasive cardiologist with clinical interests in general cardiology, amyloidosis, valvular heart disease, cardiac imaging, and advanced structural heart imaging. He is currently Chief of Cardiology at Ellis Hospital and serves as Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory.
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Christopher T. Dibble, M.D.
Cardiology Associates of Schenectady, PC
2546 Balltown Road, Suite 300
Schenectady, New York 12309
Phone: 518.377.8184
Fax: 518.381.1696
Dr. Dibble practices all areas of noninvasive cardiology including heart failure, valvular disease, arrhythmias, coronary disease, and preventive cardiology. He has served on the board of trustees for the Foundation for Ellis Medicine and is a current board member of St. Peters Health Partners Medical Associates.
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Ahmed Y. Khan, M.D.
Schenectady Pulmonary Critical Care at Ellis
1101 Nott Street
Schenectady, New York 12308
Phone: 518.289.2400
Fax: 518.243.1350
Zephyr Valve-trained. Specializing in Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR).