Our Physicians
Georges AbouRjaili, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Education & Background
-Medical degree from the Lebanese University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon in 2003.
-Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Residency and Cardiology Fellowship training at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY in 2011.
-Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY in 2012.
-Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN until 2013.
-Joined Riverside Cardiology Associates in 2016.
-Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California Riverside – School of Medicine since 2017.
-Clinical Assistant Professor at California Health Sciences University – College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2024.
Specialties
Specializes in complex coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, structural heart disease interventions including atrial septal defect (ASD) closure, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER/MitraClip), and varicose vein ablation procedures.
Has a special interest in preventive cardiology and is actively treating rare cardiac conditions like ATTR amyloidosis and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
Certifications &
Accreditations
Board certified in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Interventional Cardiology.
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI).
Member of the American Heart Association and the American Medical Association.
Alain Waked, MD, FACC
Education & Background
-Medical degree from the Lebanese University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon in 2003.
-Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Residency and Cardiology Fellowship training at Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY in 2011.
-Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee in 2012.
-Worked in private practice for four years in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he helped establish and lead a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and chronic total occlusion (CTO) program.
-Joined Riverside Cardiology Associates in 2017.
-Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California Riverside – School of Medicine since 2019.
-Core faculty for the cardiology fellowship program and Served as Chairman of the Cardiovascular Service at Riverside Community Hospital through January 2026.
Specialties
Specializes in complex coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, structural heart disease interventions including atrial septal defects (ASD) closure, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair (Teer/MitraClip).
Dr. Waked is also proficient in pacemaker placement including leadless pacemaker implants and loop recorder placement.
Dr. Waked has a special interest in lipidology, orthostatic hypotension and resistant hypertension.
Certifications &
Accreditations
Board certified in Internal Medicine (2007), Nuclear Cardiology (2010), Echocardiography (2011), Cardiovascular Disease (2012), and Interventional Cardiology (2013).
Runs the practice's vein clinic, where he performs minimally invasive varicose vein ablation.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and is a member of the American Heart Association.