Learn more about the faculty for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Atlantic Health System:
Jordan G. Safirstein, MD, FACC< FSCAI, RPVI
Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Coordinator, Catheterization Lab Education
Attending Cardiologist
In addition to his position at Atlantic Health System, Dr. Safirstein is a cardiologist in practice with Cardiology Consultants of North Morris. His expertise includes vascular interpretation, interventional cardiology, adult transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, cardiovascular disease, and internal medicine. He is a member of the New York Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Study Group.
Dr. Safirstein is a fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and American College of Cardiology, as well as a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, and American College of Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Safirstein earned his BA in biology at Colgate University and his MD at Chicago Medical School. After graduating, he completed his residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular intervention at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center under the auspices of New York Medical College.
Brian Forrestal, MD
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology
Fellowship Program
Attending Cardiologist, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Dr. Forrestal completed his undergraduate and medical school at Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Limerick, Ireland. After completing his Internal Medicine training at Morristown Medical Center, NJ he traveled down to Washington D.C. for Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology training at Georgetown University MedStar Washington Hospital, Washington D.C. Dr. Forrestal is currently employed in private practice with Cardiology Associates of New Jersey and Morristown Medical Center and Chilton Medical Center. He has authored/co-authored over 50 peer reviewed publications with clinical and research interests in intravascular imaging, complex coronary artery disease, pulmonary embolism and structural heart disease.
Lawrence Blitz, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Attending Cardiologist, Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Dr. Blitz is a consultative and interventional cardiologist in practice with Cardiology Associates of North Jersey since 1997. His areas of expertise include the medical and interventional management of coronary and peripheral vascular disease. He is also involved with the Interventional Valve Program at Morristown Medical Center.
After graduating from Haverford College and NYU School of medicine, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and fellowship training in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is active on the medical staffs of Morristown Medical Center as well as Chilton Medical Center where he serves as the Chairman of Cardiology and the Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. At Chilton Medical Center, he started the peripheral vascular interventional program and has directed the STEMI program since its initiation in 2005.
