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Dr. Muschel was an original member and attending physician of the practice when it was established in 1987 as the Ramapo Cardiology Associates. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of preventive cardiology, with a focus on cholesterol management to keep hearts strong and to restore health after a heart attack or other cardiac event. Dr. Muschel received all of his medical education and specialty training at the renowned Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, completing fellowships in clinical cardiology in 1986 and in nuclear and non-invasive cardiology in 1987. During this time, he received the prestigious Robert Loeb Award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In addition, he co-authored several articles on myocardial imaging that appeared in publications including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and Circulation (a publication of the American Heart Association). Dr. Muschel also has a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Yeshiva College in New York where he received the Samual & Emily Lemler Award for Excellence in Premedical Sciences. Dr. Muschel is an assistant attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and an Assistant Professor in Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Bhagan-Bruno is a Board Certified Cardiologist and imaging expert, specializing in the latest techniques in echocardiology and nuclear medicine. Prior to joining the practice in 2011, Dr. Bhagan-Bruno was the Assistant Attending Physician at Harlem Hospital Medical Center and is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University. Dr. Bhagan-Bruno graduated from the New York University School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center, and her cardiology fellowship at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center. She holds a B.S. degree in chemistry and biology from St. John’s University, where she was a National Honor Society Member and received the University’s Community Service Award. Dr. Bhagan-Bruno has co-authored several medical articles that have appeared in publications including the Journal of Interventional Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. She also has participated in cardiac-related research projects for St. Vincent’s Medical Center, the NYU School of Medicine, the New York-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Bhagan-Bruno has a keen interest in women and heart disease. She lectures about women’s heart health issues to area business and social groups and at local health fairs. A working mother herself, she enjoys spending time traveling with her family and delights in seeing the world through the eyes of her child.

Dr. Rajiv Singh, MD FACC FSCAI is a board-certified interventional cardiologist providing preventive, non-invasive, and invasive cardiovascular evaluation and treatment. After a decorated tenure as a scholar-athlete at Rutgers Preparatory School, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Neuroscience and Philosophy of the Mind, where he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship and named a National Goldwater Scholar. He attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he organized the Columbia Medical Student 9/11 Response Team to obtain and deliver food and healthcare to first responders at Ground Zero in the first 72 hours. He has since been in practice in New York and New Jersey, where he established multiple new programs for trans-radial heart catheterization. He was the founder and Director of the Structural Heart Disease and Pulmonary Embolus Response Team programs at Westchester Medical Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, before returning to Columbia University as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. He is privileged to provide this comprehensive non-invasive and invasive experience to his patients, and inspired to bring the resources of Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian to the community he enjoys with his family as active members of their local sports and school system.