The Richmond Health Network offers state of the art cardiovascular care throughout Staten Island. Our team of board-certified cardiologists will provide you with the highest level of care utilizing technologically advanced techniques to keep your heart in good health.
Our team of knowledgeable cardiovascular specialists provides advanced care from prevention to treatment with a personalized approach.
After meeting with one of our providers for an office examination, they will determine whether you may need additional testing to properly diagnose you.
We provide a wide range of treatment options in our fully equipped outpatient and inpatient facilities for conditions such as, but not limited to:
- Hypertension
- Prevention and Treatment of Heart Attack
- High Cholesterol
- Irregular Heartbeat
- Heart Failure
Cardiology Procedures and Services Offered:
- EKG
- Echocardiogram
- Regular Stress Test
- Nuclear Stress Test
- Exercise
- Pharmacological
- Holter/Telemetry monitors
- ABI/PVR testing
- Carotid Doppler Ultrasound
- Venous Duplex Ultrasound
- Arterial Duplex Ultrasound
- Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound
Meet Our Cardiovascular Team:
Our team is board certified in the following areas:
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Interventional Cardiology
- Echocardiography
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Endovascular Medicine
Vascular Procedures and Services:
Consultation services, management, treatment, and vascular procedures for peripheral artery and venous diseases at offered at 1161 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10301 and at Richmond University Medical Center.
- Diagnosis and care for range of vascular medicine conditions including:
- Chronic and long-term anticoagulation for deep vein thrombosis.
- Identification and management of post-thrombotic syndrome.
- Chronic superficial venous insufficiency including truncal vessels, perforators, tributary and accessory vessels.
- Management and treatment of varicose veins.
- Non-healing leg ulcers.
- Reticular veins.
- Telangiectasia.
- Venous treatment procedures done in office:
- Endovenous laser ablation therapy (EVLT).
- Mechanico-Chemical Endovenous Ablation therapy (MCEA or MOCA).
- Varithena non-compounded micro-foam injection sclerotherapy.
- Direct Injection Sclerotherapy.
- Ultrasound guided manual foam sclerotherapy.
- Sclerotherapy injection of reticular and spider veins.
- Peripheral arterial disease screening (P.A.D) using Ankle Brachial Index with segmental pulse volume recordings with and without exercise.
Management of peripheral artery disease:
- Intermittent claudication
- Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (critical limb ischemia).
- Non-healing arterial ulcers.
- Abdominal aorta aneurysm screening
- Non-invasive management for atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis.
- Screening and management for renal artery stenosis.
Our Locations:
1161 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10301 (Cardiology Services)
To schedule an appointment with one of our providers, please call: 718-818-7425 (Cardiology and Vascular Services)
Meet the Team
Alexa D’Angelo, MSN, APRN, FNP-C is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner passionate about caring for patients through every stage of life. She received her Bachelor’s in Nursing from Pace University and later completed her Master’s in Nursing for Family Nurse Practitioner at St. John Fisher University, where she advanced her clinical expertise and patient-centered approach to care.
Before transitioning into advanced practice, she gained extensive bedside experience in critical and acute care settings, including Medical-Surgical-Neuro Stepdown experience at NYP Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and Cardiology at Staten Island University Hospital. These roles strengthened her clinical judgment, ability to manage complex medical cases, and commitment to compassionate, individualized care.
She believes in creating meaningful patient relationships and providing care that empowers individuals to live healthier, fuller lives.
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Christina Dennedy is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a strong clinical foundation built over a decade in emergency medicine. She spent 10 years as an Emergency Department nurse, where she developed advanced skills in acute care, critical thinking, and patient advocacy. In 2024, Christina earned her Nurse Practitioner certification and transitioned into Cardiology, where she now provides comprehensive cardiovascular care across both acute and outpatient settings. Her practice focuses on patient-centered education, prevention, and evidence-based management of cardiac conditions. Christina is committed to empowering patients through clear communication, compassionate care, and a holistic understanding of their health need.
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Dr. Galligan is a highly qualified and competent cardiologist who serves his Staten Island community with experienced and expert care. He began his medical education at St. George’s School of Medicine. After graduating, he completed his postgraduate training and fellowship at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center where he served as chief fellow of general and interventional cardiology. His focus in school became the specialties in which he would later become board certified. These include:
- Internal medicine
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
He is also registered in vascular interpretation and a member of several prestigious national organizations, including the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Physicians.
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Dr. Rotatori graduated from medical school at the University of Milan in Italy. He followed up his education with postgraduate training at the Centro Cardiologico Monzino, a prestigious medical center in Milan that specializes in cardiovascular disease. He later attended the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine. Since completing his training, Dr. Rotatori has earned board certification in the following:
- Internal medicine
- Cardiovascular disease
- Interventional cardiology
- Echocardiography
- Nuclear cardiology
At the Richmond Health Network, Dr. Rotatori serves a variety of patients with skilled diagnoses and treatments of conditions. These include congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart attacks, hypertension, and more.
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Gautham Upadhya, MD, MPH was born and raised in Scarsdale, New York. He completed his undergraduate education at Boston University where he majored in Economics and Pre-medicine. Subsequently, he pursued and finished a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on international health from The New York Medical College School of Public Health. He completed his Medical school education from the American University of Antigua in conjunction with the Kasturba Medical College-International Campus Program in India.
Dr. Upadhya returned to New York City where he did his Internal Medicine residency and served as Chief Resident for a year at the Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He then went on to complete both General and Interventional Cardiology fellowships at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center. This included time spent at multiple hospitals in Brooklyn, Long Island and Staten Island. He was the designated Chief Interventional Fellow this year and was awarded the Fellow of the Year at his graduation in June 2023.
Dr. Upadhya is currently Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Adult Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. He is an active member of multiple medical associations and has several peer-reviewed publications, including presentations at National Cardiology conferences.
Gautham Upadhya currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Linda and together they share one son.
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