Elisa C Taffe, MD, FSVM, CWSP

Dr. Tsukashita has particular clinical interest in aortic root replacement, aortic, atrial fibrillation, cardiac, coronary artery bypass graft, and heart valve repair, reconstruction and replacement surgeries, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), heart transplant, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), mechanical structural heart disease, and minimally invasive heart surgery. He received his medical degree from Kyoto University in Kyoto City, Japan. He earned his doctor of philosophy degree at Kyoto University’s Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine where he also completed his residency. He received fellowship training in cardiovascular surgery as a clinical fellow at New York University Hospital Medical Center. He received training in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Tsukashita has published many articles in medical journals on his clinical research.

William Terrill, MD William Terrill, MD, is a specialist in interventional and diagnostic radiology, with expertise in advanced interventional procedures such as angiography, arterial and venous angioplasty/stenting, catheter-directed thrombolysis, and percutaneous tumor ablation. He is skilled in treating complex conditions such as deep vein thrombosis, peripheral vascular disease, and varicoceles, and he performs procedures like uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) and vertebral augmentation (vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty). Dr. Terrill is also experienced in transarterial chemoembolization/radioembolization (TACE/TARE) and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS). Dr. Terrill earned his medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University and completed his residency training through the AHN Allegheny General Hospital and AHN West Penn Hospital Medical Education Consortium, where he also completed his internship and fellowship. He is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology in both Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Terrill welcomes patients ages 18 and older.

Dr. Cerejo is an interventional neurologist with fellowship training in endovascular treatment of blood vessel disorders of the brain, neck, and spine. He specializes in diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke, TIA, and intracerebral hemorrhage. Specific conditions include intracranial aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, carotid-cavernous fistula, epistaxis, carotid artery and vertebral artery dissections, carotid artery and intracranial stenosis or blockage, dural arteriovenous fistula, spinal cord malformations, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and vertebral artery stenosis and blockage. His expertise includes acute stroke therapy, cerebral and spinal angiography, endovascular aneurysm treatment (coiling and flow-diversion), pre-operative tumor embolization, stenting, and vascular malformation embolization. Dr. Cerejo completed his residency in neurology, followed by fellowships in vascular neurology and endovascular surgical neuroradiology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with a subspecialty certificate in vascular neurology, Dr. Cerejo is co-director of endovascular services at the Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cerebrovascular Center. He is a member of American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, American Academy of Neurology, Association of Indian Neurologists in America, Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, and Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology. Dr. Cerejo is a former blogger for Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. His current research focuses on mild acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion. Dr. Cerejo has medical privileges at Allegheny General Hospital.