Our office staff makes every effort to make you feel comfortable. All are experienced, long-term employees and all have been with us for many years. In fact, they like it here so much that we haven't had any turn-over of employees in more than five years.


Top Row, L-R: Carol, our secretary; Robin, our front desk assistant; Peggy, our receptionist; Connie, our office manager; Brigid, our billing manager; Jeannie, our biller. Bottom Row, L-R: Dana, medical assistant; Danielle, ultrasound/echocardiographic technologist; Rose Marie, biller; Regina, senior medical technologist.

Front Desk Staff
Our office Manager, Connie, tends to all aspects of our practice and is available to answer all your questions. She brings more than a decade of experience in Cardiology to assist you.

Our receptionist, Peggy, has twenty years of experience in her position and our office assistant Robin always has a smile and a desire to cooperate.

Our secretary, Carol, is behind the scenes but busy at all times.

Medical Staff
Our Echocardiographic Technologist, Danielle, trained with us and stayed on to work full-time to perform echocardiography and carotid and vascular imaging as well as other medical procedures.

Senior Medical Technologist Regina has been working in Cardiology for twenty years, the last fifteen with Dr. Ratner. Expert in all office procedures, she does it all and strives to make your visit as pleasant as possible.

Our newest Medical Assistant, Dana, has been with us for five years and is fully competent in all office procedures.

Our part-time echocardiographic technologists include Barbara, with more than twenty years of experience, including extensive experience with pediatric echocardiography, and Suresh, whose twenty-plus years of experience includes both echocardiography and general and vascular ultrasound. Our other part-time technologist, Iris, is a licensed X-ray technologist.

Our consultant staff includes a board-certified Radiologist and certified Radiation Physicists to assure the highest quality of medical care.

Billing Staff
Our Billing Manager, Brigid, is a Certified Professional Coder and the member of several professional organizations dedicated to maintaing professional standards in all aspects of medical billing. She is assisted by Jeannie and Rosemarie who have a combined 30+ years of experience. The staff is available to answer insurance and billing queries and may be contacted at 516-616-0808 or billing@sratnermd.com.

 

Joann Holmes, RPA-C
Joann is a registered and certified Physicians Assistant. A former Registered Nurse specializing in Critical Care, Joann went back to school for two additional years to achieve her current distinction, graduating with honors. Prior to coming to our practice, Joann worked for four years in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Westchester County Medical Center. She maintains her R.N. as well as additional qualifications in Cardiology, including Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
       In the office and hospital, Joann sees patients in conjunction with and in addition to Dr. Ratner. She is fully licensed to prescribe and administer prescription medications. Joann is an excellent educator and provides our patients and their families with dietary instruction, medication counseling and instruction, and general health information.

Lauren Klein, RPA-C
Our latest staff member, Lauren is a registered and certified Physicians Assistant. She comes to us from the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology Division of New York's Beth Israel Medical Center, where she acquired several years of expertise in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment.

     

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