Wellstar Center for Cardiovascular Care

Dr. McKee graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his internship, residency, Cardiovascular Disease fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Dr. McKee is board certified in cardiology and interventional cardiology. His special interests are in complex coronary interventions and revascularization of chronically occluded coronary arteries, exercise stress testing, echocardiography and platelet biology and function. Dr. McKee joined Cardiovascular Medicine in August 2007. He is currently on staff at Wellstar Cobb, Douglas, Kennestone and Paulding hospitals. During his leisure time, he enjoys boating, fishing, camping and spending time with his wife and children.

Dr. Piedad is a board-certified cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Dr. Piedad received his medical degree from the University of Rochester and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

He completed his residency in internal medicine at the New York University Medical Center and his fellowship training at the New York University Medical Center for cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology.

Dr. Piedad specializes in cardiac electrophysiology. His interests include complex arrhythmia management, permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization devices, electrophysiologic studies, and ablations for cardiac arrhythmias: including ablation for atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. He is particularly interested in ablation for atrial fibrillation.

He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and is a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and the Cobb County Medical Society.

Dr. Mannino received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Boston University. After medical school, he went on to complete his internship and residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N. J. During his final year of residency, he served as the chief resident in internal medicine. Dr. Mannino subsequently went on to complete fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at the Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City. During his medical training, Dr. Mannino was the recipient of numerous academic and teaching awards, including Intern of the Year, Resident of the Year, and Fellow of the Year. Dr. Mannino specializes in the non-surgical treatment of complex coronary artery disease, mechanical circulatory support, trans radial coronary interventions and robotic coronary interventions.

Dr. Lee, who is originally from Boston, is a non-invasive cardiologist with advanced training in congestive heart failure and non-invasive cardiac imaging. He is the medical director of the Wellstar Congestive Heart Failure program. Dr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. He earned his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine, graduating summa cum laude. He completed his internship and residency at Barnes Hospital/ Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Mo., followed by a Cardiovascular Disease research fellowship at the same institution.

Dr. Lee was the internal medicine chief resident at Barnes Hospital in 1998 and was co-editor of The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics. He completed his Cardiovascular Disease clinical fellowship at Barnes Hospital/Washington University in 2000. Dr. Lee is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. Dr. Lee joined Wellstar Medical Group, Cardiovascular Medicine in September 2006. He is currently on staff at Wellstar Cobb, Douglas and Kennestone hospitals.

Dr. Riley, a cardiac electrophysiologist, received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and philosophy from the Rockhurst University in 1996, and went on to attend medical school at Georgetown University. After completing his internship and residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, he completed his cardiovascular disease training at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He then spent two years at Emory University.

Dr. Riley is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and cardiac electrophysiology. He worked with Solaris Heart for two years before joining us at Wellstar Center for Cardiovascular Care.