Piedmont Heart of Perimeter

Michael Hoosien, MD MSc, received his medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He continued his training with an internal medicine residency at the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital, a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular cardiology at the Miller School of Medicine, followed by fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He also holds a masters degree in biotechnology and bioinformatics from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hoosien is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases. He is bilingual and fluent in both English and German.

Dr. Hoosien treats patients with cardiac arrhythmias. He has a special interest in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, management of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia, and cardiac resynchronization therapy.

In his spare time, Dr. Hoosien enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, and art.

Dr. Hoosien welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Dr. Simpson completed his undergraduate training and earned his medical degree summa cum laude from Emory University in Atlanta. He served a general surgery internship and an orthopedic surgery residency with Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard University in Boston. Dr. Simpson then returned to Atlanta to complete a cardiology fellowship with Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. He is board certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and National Board of Medical Examiners. He also sat for the Cardiovascular Board Exam and is certified in both basic and advanced cardiac life support (BCLS and ACLS). He is currently a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Simpson is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He currently is in practice at the Roswell location of the Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians.

Dr. Wickliffe specializes in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. A graduate of the Emory University School of Medicine, he completed his internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, and cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Emory University Hospital. Awarded an Outstanding Teaching Resident by the Emory University School of Medicine, he was also named an Outstanding Teaching Fellow. He is board certified in cardiology, electrophysiology and internal medicine. A member of several speakers's bureaus, he is also a published author. In addition, Dr. Wickliffe is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia.

Dr. Sun earned his medical degree from Hunan Medical University in China and completed his Internal Medicine residency at University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA. He completed his fellowship in Cardiology at Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Sun has been practicing medicine/cardiology for 20 years. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Sun was a medical staff member at Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and attending cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Sun specializes in cardiovascular diseases prevention and treatment. Dr. Sun has special interests in congestive heart failure, and cardiac imaging.

In his spare time, Dr. Sun enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He enjoys hiking, gardening, international cuisines, and opera. Dr. Sun is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.

Dr. Hoff completed his medical degree, internship, junior and senior medical residencies and fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine and affiliated hospitals in Atlanta. He received his undergraduate training at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. His professional memberships include the Medical Association of Georgia and the Medical Association of Atlanta. Dr. Hoff currently practices in Roswell, Ga. with The Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians group.

Dr. Lall received her bachelor’s degree in biology at Youngstown State University followed by a medical degree from the Georgia campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then completed her internal medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, OH, her cardiology fellowship at Marshall University in WV, and further pursued and completed an advanced echocardiography/nuclear cardiology fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University. She is currently board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Lall’s clinical interests include valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, and cardiac imaging. In her spare time, Dr. Lall enjoys spending time with her family, working out, and traveling.

Dr. Lall is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.

Dr. Kenneth G. Taylor is a general and interventional cardiologist who specializes in heart failure. Dr. Taylor founded and serves as the medical director for the Fuqua Heart Failure Resource Center and works with the Advanced Heart Failure program at Piedmont Heart. Dr. Taylor holds board certifications in Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation as well as Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Echocardiography. He specializes in Advanced Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology, and has additional interests in cardiac imaging (Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography), Pulmonary Hypertension and the cardiac evaluation of Liver and Kidney transplant candidates. Dr. Taylor earned his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and his cardiology fellowship at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston. He has been an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Tufts Medical Center and is currently Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Georgia Regents University.