About Dr. Shenkman
Heather Shenkman, MD, FACC, is an interventional cardiologist in practice in Tarzana, California. Originally from the Detroit area, she attended medical school at Albany Medical College and completed her internal medicine residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She completed her cardiology fellowship training at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, and her interventional cardiology fellowship training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
While she performs complex angioplasties to open up clogged coronary arteries, she prefers to help her patients reduce their risk of heart disease through not only medication, but also a healthy lifestyle, including a plant-based diet and regular exercise.
Dr. Shenkman has followed a plant-based diet since 2005. She is an avid athlete, having completed over 100 events of various distances, from sprint triathlons to Ironman distance triathlons, marathons and ultramarathons, and several 100-mile century cycling events.
About Yesenia Davis NP
Yesenia Davis, NP, FNP-C, has been in the healthcare industry for fifteen years. She completed her undergraduate studies and received her B.S. degree in Nursing from the California State University, Los Angeles in 2014.
Ms. Davis returned to her alma mater at Cal State Los Angeles in 2019 to pursue her lifelong goal of becoming a nurse practitioner. While attending graduate school, she worked full-time as a registered nurse in the ER during the Covid pandemic at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Ms. Davis completed her second year of clinical practicums to graduate as an NP under the ANEW(Advance Nurse Education Workforce) program. She was welcomed to this program by the Medical Education department at the AltaMed Institute for Health Equity for her commitment to a career serving the medically underserved. In 2021 she earned her Master of Science in Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner specialization. Soon after, Ms. Davis became board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Ms. Davis’ first NP position was held at an Urgent Care where she worked independently, responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients of all ages with acute and chronic medical conditions as well as acute injuries. Later, she moved to a general cardiology practice where she was responsible for assessing, diagnosing and managing cardiac issues including heart failure, arrhythmias, chest pain and acute coronary syndrome while collaborating with supervising cardiologists.
Ms. Davis has found her passion in providing quality care to patients with conditions that affect the heart. She finds satisfaction in the ability to teach, treat and prevent heart disease, improving patients’ quality of life. Ms. Davis is fluent in Spanish which has made her an invaluable asset within the healthcare community. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities and traveling, when she is not spending time with her family and friends.
