Providers

Providers of Change of Heart Cardiology in New Jersey


Robert G. Kayser, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI

Robery G Kayser

Areas of Expertise

Interventional Cardiology 
Peripheral Vascular Diasease 
General Cardiology 
Nuclear Cardiology 
Cardiac Computed Tomography

Hospital Affiliations

Jersey Shore University Medical Center 
CentraState Medical Center

Credentials

  • Diplomate-American Board of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Disease 
  • Diplomate-American Board of Internal Medicine-Interventional Cardiology 
  • Diplomate-Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology-Nuclear Cardiology 
  • Diplomate-Certification Board of Cardiac Computed Tomography 
  • FAA-Aviation Medical Examiner
A Jersey shore native, Dr. Kayser grew up in Lakewood and graduated from Lakewood High in 1985. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and was commissioned a lieutenant in the US Air Force in 1989. He spent the next three years as an explosive ordnance disposal officer with duty stations across the country as well as a tour of duty in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. During his service, Dr Kayser was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal, Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medial, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Campaign Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal. At the end of 1992, he left the Air Force and returned to upstate NY, where over the next five years, he worked as a paramedic and attended graduate school. In 1997, he received an M.B.A. in Health Systems Administration from Union College in Schenectady, NY. That same year he entered medical school at New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. For his academic performance at NJMS, he was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society, and in 2001 graduated with an M.D. degree. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and his general and interventional cardiology fellowships at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Upon completing fellowship, he decided to return home and joined Change of Heart Cardiology.

Dr Kayser has published several peer reviewed articles in the medical literature and has presented research at major local, regional and national medical meetings. His clinical interests are in the endovascular treatment of atherosclerosis in both the heart and peripheral vascular beds as well as general and consultative cardiology. He currently serves as Chairman, Divisions of Cardiology and Endovascular Interventions for CentraState Medical Center, Freehold, New Jersey and is a member of the Cardiac Catheterization Quality Assurance Committee for Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune New Jersey. He is a Core Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery with Seton Hall Medical School, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine with Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a certified Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration. He has also served as a flight surgeon in the New Jersey Air National Guard, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and served as the Chief of Aerospace Medicine for the 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. He is married to Colleen, and has two sons named Brandon and Zachary.

Peter J. Hynes, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI

Areas of Expertise

Interventional Cardiology
Peripheral Vascular Disease
General Cardiology
Nuclear Cardiology
Vascular Imaging

Hospital Affiliations

Jersey Shore University Medical Center
CentraState Medical Center

Credentials

  • Diplomate-American Board of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Disease
  • Diplomate-American Board of Internal Medicine-Interventional Cardiology
  • Diplomate-Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology-Nuclear Cardiology
  • Diplomate-American Board of Vascular Medicine-Endovascular Pathway 
  • Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation-American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Dr. Hynes is a native of Milton, MA. He graduated from Boston College High School in 1997 and received a B.A. in Chemistry, magna cum laude, from Boston University in 2001. Immediately following college, he enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from where he graduated in 2005 with an M.D. degree. Dr. Hynes moved to the tri-state area after medical school for his residency in internal medicine at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. After completing residency, he moved to New Jersey for fellowship training in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (now known as Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School). In 2012, he joined Change of Heart Cardiology.

Dr. Hynes has been actively involved in research and education throughout his career. He has published articles in peer reviewed medical journals and his work has been presented at local, regional and national medical and scientific meetings. His past research projects have included optimizing the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency room, comparison of revascularization strategies in patients on hemodialysis, the utility of non-invasive imaging to diagnose non-obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with cardiomyopathy, and quality improvement initiatives to improve the education of cardiovascular fellows, as well as case reports of coronary artery anomalies and a possible link between myocardial infarction and patent foramen ovale. He continues to participate in the clinical research program and is active in teaching residents and fellows at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. 

His clinical interests focus on the catheter-based treatment of coronary artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery stenosis, and venous thromboembolic disease, as well as general inpatient and office based cardiovascular disease. He is a Core Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiology with Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine with Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is married to Kimberly and has three sons, Noah, Ryan and Shawn.

Ilona Poley, PA-C, MPAS

Ilona Poley is a native of Belarus. She came to the United States in 1997 with her parents. She is fluent in both Russian and English. Ilona graduated from Jackson Liberty High School in 2011 and attended Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ, graduating cum laude in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in biology. Shortly after, Ilona was accepted to the accelerated physician assistant program at Touro College in Long Island, NY. In 2018, she graduated with a second bachelor's degree in science and master's degree in physician assistant studies. Ilona then returned home in Jackson, NJ. With a strong passion for cardiology, she joined Change of Heart Cardiology in 2019. She provides exceptional and effective patient care in our affiliated hospitals and rehabs facilities, including Meridian at Wall and Manor by the Sea.
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