Department of Cardiology
Buffalo Medical Group, PC
Specialty: Invasive Cardiology

Dr. Eli R. Farhi has been a member of the Buffalo Medical Group, PC, since 1998, and also is Chief of the Cardiology Section in the Medical Service at the Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center. In addition, he is an assistant professor of cardiology at the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

He is board certified in Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Farhi is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, and earned his medical degree and a PhD in physiology at Harvard University. He completed his internal medicine specialty training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and was awarded a fellowship in cardiology and trained at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.

He is a member of the American Heart Association (New York State affiliate) and serves on the organization’s Clinical Cardiology Council and Research Committee. A Fellow in the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Farhi is a member of the Veterans Administration Cardiovascular Association. He is a guest manuscript reviewer for several publications including the American Journal of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research and American Review of Respiratory Disease.

Dr. Farhi has lectured locally and nationally on a variety of cardiology and cardiovascular disease topics. He also has authored or co-authored articles and abstracts on his research for several cardiology publications.

In addition to the Buffalo VA Medical Center, Dr. Farhi is affiliated with several other Western New York hospitals including Buffalo General, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle and Suburban, Erie County Medical Center and Sisters of Charity.