Piedmont Heart of Fayetteville - Suite 2500

Andrew Darlington, D.O. earned his medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where he was the Chief Medical Resident. Following his residency, he completed a Cardiology fellowship at the University of Florida and served as the Chief Cardiovascular Fellow.
Dr. Darlington completed his fellowship training in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Yale University. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Echocardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Darlington is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation and Cardiomyopathy. He has a special interest in Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy. In his spare time, Dr. Darlington enjoys all sports as well as traveling with his family.
Dr. Darlington comes to Piedmont Heart with eight years of medical experience. He welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Tesfaye Telila, M.D. received his medical degree from Addis Ababa University, in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. He then went on to complete his internal medicine residency at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. He received his fellowship in general cardiology at the Wayne State University/Detroit Medical center and completed interventional & Structural cardiology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr. Telila is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, and Adult Echocardiography.
He has published numerous scholarly articles in peer reviewed medical journals and received several honors and awards and served as a chief cardiology fellow.
Dr. Telila treats adult and geriatric patients with or at risk for cardiovascular diseases. In addition to his passion for valvular heart disease, complex coronary and cardiogenic shock, he has special interest in Global health. He welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Sushee C Gadde MD. earned her medical degree at Mamata Medical College, in Khammam, Andhra Pradesh in India. She completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical center of Central Georgia in Macon, where she was the Chief Medical Resident. Following her residency, she completed a Cardiology fellowship at the University of South Alabama and served as the Chief Cardiovascular Fellow.
Dr. Gadde completed her fellowship training in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at University of Alabama, Birmingham. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Echocardiography, Advance Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. She has a particular interest in Heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.
Dr Gadde is a fellow of American College of Cardiology, and a member of several medical organizations including The American Medical Association, The American College of Cardiology, AHA and The National Lipid Association.
In her spare time, Dr. Gadde enjoys reading books, watching movies, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Dr. Akhtar specializes in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Piedmont Augusta. His clinical interests include Cardiac MRI, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Right Heart Catheterizations. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), The Medical Association of Georgia, and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA). Dr. Akhtar offers treatment for conditions such as Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardio-Oncology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Post-partum cardiomyopathy, and other Cardiovascular Diseases.
Dr. Akhtar has more than 15 years' experience in general cardiology, and is currently board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant. He manages patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Cardiomems®, and other implantable cardiac devices with remote heart failure monitoring capabilities. Dr. Akhtar takes great care in providing high quality care and timely follow up for his patients.
In his spare time, Dr. Akhtar enjoys spending time with his family, and playing golf.

Eric Sceusi, MD., earned his medical degree from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School in 2007. He completed his General Surgery residency at The University of Texas - Houston in 2014. During his residency he also completed a two-year NIH funded research fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He completed his Thoracic Surgery fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 2016 and received his undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003.
Prior to joining Piedmont Heart, Dr. Sceusi completed his training in thoracic surgery at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sceusi is board certified in general surgery and is board certified in thoracic surgery.
Dr. Sceusi performs robotic (minimally invasive), thoracic surgical procedures and has expertise in the treatment of lung cancer, esophageal cancer, hiatal hernias and acid reflux disease, mediastinal and chest tumors as well as benign thoracic surgical conditions.
Dr. Sceusi welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Edward Dankyi, NP is an experienced Nurse Practitioner with over ten years of working in Surgery, Hospital Medicine, Critical Care, and Palliative Care. Eddie obtained his Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia, and he is board certified as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
As a nurse practitioner on the thoracic surgery team, he focuses on disorders including Hiatal Hernia, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Diaphragm Paralysis, Achalasia, Mediastinal Masses, and Esophageal Diverticulum.
In his free time, Eddie enjoys being active in his church youth ministry, spending time with his family, playing soccer and watching sports.
He is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.