António Gomes, MD, FACC, FAHA, also known as Anthony Gomes, is a native of Goa. He is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Consultative Service and Senior Consultant, Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC, The Zena and Michael Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Center for Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has published extensively on Medicine including a textbook of cardiology. He has also published articles in the Humanities in anthologies, books, newspapers, and magazines.