Physicians

Cardiologists

A physician specializing in the medical aspects of cardiovascular disease such as coronary artery disease, heart attack, valve disorders, congestive heart failure, and arrhythmias.

Cardiothoracic Surgeons

A specially trained surgeon who performs operations such as coronary bypass, valve, aortic, and lung surgery.

Vascular Surgeons

A surgeon specializing in blood vessel diseases and operations on your blood vessels such as bypass, carotid, and aortic surgery, aneurysm repair, etc.

Interventional Cardiologists

A cardiologist who specializes in opening arteries using such procedures as angioplasty or stent placement in your heart.

Interventional Radiologists

A radiologist who also specializes in opening arteries with angioplasty or stent placement (in your legs, kidneys, etc.).

Cardiac Electrophysiologists

A cardiologist who specializes in abnormal heart rhythms, puts in pacemakers and defibrillators, and performs special procedures on arrhythmias.

Nuclear Medicine Specialists

A cardiologist or radiologist who performs or interprets heart studies such as the thallium stress test.

Echocardiographers

A cardiologist with special training in advanced ultrasound techniques who performs transesophageal echocardiography.