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Joel R. Garcia, M.D., F.A.C.C.
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- Joined Orlando
Heart Center July 2006
- Practices at the
Sand Lake office
- Fluent in Spanish
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Board
Certifications:
ABIM- Internal
Medicine, Cardiovascular
Disease and CBNC-Nuclear
Cardiology
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Leadership:
- Medical Director of
Heart Failure Services
Program – Orlando Health
Heart Institute/Dr. P.
Phillips Hospital
(Society of Cardiac
Patient Care accredited
program) R
- Medical Director of
the Chest Pain Center -–
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital
(Society of Cardiac
Patient Care accredited
program)R
- Medical Executive
Committee Member of the
Orlando Heart Center
- Member of Orlando
Health Collaborative
Quality Committee
- President of the
American Heart
Association’s Orlando
Board of Directors
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Academic
appointments:
- Assistant Professor
of Medicine – University
of Central Florida
School of Medicine
- Assistant Professor
of Medicine – Florida
State University College
of Medicine
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Skills: He is experienced in
all aspects of invasive
cardiology
(non-interventional). He is
a very experienced echo
cardiographer with a special
interest in valvular heart
disorders. He is also
extensively skilled in
interpretation of Nuclear
Cardiology (SPECT imaging),
Cardiac CT imaging and
Cardiac PET imaging. His
clinical interests vary
across the breadth of
general, preventive and
invasive cardiology
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Subspecialties:
Adult
Advanced Heart Failure and
Transplantation. Specialty
interest in the entire
spectrum of heart failure
management including
advanced therapies to
include LVAD therapies and
management and workup of
patients who need cardiac
transplantation.
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Fellowship:
The Pennsylvania State
University College of
Medicine/Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center in Hershey,
Pennsylvania (Cardiovascular
Diseases).
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Internship &
Residency:
The Pennsylvania State
University College of
Medicine/Lehigh Valley
Hospital (Internal
Medicine).
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Doctorate in
Medicine:
The AUC School of Medicine
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Bachelor of Arts
Degree: The
Pennsylvania State
University
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Memberships:
American Heart Association,
American College of
Cardiology, American College
of Physicians, Society of
Cardiac CT, American Society
of Echocardiography,
National Lipid Association,
American College of
Cardiology/Fellow (FACC),
Fellow College of Chest
Physicians, Heart Failure
Society of America (HFSA)
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Personal:
Very happily married to a
great woman with three young
boys
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