Luis Padula, MD, FACC, FSCAI, an Interventional Cardiologist with South Texas Health System Clinics
Get to know Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Luis Padula, who serves patients throughout the State of Texas.
Well-versed in the field of interventional cardiology, Dr. Padula is affiliated with South Texas Health System Clinics, with office locations in McAllen, Mission, and Rio Grande City.
Academically, he received his medical degree at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1989. After relocating to the United States, he completed his residency in internal medicine at the Yale New Haven Hospital – St. Raphael Campus, and received the Medical Director’s Award for Teaching Excellence. In 1992, he completed an elective at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and from 1994 to 1997, he received further training at the Hartford Hospital at the University of Connecticut, completing a fellowship in cardiovascular disease.
With an unwavering commitment to his specialty, the doctor is board-certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Achieving fellowship status, Dr. Padula is a Fellow of both the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI).
Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart, as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiologists are doctors who diagnose, assess, and treat patients with diseases and defects of the heart and blood vessels (the cardiovascular system).
Learn More about Dr. Luis Padula:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/388011-Luis-Padula-Cardiologist or through South Texas Health System Clinics, https://doctors.sthsclinics.com/provider/Luis+E+Padula/1679243
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