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Hall-Garcia Cardiology Associates
affiliated with the
Texas Heart Institute

Education:

 1979-83 B.A. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, summa cum laude

 1983-87 M.D. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

Postdoctoral Training:

 

1987-88 Internal Medicine Internship, Vanderbilt University

1988-90 Internal Medicine Residency, Vanderbilt University

1990-93 Cardiology Clinical Fellowship, Vanderbilt University

1993-95 Clinical and Research Fellowship, advanced echocardiography (level III), U.C, San Francisco

 

Licensure,  Certification

1987 FLEX, Texas State Board of Medical Examiners

1988 Texas  Medical License (active)

1989 Tennessee Medical License (inactive)

1993  California Medical License (active)

1990 American Board of Internal Medicine

1993 American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

1994  Level III training in Echocardiography

1998 ASEeXam Special competency in Echocardiography

1998 National Board of Echocardiography Comprehensive Certification (transthoracic, stress and transesophageal echocardiography)

2000 Safe Use of Radioactive Materials in Medical Imaging, 200 hrs 

2000 Clinical Nuclear Cardiology, level II

Awards, Honors, Grants:

1987 Phi Beta Kappa, alpha of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University

1992-93 American Heart Association TN Affiliate Research Fellow

1994 American Society of Echocardiography, Citation for excellence: edited society's Self-Assessment Exam

2003 Award for Excellence in Teaching, Baylor College of        Medicine, Internal Medicine residency program

 

Clinical Private Practice:

  Since 1996 Hall-Garcia Cardiology Associates, Houston, Texas

Current Teaching & Clinical Appointments

1996  Professional Staff, Texas Heart Institute

2000 Medical Director, Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas

2003 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Hospital Practice:

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX

St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, TX

2001-present Texas Heart Institute Journal, Medical Images, Section Editor

2003-present  Texas Heart Institute Journal, Editorial Board

Current Professional Organizations : (affiliation date)

 

 1989  American College of Physicians

1990 American College of Cardiology, Fellow (FACC) 1996; Texas Chapter, Houston area Councilor, 2005-2008

 1994  American Heart Association, Council of Clinical Cardiology

1994 American Society of Echocardiography; Fellow (FASE) 2003; Membership Committee Member (2004-2007); Advocacy Committee (2005-2008); Echo Appropriateness Task Force 2007-08

 1995  International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease

1996  Harris County Medical Society & Texas Medical Association

1995 Texas Heart Institute Cardiac Society (President 2003)

1998-present Greater Houston Society of Echocardiography, founding member; President

1996 Gottlieb Friesinger Society in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University, founding member

2004-2008 Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories ; Board of Directors 2005-2008; Treasurer, 2007-08

Teaching:

Texas Heart Institute, Cardiology Fellowship Program. Director, echocardiography training of fellows rotating in the St. Luke's adult echocardiography laboratory.

 

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, Texas Heart Institute. Mentoring, cardiovascular anesthesia & cardiovascular surgeons in the operating room for assessing complex cardiac repair cases at the time of surgery.

 

Program Director, Texas Heart Institute Clinical Echocardiography Lecture series.