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Profiles In Cardiology
FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER JFK MEDICAL CENTER
Erik Beyer, MD Waqas Ghumman, MD, FACC
Dr. Erik Beyer is on staff at Florida Medical Center. Dr. Dr. Waqas Ghumman is Medical Director of the Advanced
Beyer is a cardiothoracic surgeon who specializes in mini- Heart Failure Center at JFK Medical Center. Dr. Ghumman
mally invasive valve surgeries including mitral and aortic is board certified in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart
heart valve repairs, transcatheter aortic valve replacement failure and heart transplantation. Dr. Ghumman also spe-
(TAVR), aortic root reconstruction and aortic aneurysm cializes in congestive heart failure, cardiac imaging, left ven-
treatments, heart failure surgery, coronary revascularization tricular assist devices (LVADs), pulmonary hypertension,
procedures like coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), HTN and preventive cardiovascular medicine. Dr.
and thoracic surgery. For atrial fibrillation (AFib) surgery, Ghumman received his Bachelor of Science degree in
Dr. Beyer’s expertise includes the Hybrid Cooperative Biology from Indiana University, and received his Medical
MAZE open-heart cardiac surgery procedure to eliminate Degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He
AFib as well as the use of the MAPS Ablation Pen to treat harmful cardiac tissue caus- completed his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Krannert Institute of Cardiology
ing heart arrhythmias. Dr. Beyer attended medical school at the University of at Indiana University, and went on to complete an internship and residency in internal
Tennessee and did his residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH medicine at Loyola Medical. Dr. Ghumman is a member of the American Heart
where he was the chief resident. Association, American College of Cardiovascular Medicine, International Society of
Heart and Lung Transplant, and the Heart Failure Society of America. In addition, he
HIALEAH HOSPITAL spends time educating and training physicians and medical staff.
Javier Reyna, MD Marcos Nores, MD, FACS, FACC
Dr. Javier Reyna is a member of the medical staff at Dr. Marcos Nores is Medical Director of the Heart &
Hialeah Hospital. He is Board Certified in Internal Vascular Institute at JFK Medical Center and is board certi-
Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiogram, and Nuclear fied in thoracic surgery and general surgery. Dr. Nores
Cardiology. Dr. Reyna did an Internal Medicine and attended Medical School at the University Of Buenos Aires
Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He School Of Medicine, and completed his general surgery res-
graduated from the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of idency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Nores performed
Santiago de Cuba. Dr. Reyna is an award recipient of the his cardiothoracic surgery residency at George Washington
Paul J. Furlong in Internal Medicine. Dr. Reyna has been University, and went on to acquire expertise in complex
published in The Journal of Heart Disease. He is a member adult cardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Nores provides a variety of services including the treat-
ment of valvular heart disease, minimally invasive valve surgery, treatment of obstruc-
tive cardiomyopathy, and aortic valve repair and replacement. Dr. Nores began JFK’s
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Program in 2012, which has grown
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER to become one of the largest programs in the state of Florida. He also orchestrated the
creation of the Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) and Mitral Valve
Repair programs.
Vitalie Crudu, MD
Dr. Vitalie Crudu is an interventional cardiologist on the
medical staff at North Shore Medical Center. Dr. Crudu is a KENDALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, interven-
tional cardiology, echocardiography, cardiovascular com-
puted tomography, and nuclear cardiology. He completed James D. Davenport, MD
his residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein
Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. He completed a cardi- Dr. James D. Davenport is a clinical cardiac electrophysi-
ology fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, ologist on the medical staff at Kendall Regional Medical
PA, and an interventional cardiology fellowship at Brown Center who specializes in heart rhythm disorders and con-
University in Providence, RI. He is trilingual in English, gestive heart failure. His expertise includes pacemaker and
Russian, and Romanian. Dr. Crudu has been practicing medicine since 2003. defibrillator insertion, and cardiac resynchronization for
heart failure devices. He also performs electrophysiology
studies and ablation procedures for various heart rhythm
Juan Velasquez, MD abnormalities. Dr. Davenport graduated from The
Pennsylvania State University and then attended
Dr. Juan Velasquez is on staff at North Shore Medical Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. After medical school, he
Center. He is an interventional cardiologist and expert in completed his internal medicine residency at Drexel University. He was then named
the diagnosis and percutaneous management for various chief medical resident for an additional year at Lankenau Hospital, Jefferson Medical
types of heart disease. Dr. Velazquez is certified by the College. Next he completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease, congestive heart
American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular dis- failure/heart translation, and electrophysiology at Drexel University.
ease, interventional cardiology and internal medicine. He
specializes in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular
disease and structural heart disease including mitral and Marco Mejia, MD
aortic valve pathology. Dr. Velazquez completed fellowships
in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology Dr. Marco Mejia is a highly skilled interventional cardiol-
and an internal medicine residency at Emory University School of Medicine in ogy specialist in Miami, FL and has been practicing for over
Atlanta, GA. 22 years. Dr. Mejia is an American Board Certified
Interventional Cardiologist at Kendall Regional Medical
Center. He graduated from the University Of Utah School
Of Medicine. He then pursued his cardiology training at
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SOUTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL NEWS and Interventional Cardiology Fellowships. He was named
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Medical Center, Dr. Mejia was also a part-time faculty at John Hopkins University and
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