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Profiles in Cardiology

CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL FRANCES LANGFORD HEART CENTER
AT MARTIN HEALTH
Anays J. Santana-Izquierdo,
M.D. Stephen McIntyre, M.D.

With more than 20 years of experience spe- As an interventional cardiologist with Stuart Cardiology Group,
cializing in cardiology in South Florida, Dr. Stephen McIntyre, MD, is found most days in the catheterization lab at
Santana-Izquierdo is a key part of Coral Gables the Frances Langford Heart Center at Martin Health in Stuart. Dr.
Hospital’s Cardiology Department. Coral Gables McIntyre performs diagnostic catheterizations and transcatheter aortic
Hospital’s cardiac care is fostered by a team of valve replacements, and puts in coronary stents and pacemakers.
experienced cardiologists, including Dr. “I love what I do,” he said. “I enjoy the challenge of problem solving
Sanatana-Izquierdo, who specialize in the diag- and fixing things. Every day varies, but it involves both complex and
nosis and treatment of various heart diseases. Dr. Santana-Izquierdo is a mechanical thinking.”
graduate of the Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Dr. McIntyre earned his medical degree from George Washington
Republic. She completed both her internship and residency in internal University Medical School in Washington, DC, and completed his internship and residency at the
medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center before studying nuclear cardi- National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He has completed both an Interventional
ology at the Institute for Nuclear Medicine Education. She also completed Cardiology Fellowship and Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship at the University of Florida in
a fellowship in cardiology at Mount Sinai Gainesville. Dr. McIntyre is board certified with The American Board of Internal Medicine, The
Medical Center. She is also a current member of American Board of Cardiovascular Disease for Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.
the American College of Physicians.
Kunal Chaudhry, M.D.
Mario Villoch, M.D.
In his role as an interventional cardiologist, Kunal Chaudhry, M.D., is
Dr. Mario Villoch is a cardiologist who is a passionate about the immediate and long-term impact he can have on his
member of the medical staff at Coral Gables patients’ lives, not just in repairing cardiac problems in the catheteriza-
Hospital. He has been on staff since 1999. Dr. tion lab, but also in helping patients navigate critical situations.
Villoch was appointed chief of medicine for 2017 Dr. Chaudhry was involved in the implementation of the transcatheter
to 2019. He received his medical degree from the aortic valve replacement procedure at Martin Health System’s Frances
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Villoch completed his Langford Heart Center. “This is a very important technique,” he said.
fellowship in cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is a member of “Rather than bringing patients through open-heart surgery, we can do the
the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association. He same valve replacement in a much less risky environment.”
is also a contributing author to an article in the Journal of Biorheology Dr. Chaudhry earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a medical degree
entitled, “Measurement of Platelet Volume Distributions in Whole Blood from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He completed his residency at Thomas Jefferson University
Samples.” . Hospital and fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Cooper University Hospital.

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