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Profiles in Cardiology

PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER

Rahul Aggarwal. M.D. Elliot Pearson, M.D.

Dr. Rahul Aggarwal is an interventional cardiologist on the Dr. Elliot Pearson is a pediatric cardiologist on the medical
medical staff at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Palm Beach staff of the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s
Gardens Medical Center. Dr. Aggarwal is part of a team of 41 Medical Center. Dr. Pearson is a member of the American
advanced cardiac specialists at the Institute, which has per- Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association.
formed open heart surgeries for over 30 years. Dr. Aggarwal is Dr. Pearson has been involved in pediatric cardiac research for
board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease the last 10 years. He has a special interest in advanced tech-
and nuclear cardiology. He most commonly treats issues such niques in non-invasive cardiac imaging by ultrasound.
as heart disease, rhythm problems, high blood pressure and His clinical interests include perinatal cardiology,
cholesterol problems. He believes in preventive medicine and chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity, and neurodevelopmen-
always stresses to his patients the importance of a healthy diet. tal outcomes in children with heart disease. He earned his
Dr. Aggarwal earned his bachelor’s degrees in biology, physics and business law from the medical degree from the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and graduated
University of Miami and his medical degree at the University of Florida. He completed with research distinction for his work on critical congenital heart disease screening in
his residency at the University of Florida College of Medicine and his fellowship in inter- infants. He completed his pediatrics training at the University of Miami, Jackson
ventional cardiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, Memorial Hospital and completed his fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Duke
NC. Dr. Aggarwal is a member of the Tenet Florida Heart and Vascular Network and a University Medical Center. Dr. Pearson has an appointment at Florida Atlantic University
fellow of the American College of Cardiology. as an assistant professor of pediatrics and enjoys teaching.

Jyoti B. Mohanty, M.D. Paul Acevedo, M.D.

Dr. Jyoti B. Mohanty is an invasive and interventional cardi- Dr. Paul Acevedo is a neurologist on the medical staff of St.
ologist on the medical staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Mary’s Medical Center. He specializes in adult neurology with
Center. Some of his areas of interest include general cardiology interests in stroke, neuroimaging and critical care. Dr.
and critical care, internal medicine, invasive and intervention- Acevedo has been practicing medicine at St. Mary’s since 2008.
al cardiology, transesophageal and transthoracic echocardio- He currently serves as assistant clinical professor for neurolo-
gram, nuclear cardiology and hypertension. Dr. Mohanty gy at the University of Vermont and Florida Atlantic
earned his medical degree from the University of New Delhi in University. Dr. Acevedo graduated medical school from
India. He completed his residency in internal medicine and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogata, Columbia. He then
fellowship in clinical cardiology at Cook County Hospital in completed his internships at both Hospital de San Ignacio in
Chicago, IL. He is a member of several prestigious organiza- Bogata, Columbia and at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. Dr. Acevedo was
tions, including the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians a chief resident of neurology at the University of South Florida. He then spent time in fel-
and the Medical Council of India. Dr. Mohanty is board certified in cardiology and inter- lowship with the National Institutes of Health and Washington Hospital Center in
nal medicine and is a licensed radiation safety officer and cardiologist. Washington, DC.

THESE PHYSICIANS CAN

HELP KEEP THE RHYTHM
“Only a life lived

PALM BEACH COUNTY: Rahul Aggarwal, MD, Interventional Cardiology
for others is a life Brian Bethea, MD, Cardiac Surgery | Adrian Danchenko, MD,
Cardiovascular Disease | Mark Fisher, MD, Interventional Cardiology
worthwhile.” Neil Galindez, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery | Mark Gardner, MD, Invasive
— Albert Einstein Cardiology | Phillip Habib, MD, Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
Jonathan Kahan, MD, Cardiology | Matthew Klein, MD, Cardiac
Electrophysiology | Suneet Kukreja, MD, Cardiology | Eric Lieberman,
MD, Cardiology | Brijeshwar Maini, MD, Interventional Cardiology
Jyoti Mohanty, MD, Interventional Cardiology | Jeffrey Newman, MD,
Cardiothoracic Surgery | Joseph Ricotta, MD, Vascular and
Endovascular Surgery | Jonathan Vafai, MD, Cardiology | Craig Vogel,
DO, Cardiology | Arthur Weiner, MD, Interventional Cardiology
David Weisman, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiology
BROWARD COUNTY: Mohamed Behairy, MD, Cardiology | Erik Beyer,
MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery | Luis Orihuela, MD, Cardiology
Mohamed Osman, MD, Interventional Cardiology | Alan Schwartz, MD,
Interventional Cardiology | Lance Simkins, MD, Interventional
Cardiology | Juan Velásquez, MD, Interventional Cardiology
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY: Louis Carnendran, MD, Interventional
Cardiology | Vitalie Crudu, MD, Interventional Cardiology | Miguel Diaz,
MD, Interventional Cardiology | Leonardo Lopez, MD, Cardiology
Ricardo Machado, MD, Cardiology | Jose Marquez, MD, Interventional
Cardiology | Alvaro Martinez, Jr., MD, Cardiology | Jose Pinero, MD,
Cardiology | Jaime Sanchez, MD, Cardiology

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