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Profiles in Cardiology

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Mario Pascual, M.D. Louis Carnendran, M.D.

Mario Pascual, M.D., is an electrophysiologist whose Dr. Louis Carnendran is an interventional cardiologist
expertise includes catheter-based ablation of complex who is a member of the medical staff of North Shore
arrhythmias as well as device-based therapy for management Medical Center. He specializes in catheter based treatment
of heart failure. His specialty includes use of advanced imag- of coronary artery disease, including coronary interventions
ing technology that has become tremendously important. using the highly specialized techniques of
Real-time, 3-D mapping of the heart provides important angioplasty/stents, intracoronary ultrasound, coronary
information on the origin of the arrhythmia and visuals to thrombectomy and coronary atherectomy. He is Board
help guide the doctor for procedures such as ablation- the Certified as a Diplomate in Cardiovascular Diseases,
process of making problematic heart tissue inactive. Dr. Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology,
Pascual, a graduate of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, is board Echocardiography and Internal Medicine. Dr. Carnendran
certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular medicine and complet- was the Director of Interventional Cardiology and Program Director of Interventional
ed his fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Florida. He Cardiology fellowship at University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
was also a Chief Cardiology Fellow at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Ochsner Clinic (2006-2009) and has been a clinical investigator in many heart disease research stud-
Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He practices at Baptist Hospital, South Miami ies. He is also well published in various American and European cardiology journals.
Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital.
Vitalie Crudu, M.D.
John A. Morytko, M.D., FACC
Vitalie Crudu, M.D.,is an Interventional cardiologist on
John A. Morytko, M.D., FACC, is an experienced cardiolo- the medical staff at North Shore Medical Center, where he
gist who completed his Echocardiography Fellowship at has served as the director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Washington Hospital Center. He is skilled in the use of ultra- since 2015. He received the “Physician of the Year” award at
sound waves to investigate the action of the heart. Through this hospital in 2015.
this non-invasive technology, he can detect abnormalities Dr. Crudu is board certified in Internal Medicine,
such as a poorly functioning heart valve, damage to the heart Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography,
tissue from a prior heart attack, blood clots or tumors, or con- Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Nuclear
genital heart defects. Cardiology. He completed his residency in internal medi-
Dr. Morytko is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, earned his medical cine at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. He completed a cardiology
degree at St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed his residency in fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA, and an interventional cardi-
Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. ology fellowship at Brown University in Providence, RI. He is trilingual in English,
He received his Cardiology Fellowship from Georgetown University Hospital. He is Russian, and Romanian. Dr. Crudu has been practicing medicine since 2003.
board certified in cardiovascular disease and practices at South Miami Hospital and
Baptist Hospital of Miami.

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Vicente E. Font, M.D., FACP, FCCP, FACC, FASE

Dr. Vicente E. Font is one of the few physicians in
Broward County to be approved and recertified as a
Diplomate of the National Board of Echocardiography in
Comprehensive Echocardiography, which recognizes
expertise in transthoracic, transesophageal and stress
Specializing in Medically echocardiography. Named the “Distinguished Physician
2004” by the Florida Medical Association, he is a certified
Complex Patients member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and
holds its Cardiovascular Disease designation. A member of
the South Florida Echocardiography Society, he is also a fel-
Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred low of the American Society of Echocardiography,
Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians and the
Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's).
American College of Cardiology. Dr. Font completed his residency and internship in
Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade, in Cleveland. Following an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland,
we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care. he received his medical degree from the Universidad Central Del Caribe School of
Medicine in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Our services range from complex catastrophic
illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical
rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and Joshua M. Purow, M.D., FACC
rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented
cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine,
medical conditions. Dr. Joshua M. Purow holds its Cardiovascular Disease and
Interventional Cardiology designations. Specializing in
Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease, he
recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals, was on the team that performed Broward County’s first
rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) at Holy
management companies or by the patient’s family. Cross Hospital in 2012. He has also been instrumental in
In all cases family tours are encouraged. pioneering the American College of Cardiology
SMARTCare Program at Holy Cross Hospital, among the
first sites selected to participate in this Smarter Management And Resource use for
Today’s complex cardiac Care Program. His medical training included fellowships in
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Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Coral Gables The Palm Beaches cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Miami Medical Center.
Dr. Purow completed his residency and an internship in internal medicine at the
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undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University before receiving his medical degree
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