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Profiles in Cardiology

GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER

Chauncey Crandall, M.D. Juan Velasquez,
M.D.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall is the medical director of interventional cardiology at
Good Samaritan Medical Center. He is board certified in cardiology and specializes
in preventive cardiology, heart disease reversal, interventional cardiology, conges- Dr. Juan Velasquez is an inter-
tive heart failure and clinical cardiology. In previous positions, Dr. Crandall served ventional cardiologist. He is a
as the chief of cardiology at Good Samaritan Medical Center and St. Mary’s Medical member of the medical staff of
Center, a sister hospital. He received his post-graduate training at Yale University Florida Medical Center and is
School of Medicine. He then completed his cardiology fellowship at Beth Israel experienced in the diagnosis
Hospital and Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City, as well as advanced fel- and percutaneous management
lowship training in interventional cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. for various types of heart dis-
Crandall remained at the Medical College of Virginia and VA Medical Center for six years as chief of the ease. Dr. Velasquez is certified by the American Board of
heart transplant program, director of the coronary critical care and director of medical education. In 1994, Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, interventional
Dr. Crandall accepted a faculty appointment at Duke University and established the Duke University cardiology and internal medicine. For his education and
Interventional Cardiology Program in South Florida. Dr. Crandall has lectured both nationally and interna- training, Dr. Velasquez completed a fellowship at Emory
tionally and is the chairman of the non-profit, Chadwick Foundation. He devotes extensive time to third University of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Velasquez grad-
world missionary-based medicine. Dr. Crandall is also on staff at sister hospital Palm Beach Gardens Medical uated medical school from Universidad CES in Medellin,
Center. Colombia and has been practicing medicine since 2000.

Suneet Kukreja, M.D. Albert Nayeri, M.D.

Dr. Albert Nayeri is on staff at
Dr. Suneet Kukreja, a cardiologist on the medical staff at Good Samaritan
Medical Center, has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. Dr. Kukreja is Florida Medical Center. Dr.
triple board certified in cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology . He com- Nayeri is a cardiac electrophysi-
pleted his fellowship training in cardiac rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation ology. He has over 12 years of
Hospital and nuclear cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching experience in the field of medi-
hospital of Harvard Medical School. He completed further cardiology training at cine. He graduated from State
Mount Sinai Medical center at Miami Beach, FL. He received his medical degree University of New York Health
from the Government Medical College in Patiala, India. Dr. Kukreja is a member Science Center of Syracuse with
of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American this medical degree in 2004. He
Medical Association and the Paul Dudley White Society of Harvard Medical School. is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine,
Heart Rhythm, and the American College of Cardiology.

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