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Profiles In Cardiology

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Brian Bethea, MD Dr. Jonathan Vafai, MD, PO Box 812708
FACC, FASE Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708
Dr. Brian Bethea is a cardiac surgeon Phone: (561) 368-6950

and the Regional Medical Director of Dr. Jonathan Vafai is a Harvard-
Cardiovascular Surgery for Tenet trained noninvasive cardiologist. He is Website:
Florida Physician Services. Dr. Bethea quadruple board-certified in cardiovas-

performed the first left ventricular cular disease, nuclear cardiology, www.southfloridahospitalnews.com

assist device surgery (LVAD) ever echocardiography and internal medi-
attempted in Palm Beach County on a cine. Dr. Vafai is a member of an elite CHARLES FELIX
patient with advanced stage heart fail- team of cardiology and interventional CAROL FELIX
ure at Delray Medical Center. The cardiology experts at South Florida Publishers
LVAD implantation is an innovative Heart Institute caring for members of the Delray Beach, Boca
heart treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure. Raton and Boynton Beach communities in Palm Beach County. NANCY LAMMIE
At his Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care (TFCC) office in One of Dr. Vafai’s interests is in a growing field called cardio- Editor

Delray Beach, Dr. Bethea specializes in minimally invasive heart oncology. Dr. Vafai, along with Dr. Eric Lieberman, Tenet’s JUDY GRAMM
valve surgery, the aortic mitral tricuspid procedure, transcatheter Regional Medical Director of Cardiology, help patients diagnosed Editorial Manager & Webmaster
aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve repair with cancer manage the possible cardiovascular effects of cancer
and replacement, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), treatments. He serves as the medical director of the echocardiog- JMC GRAPHICS
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cardiac surgery. Dr. Bethea is certified by the American Board of interest also include echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and lammienancy@aol.com
Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He complet- stress testing. 412-835-5796
ed a residency and fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Johns
Hopkins Hospital’s Division of Cardiac Surgery in Baltimore, MD. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Dr. Bethea is on-staff at Delray Medical Center. Jonathan Kahan, MD Daniel Casciato
Barbara Fallon
Hao Pan, MD Dr. Jonathan Kahan is a multi-spe- Vanessa Orr
cialty board-certified cardiologist at the Lois Thomson

South Florida Heart Institute in Delray
Hao Pan, M.D., is a cardiothoracic Beach. Dr. Kahan is on-staff at Delray
surgeon in Delray Beach specializing in Medical Center and is an Associate
complex aortic surgery, aortic root sur- Clinical Professor of Medicine and
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James Gardner Jr., DO The techniques comprising The Miami Method were so inno- Two Years $70
vative that the instruments to perform them did not yet exist so Three Years $85
James Gardner, Jr., D.O., is an inva- Dr. Lamelas visualized the devices and collaborated with an
sive non-interventional cardiologist. engineer who was his patient to produce them.
He is trained in general cardiology as “Being from Miami, practicing there for 26 years, it was essen- To subscribe,
well as using cardiac catheterization tial for people to hear about The Miami Method and to associate call (561) 368-6950
and other procedures to diagnose sig- it with Miami. And now, being at the University of Miami, makes
nificant ailments and treat underlying it that much better,” said Lamelas. or subscribe online at
conditions inside of the heart. Prior to Lamelas, also a professor of surgery with the Miller School of southfloridahospitalnews.com.
joining the Jupiter Cardiology Group Medicine, has trained more than 1,000 surgeons in The Miami ____________
with interventional cardiologist Dr. Method believing it to be vital to teach the next generation of
Rahul Aggarwal and cardiologist Dr. Craig Vogel, Dr. Gardner, Jr., surgeons. All rights reserved. Reproduction
worked as an internal medicine hospitalist and attending physi- “The method may not be adopted by everybody,” he in whole or part without written
cian at St. Margaret Dyer Hospital – Franciscan Alliance located in explained. “There is a learning curve, and it could be a steep permission prohibited. Copyright © 2019.
Dyer, IN. For his education and training, Dr. Gardner, Jr., com- one. But the surgeon who has dedication and devotion to mas-
pleted a fellowship in General/Invasive Cardiology as well as his tering the different instruments and the various techniques and
residency and internship at St. James Hospital – Midwestern methods will succeed.”
University in Olympia Fields, IL. He also trained at in University Nevertheless, he is the only surgeon in the world that per-
of Chicago for Heart Failure. Dr. Gardner, Jr., specializes in inva- forms a minimally invasive surgery to replace the ascending Don’t forget to include
sive cardiology, congestive heart failure, preventative medicine, aorta whereas other surgeons still open the chest. The only pub- South Florida Hospital News
hypertension, clinical and nuclear cardiology and echocardiogra- lished literature on this technique for this condition is his.
phy. He is board certified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. & Healthcare Report
His office is conveniently located in Jupiter, FL, and he is on-staff For more information on Dr. Joseph Lamelas and the University of in your Marketing Plans
at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center as well as other local hos- Miami cardiac surgery program, visit UMiamiCardiac.com. Call Charles at 561-368-6950 for a Media Kit
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