I'm originally from Shreveport, went  away
for college.   I graduated from Rhodes
College in 2003,  went on to do a master's
degree in pharmacology at Tulane,  had an
interest in vascular biology, pulmonary
hypertension and decided to go to
medical school.  After that I came back to
Shreveport and completed my medical school
training here in 2009.   Then did
internal medicine training at UT
Southwestern in Dallas which included a
Parkland Memorial Hospital and the VA.
Stayed there for an additional three
years doing my general cardiology
fellowship as well as an additional year
of a subspecialty training in
interventional cardiology.
I'm a general cardiologist with
subspecialty training in interventional
cardiology.   I see a wide variety of
issues for patients just coming in with
concern for chest pain which may be
cardiac or non cardiac so we work that
up.  Do either history physical as well as
possible additional imaging testing to
figure out those issues.   See a wide
variety of other issues in terms of
heart arrhythmias, abnormal rhythms
associated with the heart.
My interests in cardiology
particular in a complex coronary heart
disease, doing complex coronary
interventions,  chronic total occlusions
as well as high-risk heart attack
presentations.   I also have an interest in
peripheral arterial disease.  People
develop blockages in the arteries in the
legs which can cause symptoms such as
claudication where they have pain in
their calves when they walk and that can
be disabling as well as it can affect
wound healing in the leg so sometimes we can do interventions and like to help
improve wound wound healing.
I think cardiology is a very
gratifying field.   I think the two ways
that it's the most gratifying is
long-term relationships that you have
with patients.  Seeing a patient back in
the clinic that you've performed a
procedure on and that patient's doing
well,  or the unknown of coming in that
day and someone coming in when it's an
acute critical heart attack and helping
that person out.
We're always open and available to be
reached at any time with any question.  No
question is a dumb question.  If they have
any,  any problems at all, they can always
get in touch with myself or one of my
partners.  We're here to help, to
guide them and to be here for them.  
This is a long-term relationship.
We will provide their care
immediately when they're in the hospital
and when we see them back
in clinic.
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