Reading list

Three pieces I keep sending patients.

Prevention

LDL Cholesterol and Death Risk

Why your lifetime exposure to LDL — not a single lab value — drives heart attack and stroke risk, and how to lower it early.

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Medications

Daily Aspirin: Why the Rules Changed

What happened to the old "baby aspirin a day" advice, and what to do now.

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Cardiometabolic

GLP-1s and Heart Protection

Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are rewriting what cardiometabolic medicine looks like.

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Clinical Focus

What I see most.

I trained as an invasive cardiologist and care for the full range of cardiovascular disease, but my day-to-day focus has narrowed around a few areas I think about most.

Preventive cardiology: Most heart disease is preventable. I spend a lot of my clinical time on risk assessment and lifestyle plans that actually fit how people live.
Coronary artery disease: Diagnosis, medical management, and cardiac catheterization when it's needed.
Afib, heart failure, hypertension: Long-term care for the conditions that make up most of cardiology's daily reality.
AI-augmented practice: I've been an early adopter of clinical AI tools. Used well, they sharpen diagnosis and give me more time with patients. Used poorly, they add noise. I try to be thoughtful about the difference.

Background

Training and credentials.

Training

DO, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (Bradenton, FL)

Internal Medicine Residency, Cleveland Clinic Health System, South Pointe Hospital

Cardiology Fellowship, Midwestern University, Riverside Medical Center

Certification

Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease

Hospital affiliations

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

Prebys Cardiovascular Institute

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For My Patients

If you're already in my practice.

Patient guides

Plain-language answers to the questions I hear most often in clinic.

Procedure explanations

What to expect from echocardiograms, stress tests, catheterizations, and more.

Health notes

Short pieces on medication questions, symptom flags, and common follow-up points.

New Patients

Requesting a consultation.

I see a limited number of new patients each month, to protect the time I spend with each one. Scheduling is handled by my practice in Encinitas. Wait times vary by season.

(760) 944-7300 San Diego Cardiovascular Associates · Encinitas sdcva.com

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