Prior to moving to Florida 12 years ago, I spent the first half of my career working in academic medical centers. These centers of excellence — Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York — were exciting and stimulating as I witnessed the evolution of new techniques and therapies and stood side by side with some of the most respected names in medicine. I thought that moving to a private practice setting would be somewhat anticlimactic, as the frenetic push for excellence and the desire to bring new medical techniques and technologies might not be present. I am happy to say I was wrong.

Members of Cardiovascular Consultants of South Florida were the first to perform catheterizations at Memorial Hospital some 25 years ago. Our group was one of the first locally to embrace electronic medical records, allowing us access to a patient’s chart 24 hours a day in any part of the world. Our physicians are on the faculty of local medical schools, training the physicians of the future. We participate in clinical trials of pharmaceutical and medical device companies so we can provide the latest devices and drugs available to our patients.

Perhaps of most significance is that our physicians are constantly updating their knowledge by reading, continuing their medical studies, and attending and participating in national and international conferences. They bring this information and these skills back to South Florida, enhancing our abilities in vein and vascular disease, electrophysiology, and clinical medicine. Now, as we enter a new era in cardiac and vascular diagnosis through new modalities of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography imaging, we are poised to take the next leap, one that will dramatically improve our ability to fight heart disease.

We thank all the organizations that have “partnered” with us and helped make this publication possible. And thank you to the members of our group who have worked so hard on these outstanding articles.

Enjoy!

Judah Friedman, MEd, MBA
Chief Executive Officer