Meet the Heart Doctor: Jose G. Diez, MD

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Meet the Heart Doctor: Cardiology

Jose G. Diez, MD, FACC, FSCAI
1709 Dryden Road, BCM 620, Suite 900
Houston, TX 77030
713-798-0283; FAX 713-798-0270

Hospital affiliation:
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Academic appointment:
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director, Interventional Cardiology Research, Baylor College of Medicine; Associate Editor, Texas Heart Institute Journal; staff interventional cardiologist, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Medical school:
Pontificia University Javeriana Medical School (Bogota, D.C., Colombia).

Specialty training:
Boston University School of Medicine; Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Certification:
American Board Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).

Specialty interests:
Interventional cardiology (both coronary and peripheral interventions), acute coronary syndromes, acute and chronic aortic syndromes, antiplatelet and antithrombin therapies.

See also on this site: Professional Staff Directory

Heart Information Center services are made possible in part by a generous gift from the Hamill Foundation.

Updated February 2009

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