CARDIOLOGIST - DR. RAFAEL VERA URQUIZA MD, FACC
CARDIOLOGIST - DR. RAFAEL VERA URQUIZA MD, FACC
Rafael Vera Urquiza, MD, FACC
With over 14 years of extensive medical experience, an Interventional Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Imaging Specialist.
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
- Staff Cardiologist, Hospital Angeles Centro Sur.
- Staff Cardiologist, Hospital H+ Querétaro, México.
- Clinical Professor, Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro.
Some of the procedures he performs are diagnostic (Coronary Tomography - Calcium Score & Coronary Angiogram - CCTA) and some are interventional (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR & Angioplasty), among others. See all his Procedures.
- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology – 2023
- Member of the Mexican Society of Interventional Cardiology – 2020
- Member of the European Society of the Cardiology – 2019
- Member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology – 2018
- Member of the Mexican Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging – 2016
- Fellow of the Mexican Society of Cardiology - 2016
- CERTIFICATIONS
- 2021 - Mexican Board certification in Interventional Cardiology.
- 2017 - Mexican Board certification in Echocardiography.
- 2017 - Mexican Board certification in Internal Medicine.
- 2015 - Mexican Board certification in Cardiology.
- EDUCATION
- 2018 - 2020 Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Madrid.
- 2016 - 2017 National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez, Echocardiography fellowship, Mexico City.
- 2015 - 2016 National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MR fellowship, Mexico City.
- 2012 - 2015 National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez, Cardiology specialty, Mexico City.
- 2008 - 2012 Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal, General Internal Medicine, Mexico City.
- 2001 - 2007 Universidad Panamericana, Medicine, Mexico City.
2020 - Present Instituto de Corazón de Querétaro
2018 - 2020 Hospital Clínico San Carlos – Madrid Master in Interventional Cardiology
2016 – 2017 Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez – Ciudad de México Specialty in Echocardiography
2015 – 2016 Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez – Ciudad de México High specialty in Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Heart
2014 Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca Cardiology Social Service
2008 – 2012 Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal – Ciudad de México Residency in Internal Medicine
2011 Hospital General de Tehuacán – PueblaInternal Medicine Social Service
2006 – 2007 Centro Comunitario Santa Fe – Ciudad de México Social Service of General Medicine
ABROAD EXPERIENCE
2018 – 2020 Madrid, Spain Interventional Cardiology fellowship
2006 Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Chicago, Illinois Internal Medicine Neurology
2005 Methodist Hospital – Houston, Texas Emergency Service, Dr. Finkelstein Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Rafael Espada
2004 Milton Hospital – Milton, Massachussets Nephrology, Dr. Ali Emami Endocrinology, Dr. Manfred Ernesti
Oral Presentation
• Euro PCR 2019: Aborted sudden cardiac death in a young female with anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery.
• XXX Congreso Mexicano de Cardiología, noviembre 2017. Comparación de la distribución segmentaria de la fibrosis miocárdica determinado por resonancia magnética y la deformación miocárdica por ecocardiografía en pacientes con miocardiopatía hipertrófica.
Congress Participation
• Panelist “I Simposio De Ecocardiografia Del Instituto Nacional De Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez Y XXII Congreso Mundial De Ecocardiografia Y Tecnicas Relacionadas”, septiembre 2016.
• Representation as Fellow In Training of the Mexican Chapter in the American College of Cardiology Leadership Forum, February 2016.
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS/AWARDS
Chief of Residents, Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal (2011 – 2012)
Internal Medicine Chief of Residents, Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal (2010 – 2011)
