Venkateshwar K. Gottipaty, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C. - South Carolina

• Ph.D., Biophysics and Physiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Cardiology at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
• Residency in internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Former Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh, PA Medical Center
• Performs all types of electrophysiology studies, including diagnostic studies, ablation, trans-septal, catheterization and device implementation
• Areas of particular interest include management of ventricular arrhythmias, bi-ventricular pacing and congenital heart failure
• American Board of Internal Medicine Certifications:
       - Electrophysiology
       - Cardiovascular Disease
       - Internal Medicine 
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, American College of Physicians
• Member, North American Society for Pacing & Electrophysiology
• Member, Columbia Medical Society
• Member, South Carolina Heart Center since 2001

Myron Bell, M.D., F.A.C.C. - South Carolina

• M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Yale University,         New Haven, CT 
• Fellowship in Cardiology, Emory University,        Atlanta, GA 
• Internship and residency in internal medicine, Emory University
• President of the South Carolina Heart Center
• American Board of Internal Medicine Certifications:
        - Cardiovascular Disease
        - Internal Medicine
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, American College of Physicians
• Member, Association of Black Cardiologists
• Member, American Society of Echocardiography
• Member, South Carolina Medical Association
• Member, South Carolina Heart Center since 1993

Patrick A.X. Hall, M.D., F.A.C.C. - South Carolina

• M.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Cardiology, University of California, Irvine
• Residency in internal medicine, University of California, Irvine 
• Cardiac and peripheral interventional training, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
• Director of Interventional Research, Milan, Italy
• Previously practiced in Phoenix, AZ and Milan, Italy
• Primary interests are cardiac and peripheral interventional cardiology, and cardiovascular interventional research
• American Board of Internal Medicine Certifications:
        - Interventional Cardiology
        - Cardiovascular Disease
        - Internal Medicine 
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Member, South Carolina Medical Association
• Member, Columbia Medical Society
• Member, South Carolina Heart Center since 2001

Leon J. Khoury, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. - South Carolina

• M.D., University of South Carolina
• Fellowship in Cardiology and Residency, Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina
• Internship in internal medicine, Roanoke-Salem Veterans Administration Center, Roanoke, VA
• Past President of South Carolina Heart Center
• American Board of Internal Medicine Certifications:
       - Internal Medicine
       - Cardiovascular Disease
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Member of the board of directors of Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC.
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, South Carolina Medical Association
• Member, South Carolina Heart Center since 1993

Norma M. Khoury, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P. - South Carolina

• M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• Fellowship in Cardiology, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
• Previously, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, WJB Dorn VA Hospital and Director of Coronary Care Unit, Chairman of the Special Care Committee and a Member of the Professional Standards Board
• Past Chief of Cardiology Department at Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC
• Principal Investigator in Parke-Davis' ADVANCE Phase II CHF Trials and National Institutes of Health/St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, MA for Investigation of Restenosis in Women
• Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at MUSC
• American Board of Internal Medicine Certifications:
       - Internal Medicine
       - Cardiovascular Disease
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
• Member, American College of Physicians
• Member, South Carolina Medical Society
• Member, Columbia Medical Society
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, South Carolina Heart Center since 1991

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