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Doctors at the Monterrey TEC- Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology
Dr. Guillermo Torre Amione, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. Graduated with honors at the Monterrey TEC School of Medicine
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas
- Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas
- Doctorial degree in Immunology. University of Chicago
Experience:
- Specialized in congestive heart failure, Left ventricular assist devices, Heart transplantation, and Heart catheterization including RV biopsy
- Dr. Torre divides his time between an active clinical practice and research on heart failure, in Houston, Texas, and in the Monterrey TEC’s Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology
Other Activities and Notable Achievements:
Dr. Torre has received several awards and honors, including first prize at the Baylor College of Medicine Research Competition in 1994, and the special investigation award from the Federation of Clinical Research, also in 1994. Other awards included first prize among the 1996 Astra Merck Young Investigators Awards and the Junior Faculty Award from SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals in November 1997.
His research focuses on the applied clinical investigation in the areas of heart failure and cardiac transplantation, for which his lab conducts a variety of clinical research protocols, including studies for corporations and their own protocols. Corporate studies include: outpatient oral drug studies for patients with chronic heart failure, pacemaker and device studies for patients with chronic heart failure, inpatient IV drug studies for heart failure patients who are acutely ill, ventricular assist device studies for patients who are critically ill, and an immunomodulatory outpatient trial. Dr. Torre´s own research includes some very novel investigative studies such as: a study with cardiac transplant patients designed to impact the cardiac hypertrophy that naturally follows transplantation, a protocol for autologous stem cell transfer in patients with advanced refractory heart failure and a novel study involving plasma exchange in advanced heart failure patients. Several of the investigator-initiated protocols have required application to the FDA for an IND (investigational new drug designation).
He is also responsible for the operation of the Gene and Judy Campbell Laboratory for Cardiac Transplant Research, where human myocardial samples, as well as microscopic analysis and histological evaluation of a variety of proteins, are performed. The research examines the mechanisms of cardiac inflammation as it relates to myocardial dysfunction in the areas of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Torre's clinical and basic laboratories are committed to the development of better therapies focused on the modulation of immune responses in patients with heart failure and cardiac transplant. This is accomplished with the help of the augmentation cardiac function, and the illumination of the inflammatory response that occurs in both heart failure status and in the heart transplant state.
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Dr. Felipe González Camid, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico. Mexico City. 1977
- Internship. Hospital San Jose TEC. 1978-1982
- Fellow in Cardiology. St. Luke Episcopal Hospital. Houston, Texas 1983-1985
Experience:
- Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology at Monterrey TEC
- Chief of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology. Hospital San Jose TEC 2000-2008
- Member of the cardiology services of Hospital San Jose TEC 2000-2004
- Professor at the cardiology rotations and internal medicine residencies at Hospital San Jose TEC and Monterrey TEC Medical School. 2000-2008
- Sworn examiner of the Mexican Counsel of Cardiologic Interventions 2000-2004
- A large amount of continuing education courses abroad, including:
- The joint interventional meeting. Rome, Italy
- Advanced endovascular therapies. New Orleans, Lousiana
- Radiological Protection for Cardiologists.
- European board for accreditation in cardiology. Vienna, Italy
- Transcatheter cardiovascular therapeutics. Washington DC
- Revascularization. Paris, France
- American College of Cardiology (attendance in multiple years)
- New frontiers in cardiovascular intervention
- Live cases demonstration course. Houston; Texas
- Cardiovascular research foundation. Washington DC
- Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Enrique Ochoa Ramirez, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico. Mexico City. 1968
- Specialization in Cardiothoraxic Surgery. IMSS
- Fellow in Ischemic Cardiopathy, Congenital Cardiopathy, and Surgical Pathologies of the Thorax at both the Children’s Hospital at - Harvard Medical School and Stanford Medical Center, Cambridge, MA and Palo Alto, CA respectively
Experience:
- Head of Cardiothoraxic Surgery at Hospital San Jose TEC
- Member of the National Academy of Medicine
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
- Former president of the Mexican National Society of Cardiac Surgery
- Former president of the Monterrey Society of Cardiology
- Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at the School of Medicine of the Monterrey TEC
- Certified by the National Council of Thorax Surgery
- More than 25 publications in scientific magazines
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Marcos Ibarra Flores, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. Universidad de Monterrey. 1976
- Specialization in Cardiology. Centro Medico Nacional. 1981
- Specialization in Interventional Cardiology at the IMSS
Experience:
- Specialized in Coronary and Endovascular Interventions, as well as in Valvular Interventions and Intra and Extra Cardiac Defect Correction
- Board of Directors at the TEC’s Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology
- Head of the Heart Transplant Committee at Hospital San Jose TEC. 2000-Present
- Head of the Heart Transplant Committee at the Hospital of Cardiovascular and Thorax Pathologies. Monterrey, Mexico.1997-2005
- Head of the Cardiology Division at the Hospital of Cardiovascular and Thorax Pathologies. 1995-2005
- Head of Cardiology. IMMS Hospital No. 25. Monterrey, Mexico. 1990-1995
- Professor in Cardiology. IMMS and UDEM. 1991-2003
- Former President of the Monterrey Society of Cardiology
- Free lance consultant for the pharmaceuticals industry
- More than 35 co-authored works for scientific publications
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Cecilio Enríquez Cervantes, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. With Specialization in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology
Experience:
- Interventional Cardiology at TEC’s Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology at IMSS No 25, IMSS No 34, and ISSSTE Hospitals
- Adjunct Professor of the Cardiology Residency at IMSS and ISSSTE Hospitals
Enrique Ponce De León Martínez, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. La Salle University. Mexico City. 1989
- Licensed Surgeon. Madrid, Spain. 1998
- Internal Medicine. UANL. Monterrey, Mexico. 1995
- Cardiologist. UANL. Monterrey. 1997
- Specialization in Cardiology. Pamplona, Spain. 1997
- Specialization in Interventional Cardiology. Vigo, Spain. 1999
Experience:
- Cardiologist at TEC’s Institute of Vascular Medicine and Cardiology and at Clinica Nova, Monterrey
- Cardiologist at Hospital Universitario. Monterrey. 2004
- Chief of Medical Evaluations. Hospital Santa Engracia. Monterrey, Mexico 2000-2003
- Interventional Cardiologist. Hospital do Meixoeiro. Vigo, Spain. 1999
- Chief of Cardiology Residents. Hospital Universitario. Monterrey. 1996-1997
- Chief of Internal Medicine Residents. Hospital Universitario. Monterrey. 1994-1995
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Other Notable Cardiologists with Private Practice at Hospital San Jose
Eduardo Antonio De Obeso Gonzalez, MD
Educational Background:
- MD. Monterrey TEC. Monterrey Mexico. 1998
- Specialization in Internal Medicine at Monterrey TEC. Monterrey, Mexico. 2004
- Specialization in Clinical Cardiology at UNAM. Mexico City. 2007
- Specialization in Interventional Cardiology at Hospital Universitario San Carlos. Madrid, Spain 2009
Experience:
- Specialized in Diagnostic Angiographies, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasties, Diagnostic Heart Catheterizations, and Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Implantations
- Private Practice at Hospital San Jose TEC
- Member of the Mexican Cardiology Society
- Research activities and publications in coronary disease and tuberculosis fields
- Accredited for Endovascular Valve Implantations (novel, latest technology procedure still not performed in the US or Mexico)
