Lower Keys Medical Center Welcomes Interventional Cardiologist
12/6/2024
Lower Keys Medical Center welcomes Cesar Jara, M.D., FSCAI, FACC, board-certified interventional cardiologist. Dr. Jara is a graduate of Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, and completed his residency at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Center in Miami, FL. He also completed fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Center. Dr. Jara is fluent in English and Spanish.
In addition to interventional cardiology, Dr. Jara is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and cardiac computed tomography, and is a fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Jara joins Giovanni Campanile, M.D., FACC, and April Gallagher, MSN, AGACNP-BC, in Keys Medical Group Cardiology. He will be hospital-based at Lower Keys Medical Center’s cardiac catheterization laboratory, specializing in cardiac catheterization, advanced coronary intervention, echocardiogram and transesophageal imaging.
Dr. Jara has advanced training in aortic valve disease, heart failure, and coronary interventions.
He has a special interest in care of patients with heart attacks and has extensive experience in opening and managing STEMI programs which provide specialized and timely treatment of the most severe type of heart attack, when a coronary artery becomes completely blocked.
Lower Keys Medical Center Interim CEO, Dr. Sal Perla, said, “We welcome Dr. Jara to our hospital, medical staff, and community. With more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Jara will enhance the care provided to our patients with cardiac conditions and help keep them here, in our community.”
Dr. Jara said, “My passion is building cardiovascular programs to improve health care and outcomes. I have started four successful programs in the last 10 years, two for treatment of heart attacks and two for treatment of aortic valve disease without open heart surgery. I look forward to doing the same at Lower Keys Medical Center and to contributing to community education in prevention and treatment of heart disease.”
Lower Keys Medical Center is accredited by the American College of Cardiology as a designated Chest Pain Center.
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