User:RizwanKaratela

Rizwan Karatela, MD Medical Education:

•	Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan M.B.,B.S. January 1984 Dean's Merit List: Top 3% of the class

Post Graduate Training and Practice:

•	February 1984 - January 1985 Rotating House Staff Training, Medicine/Surgery Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

•	July 1987 - June 1990 Pediatric Residency Training The Brooklyn Medical Center, Brooklyn NY

•	July 1990 - June 1992 Internal Medicine Residency Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA

•	July 1992 - July 1993 Emergency Department Attending Higgins General Hospital, Bremen GA • August 1993 - June 1995 Cardiology Research Fellowship, Adult Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA •	July 1995 - June 1998 Cardiology Fellowship, Adult University of Rochester, Rochester NY

•	August 1998 to August 2000 Cardiology Practice Delray Beach & West Palm Beach, FL

•	August 2000 to August 2002 Staff Cardiologist VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL

•	January 2001 to December 2001 Chairman, IRB VA Medical Center, WPB

•	August 2001 to August 2002 Assistant Professor NOVA University Teaching Faculty, NOVA U. at VA Medical Center, WPB

•	July 1992 to August 2002 Emergency Medicine Practice Attending, in Georgia, New York and Florida

•	September 2002 to present Florida Cardiology Group - Non Invasive Cardiology Practice Atlantis, FL 33462

•	July 2009 to Present Teaching Faculty, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine Residency Training Program Palm Beach County Campus at JFK Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL

Medical Licensures: •	American Board of Pediatrics, 1992 •	American Board of Internal Medicine [ABIM], 1993 •	ABIM cardiovascular diseases, 1999 •	ABIM Recertification cardiovascular diseases, 2009 •	Licensures in state of Florida •	Nuclear Cardiology Licensure

Society Memberships and Appointments: •	Member of ACC - American College of Cardiology 1998-2002 •	Fellow of ACC - American College of Cardiology 2002 •	Member of ACP - American College of Physicians •	Member of APPNA – Asso. of Physicians of Pakistani-Descent of North America •	President – Dow Medical College Alumni Association of North America 2001-2002 •	Executive Director - Dow Medical Coll Alumni Asso. of North America 2005 •	General Sec. APCNA Asso. of Pakistani Cardiologist of North America 2004 •	President APCNA – Association of Pakistani Cardiologist of North America 2005 •	Executive Director Asso. of Pakistani Cardiologist of North America 2008-Present •	Member Society of Scribes New York City

Publications •	Abstract presentation: 44th ACC annual scientific session, 1995 Correlates of Acute Myocardial Infarction after Successful PTCA Rizwan A. Karatela, William S. Weintraub, John S. Douglas Jr., Spencer B. King III. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University school of Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; February 1995 •	Abstract presentation: 46th ACC annual scientific session, 1997 The Influence of Myocardial Infarction After Angioplasty on In-Hospital and Long-Term Survival W. S. Weintraub, Y. Shen, N. Chronos, R. Karatela, J.S. Douglas, Jr., Z.M.B. Ghazzal, S.B. King III. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University school of Medicine. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;29:Suppl A •	Publication Prognosis in Patients with Left Ventricular Apical Aneurysm Diagnosed by Thallium-201 or Tc-99m Sestamibi SPECT Images E.G. Krawczynska, N.P. Alzaraki, R.A. Karatela, M.E. Jones, D. Cooke, E. Garcia, W.S. Weintraub. Emory University school of Medicine. Am J Cardiol 1997;79:406-411 •	Abstract presentation: The Society of Nuclear Medicine 44th Annual Meeting, The Prognostic Value of Reverse Redistribution in Thallium-201 SPECT Studies. E.G. Krawczynska, R.A. Karatela, W.S. Weintraub, N.P. Alzaraki, Emory University school of Medicine. San Antonio, TX: June 1997