PHYSICIAN DETAIL
Primary OfficeRegional Heart Doctors
4150 5th St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 399-4300
Toll Free: (800) 432-7822
Fax: (605) 399-4352
Web Page: www.regionalhealth.com/rhd
Primary Specialties
Cardiology
(Board Certified)
Electrophysiology
(Board Certified)
Secondary Specialties
Internal Medicine (Board Certified)
Affiliations
Rapid City Regional Hospital
Regional Heart Doctors
Other Specialties/Certifications
Sub-specialty-Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Pacemakers, Implantable Defibrillators
Board Certified - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology & NASPE/TESTAMUR
Education
MD-1978-New University of Lisbon Medical School, Portugal (Graduated first in class of 450). Residency-Internal Medicine, Lisbon Civil Hospitals-1981-82. Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY-1983-86 Fellowship-Cardiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ-1986-88. Electrophysiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ-1988-89.
Gender
Male
Additional Information
Teaching Assistant, Phamacology Dept, New University of Lisbon Medical School-1978-83. Special Interests-Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Tachyarrhythmia, including Pulmonary Vein Insolation for Atrial Fibrillation; Device Therapy; Pacemakers, Implantable Defibrillators and Biventricular Devices; Syncope (fainting spells) and implantable loop recorders. Chief of Cardiology-University of South Dakota-1989-93, Present Clinical Professor-University of South Dakota. Member of Heart Rhythm Society. Fellow of the American College of Cardiology; Fellow of the American College of Physicians.