Pelbreton C. Balfour Jr. MD, MSc is a board-certified Cardiologist with subspecialty training Advanced cardiac imaging (Cardiac CT and MRI). In 2017, Dr. Balfour joined Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute in Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Balfour specializes in cardiovascular risk reduction, hypertensive heart disease, heart failure, cardio-oncology, and advanced cardiac imaging. He is a proud member of the Association of Black Read more...
Dr. Heather M. Johnson is a Preventive Cardiologist at the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Baptist Health South Florida. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, Master of Population Health, and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She graduated with Honors from the University of Southern Read more...
Dr. Bernard Ashby was born and raised South Florida. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, vascular medicine, vascular interpretation, and nuclear cardiology. He was appointed clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University and served as the director of vascular cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center prior to opening Comprehensive Vascular Care. Currently, Dr. Ashby is an Associate Professor Read more...
Dr. Akin Akinwande earned his initial medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1984. He was a state scholar and graduated with Honors. He soon immigrated to United States of America to undergo postgraduate and specialist training. Dr. Akinwande completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center and Kings County Read more...
I am a heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Stanford University. My primary clinical and research interests lie in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, an underdiagnosed but important cause of heart failure, particularly among African Americans. I aim to promote early diagnosis and help develop new effective therapies for this disease. Read more...
