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My specialty is cardiology . So we're

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the medical doctors who diagnose

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treat and hopefully help prevent

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cardiovascular disease . Uh We

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perform non invasive testing

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such as echocardiograms ,

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electrocardiograms , stress testing ,

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and then we perform some invasive tests

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and procedures as well such as cardiac

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cat coronary angiograms ,

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electrophysiology studies , and in some

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cases , uh invasive treatments such as

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coronary stenting , valvular

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replacements , and then

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electrophysiology treatments such as

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catheter ablation . So I've always been

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interested in um human anatomy and

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human physiology . My younger days , I

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was an endurance athlete , uh did a lot

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of running distance running and

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eventually triathlons and more recently ,

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obstacle course racing . So I always

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had an interest in human performance

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from a physiologic side and as an

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endurance athlete , the heart is

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central to that . So when I was in

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medical school became , even before

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medical school became very interested

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in cardiovascular physiology ,

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cardiovascular health , and eventually

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cardiovascular disease . So by the time

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I started medical school , I was pretty

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confident that I wanted to become a

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cardiac specialist . And thankfully , I

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was able to pursue that upon graduation

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from medical school and through

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internal medicine residency and

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eventually cardiology fellowship within

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the Navy I would say it's very

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rewarding personally and professionally .

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I think our community of Navy

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cardiologists is uh although relatively

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small one compared to other communities

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in Navy medicine , uh it's filled with

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outstanding uh Navy physicians

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who help keep you inspired . I think

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each time you encounter a patient that

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you've either helped in the past and

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continue to help manage their cardiac

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condition or meeting new patients and

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helping them come up with a diagnostic

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plan . And if they are found to have a

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cardiac condition , a treatment plan ,

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um so , you know , every day there's

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potential potentially rewarding

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experience . Um That reminds you why

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you became a cardiologist .