HeartWell, LLP, one of South Florida’s premier cardiology groups, announced that it has added three new physicians to the growing practice.  Ivan Buitrago Guevara, M.D., Ian del Conde-Pozzi, M.D. F.A.C.C., and Mario Pascual, M.D. all join HeartWell at the Galloway location at 7400 SW 87th in Kendall.

“We are delighted to bring on these outstanding physicians to the group,” said Dr. Jonathan Fialkow, a founder of HeartWell.   “Each of them brings his own unique perspective and skills to the practice and we know our patients will benefit greatly.

Dr. Buitrago is a skilled cardiologist with extensive experience and will be launching HeartWell’s new Cardio-Oncology Practice.   He noted there are few practices that provide in-depth cardio-oncology evaluations and looks forward to bringing this new and critical skill set to the practice including cutting edge Strain Imaging Technology to detect chemotherapy induced heart disease before it is clinically evident. Dr. Buitrago brings expertise in areas where he is board certified Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular diseases, Echocardiography, Vascular Imaging and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Del Conde is a general cardiologist and also a fellowship-trained vascular medicine specialist.  In addition to general cardiology, Dr. Del Conde’s clinical expertise involves the study and treatment of diseases that affect the arterial, venous, and lymphatic systems, such as peripheral artery disease, carotid and renal artery disease, resistant hypertension, venous thromboembolic disease, venous insufficiency, and less common vascular diseases, such as fibromuscular dysplasia, and vasculitis. 

Dr. Pascual is an electrophysiologist whose expertise includes catheter-based ablation of complex arrhythmias as well as device-based therapy for management of heart failure.  His specialty includes use of advanced imaging technology that has become tremendously important in real-time, 3-D mapping of the heart to guide catheter ablations.  He is board certified in cardiovascular and internal medicine. 

About the Doctors

Dr. Buitrago worked at Jackson Memorial Hospital as a heart failure clinic house physician, providing care to heart failure patients.   He also has extensive experience in Colombia where he was an attending physician at several hospitals, providing emergency and ambulatory medical care.   He earned his medical degree at Universidad Del Valle in Colombia and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine, also at Cleveland Clinic.  He is passionate about soccer and numismatics.

Dr. Del Conde comes to HeartWell from the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, where he led the Vascular Medicine program.  He graduated from LaSalle University and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed fellowships in Cardiology and Vascular Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.  Previously, he was an Attending Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Vascular Medicine, and is an accredited Hypertension Specialist.   

Dr. Pascual is a graduate of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and completed his fellowship in clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Florida.   He was also a Chief Cardiology Fellow at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

About HeartWell, LLP

HeartWell, LLP is a medical practice consisting of 23 cardiologists in nine offices in South Florida, with a concentration in the Kendall/Coral Gables area.   Every patient of a HeartWell physician receives an accurate, thorough evaluation and diagnosis, followed up by the most advanced solutions available to appropriately manage cardiovascular diseases through the timely application of lifestyle changes, medical therapies, and interventional technologies.

HeartWell’s physicians are among the most skilled and respected doctors in the area who all provide personalized care—including education about preventive measures—for patients who have, or are at risk for, cardiac and vascular diseases.

Among the many services and specialties are office based services such as arrhythmia management, cardiovascular research, coronary disease management; diagnostics such as  carotid ultrasound studies, echocardiography, smoking cessation strategies; and hospital/outpatient services including cardiac catheterization, interventional cardiology and implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators.    For more information, visit www.heartwell.com