🎙Who Should Be On My Heart Health Team after a Heart Attack or Stroke? Ep 29

en-usAugust 10, 2022

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About this Episode

This month's MedEvidence! podcast is a three-part series on "What to do after a Heart Attack or Stroke?" In this part one, 15-minute episode, Doctors, Michael Koren and Albert Lopez, DO help you identify your heart health team.

You will learn:

Who do I call if I think I'm having a heart attack?
What are my risks for another event?
How can my family help?
How to find a clinical trial

Dr. Michael Koren is a practicing cardiologist and CEO at ENCORE Research Group. He has been the principal investigator of 2000+ clinical trials while being published in the most prestigious medical journals. Dr. Koren received his medical degree cum laude at Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine with a fellowship in cardiology at New York Hospital / Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/ Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Albert Lopez, DO practices Internal Medicine with Millennium Physician Group in Jacksonville, Florida. He is also a Principal Investigator with ENCORE Research Group specializing in lipid clinical trials. Dr. Lopez, DO completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in Miami, Florida. He is known as one of the earliest evidence-based physicians in Jacksonville utilizing nutrition and lifestyle for disease prevention.
I believe in "N" of one" because "N of one" is about the patient. If it is not about the patient, then it is about nothing. - Dr. Albert Lopez, DO

Original Air Date: June 17, 2022

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