DHR Health Welcomes their First Female Cardiologist to the DHR Health Heart Institute

Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Fiorella Llanos, Now Serving Patients in the Rio Grande Valley, DHR Health Heart Institute

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Dr. Llanos is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and National Board of Echocardiography and joins the DHR Health Heart Institute, the premier cardiology program in the Rio Grande Valley. Courtesy Image
Dr. Llanos is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and National Board of Echocardiography and joins the DHR Health Heart Institute, the premier cardiology program in the Rio Grande Valley. Courtesy Image

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Edinburg, Texas – DHR Health’s first female cardiologist, Dr. Fiorella Llanos, was one of the top medical students in her class, graduating fifth from the Facultad de Medicine Alberto Hurtado School of Medicine in Lima, Peru before completing her residency at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and pursuing an Internal Medicine Fellowship, Peripheral Vascular Fellowship, General Cardiology Fellowship, and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Llanos is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and National Board of Echocardiography and joins the DHR Health Heart Institute, the premier cardiology program in the Rio Grande Valley.

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The former “Outstanding Resident of the Year” has hit the ground running as she works to educate the residents of the Rio Grande Valley, especially women, of the advances in medicine that can help catch a cardiac event before it happens.

Dr. Llanos specializes in treating peripheral artery disease and coronary artery disease and is also trained to diagnose and treat a wide array of diseases of the heart and vascular system, including high blood pressure, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythm and post COVID-19 cardiac complications.

To schedule an appointment, call (956) 631-0961 or visit www.dhrhealth.com . 

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