Fellowship & Postgraduate Training​

• Fellowship, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology: Pittsburg Heart Institute of Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburg, PA

 

Residency

• Residency: Internal Medicine, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburg, PA

 

Education

• Medical Degree: Universidad Central Del Este, Dominican Republic

• Undergraduate: Wilkes College BA in Biology, Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

Certifications

• Interventional Cardiology

• Cardiovascular Disease

• Internal Medicine

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Specialties

• Interventional Cardiology including balloon angioplasty, percutaneous coronary intervention, balloon pump management, intracoronary ultrasonography, fractional flow reserve, peripheral intervention

• Nuclear Cardiology including stress testing and viability evaluations

• Invasive Cardiology including coronary angiography, left ventriculography, pulmonary artery catheterization, cardiac hemodynamic evaluations, and shunt evaluations

• Echocardiography including transthoracic and transesophageal 

• Heart failure management

• Critical care cardiology

• Management of cardiac rhythm disorders 

• Management of cardiac devices including pacemakers and defibrillators

• Evaluation and management of anticoagulation

• Pre-operative risk stratification

 

Biography

Dr. Saporito grew up in Pennsylvania.  He is a devoted family man and lives in Texarkana with his lovely wife and three children.  He is an avid golfer.     ​

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