Jose Ramon Azpiri Lopez, MD earned his Medical Degree with honors from the University of Nuevo Leon Medical School, Monterrey, Mexico in 1981. He completed residency work in areas including Clinical Cardiology, and Internal Medicine. He received the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada in 1988. He has been Director of the Non-invasive Diagnostic Cardiopulmonary Laboratory at Christus Muguerza, since 1993.

Dr. Lopez has been certified by the Mexican Board of Internal

Medicine and the Mexican Board of Cardiology since 1990, by the Mexican Board of Interventional Cardiology since 2000, and has been Coordinator of the Cardiac Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention Laboratory at the University of Nuevo Leon Hospital since 2004.

Dr. Lopez is a member of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the Clinical Cardiology Council of the American Heart Association, the American Society of Echocardiography, and a member of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists, to name a few. He is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions and the American College of Cardiology.

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School

University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico. (1975-1981) Graduated with honors.

Social service

Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario, University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico. (1981-1982)

Residency and Surgical Training

• Rotatory Residency: Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico (1982-1983)

• Internal Medicine Residency Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico (1983-1986)

• Clinical Cardiology Residency: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (1986-1988)

Chief Medical Resident (1985-1986)

Hospital Universitario

Fellowship

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (1988-1989)

LICENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified by the Mexican Board of Internal Medicine and the Mexican Board of Cardiology since 1990 and by the Mexican Board of Interventional Cardiology since 2000.

PROFESIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Medicine, University of Nuevo Leon, assigned to the Cardiology Sevice, Monterrrey, Mexico, since 1993.

• Coordinator of the Cardiac Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention Laboratory at Hospital Universitario, University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, since 2004.

• Director of the Non-invasive Diagnostic Cardiopulmonary Laboratory at Christus Muguerza, since 1993.

• Admitting and cathing privileges in all major hospitals in Monterrey, Christus Muguerza, Hospital San Jose, Hospital Universitario

• Invited Professor in over 50 cardiology conferences. Attended over 100 cardiology meetings after ending the fellowship.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Mexican Society of Internal Medicine, since 1990

• Member of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society since 1990

• Member of the Clinical Cardiology Council of the American Heart Association since 1990

• Member of the American Society of Echocardiography since 1991

• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology

• Member and Co-founder of the Mexican Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOCIME) since 1991

• Member of the Mexican Society of Cardiology since 1995

• Member of the Latin-American Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOLACI) since 1998

• Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions since 2003

• Member of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists since 2003

OTHERS

Awards

• First Place Diploma at “The University of Toronto, Ursula Bangs Cardiology Research Competition Day”, May 1988.

• First Place Diploma at the XIII Biomedical Research Meeting, held in Monterrey, Mexico, Oct. 1995.

• First Place Diploma in Clinical Research at the National congress of Cardiology, held in Monterrey, Mexico, Oct. 1995.