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Ricardo Avendaño, MD

Clinical Fellow
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Clinical Fellow

Biography

Ricardo Avendaño is a board-certified cardiologist and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellow at Yale. He obtained his medical degree after graduated cum laude of his class from the Dr. José Matías Delgado University in El Salvador. Subsequently, he went on to complete his internal medicine residency program at Jacobi Medical Center, university hospital from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. In 2019 he was recruited to Yale, to perform a research and clinical fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. Here, in addition to his clinical training he performed a multimodality molecular translational cardiovascular research program in where he studied the role of imaging in guiding cardiovascular interventions. Currently, he is pursuing advanced training in clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship. In addition to his interest in cardiac electrophysiology, his work focuses on the role of imaging and cardiovascular interventions and more recently in global health initiatives to improve cardiovascular health in under development countries. His work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Europace, JACC Electrophysiology, Circulation, American Journal of Physiology, among others. Outside work he enjoys spending time with his family and exploring the outdoors in the northeast.

Appointments

Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Cardiovascular medicine fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine (2023)
Postdoctoral research fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine (2020)
Internal Medicine Residency
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2018)
MD
Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado (2014)

Board Certifications

  • Adult Echocardiography

    Certification Organization
    National Board of Echocardiography
    Original Certification Date
    2023
  • Cardiovascular Disease

    Certification Organization
    ABIM
    Original Certification Date
    2023
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    ABIM
    Original Certification Date
    2020

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ricardo Avendaño's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Yale University School of Medicine

  • honor

    Fellow as Medical Educator (FAME)

  • honor

    National Institutes of Health Research Institute Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service T32 Award in Multi-modality Molecular and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging.

  • honor

    CVRI/SNMA Levi Watkins Jr. American Heart Association Travel Grant

  • honor

    High-scoring abstract at the 90thh Scientific Session of the New York ACC State Chapter

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