The 20 Best Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic Doctors in Texas, US

Charles West, M.D., is a vascular surgeon with nearly two decades of medical experience. His work includes research in thoracic oncology, teaching and practicing vascular surgery. Dr. West currently serves as Associate Professor of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery – Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and as Professor of Surgery at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.While at Baylor College of Medicine, West was dedicated to providing a full spectrum of diagnostic evaluations and interventional treatments for problems with arterial and venous blood flow in the lower extremities, including problems with walking and wound healing related to reduced blood flow. He is skilled in the use of the latest operative and minimally invasive endovascular therapies, taking a conservative approach to treatment whenever possible.West is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Vascular Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. West earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University's School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed a National Institute of Health research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. He received his general surgery training at the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham before completing a vascular surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.West specializes in diseases of the aorta, aortic aneurysms and aortic graft infections, aortic reconstruction/repair, deep vein thrombosis and varicose vein treatments, endovascular procedures for aneurysms and occlusive diseases, carotid artery disease and peripheral artery disease. Additionally, he has a particular interest in the treatment of patients with thoracic outlet syndrome and celiac compression syndrome. Dr. West is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Arterial Insufficiency, Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS), Brachial Plexopathy, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Raul Ortega, M.D., is a vascular surgeon who specializes in carotid disease, aortic disease, vein disease, adult cardiac surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery and lung cancer screening program. He is fellowship-trained in minimally-invasive techniques for the treatment of arterial and venous disease.Originally from McAllen, Texas, Ortega has dedicated his life to studying vascular disorders and learning how to both prevent and treat them. He attended Baylor University and obtained his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Upon finishing in Galveston, he spent the next eight years in the Northeast completing his surgical training.It was during this time that Ortega was able to finish his vascular fellowship under the auspices of the renowned Dr. H. Dardik at Mt. Sinai-Englewood program in Englewood, N.J. Dardik is widely accepted as a leader in the practice of limb salvage surgery, and in 2002 the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dardik in recognition of his contributions to both the society and vascular surgery.It didn't take long for Ortega and his family to realize they missed the friendly people and sense of community in Texas, and in 2010 they relocated and he established his clinic in Denton. Ortega is happy to be involved in the ground-breaking medical field of vascular surgery because he sees the wide array of applications it provides to people in need: it can potentially help save lives by aortic surgery, save limbs through leg and arm revascularization, prevent strokes using carotid surgery, help treat vein disease with various varicose vein treatments, and help people on dialysis by creating arteriovenous fistulas.In his spare time, Ortega enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his wife and three children. Dr. Ortega is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Lymphedema-Distichiasis Syndrome, Aagenaes Syndrome, Milroy Disease, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Endoscopy.

James B. Park, M.D., FACC, is an honors graduate of the University of California Irvine and College of Medicine in Irvine, Calif. He served as a distinguished intern and resident in internal medicine at the University of California Irvine Medical Center and completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Cal Irvine in conjunction with the Veterans Administration Medical Center of Long Beach and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Heart Institute. He also completed a separate fellowship in interventional cardiology as part of the Harbor-UCLA program at the Good Samaritan Hospital and Heart Institute in Los Angeles.Park is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine, and interventional cardiology. He is a member and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Society for Endovascular Specialists, Dallas County Medical Society, and American Medical Association.Park specializes in a full range of diagnostic, invasive and interventional vascular procedures, including intracoronary stenting; rotational, extractional, and directional atherectomy; balloon angioplasty; and permanent pacemaker implantation, in addition to the use of defibrillator and resynchronization devices. Another area of interest is peripheral vascular disease, and he serves as a national proctor, speaker and consultant for several training programs in all areas of peripheral arterial and venous angiography; angioplasty; atherectomy; and stenting, including renal, carotid, and peripheral vascular disease.Park's research interests and publications include interventional device therapy, especially in the areas of intravascular ultrasound and intracoronary stents. He also has been involved in developing hybrid procedures, including endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and structural heart disease, including PFO and ASD repairs. Additional interests include exercise stress tests; pacemaker and AICD (automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator) therapy; heart failure devices, including resynchronization devices; and preventive medicine. His noninvasive skills include performance and interpretation of exercise stress testing and transesophageal echocardiograms, including vascular ultrasound. Dr. Park is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherectomy, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Sridevi Pitta is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Denton, Texas. Dr. Pitta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Necrosis, Atherectomy, and Angioplasty.

Parin Parikh, M.D., FACC, is a native Texan, having grown up in Plano and attended Plano Senior High School. He graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Conn., with honors and obtained his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He stayed in New York to complete his general and interventional cardiology fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, where he served as chief fellow in interventional cardiology.Parikh is one of the only cardiologists in North Texas to obtain six board certifications: interventional cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, internal medicine, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, and registered physician in vascular interpretation. He also has advanced training in complex coronary and peripheral stenting and interventions. Parikh has special training in performing cardiac catheterization procedures from the wrist (radial artery catheterization), which can be safer and more comfortable for patients than the traditional femoral (groin) approach. Currently, less than five percent of the procedures in the United States are being performed using this new, innovative approach.Parikh also has specialty training in non-invasive cardiac and vascular imaging, including echocardiography, stress tests, nuclear medicine and peripheral vascular ultrasound studies. His areas of clinical expertise include coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease (including diabetic ulcers), critical limb ischemia, valvular heart disease, venous disease, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Parikh is also conversant in Spanish.Parikh and his wife live in Dallas, and feel blessed to be close to over 40 extended family members in the DFW Metroplex. Dr. Parikh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Pediatric Myocarditis, Aortic Regurgitation, Angioplasty, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Dr. Kalan Bobbitt had the opportunity to volunteer with her local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organization when she was in high school. The experience spurred her interest in the medical field. She went on to become a board-certified family medicine physician in 2011 and has worked in the area of primary care ever since.Dr. Bobbitt earned her medical degree from the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. She completed her family medicine residency at The University of Texas Southwestern Austin. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Texas Academy of Family Physicians and Texas Medical Association. Dr. Bobbitt has been named a Top Doc by Fort Worth Magazine on multiple occasions. Dr. Bobbitt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. Her top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, High Cholesterol, Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, and Xanthoma.

Dr. Timothy Oskin joins Texas Health Physicians Group as a board-certified vascular surgeon with 24 years of experience. He acted as division chief of vascular surgery at a busy regional health system, St. Luke's University Health Network, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In this role he acted as leader of the vascular program that grew from 3 hospitals to 12 facilities and started an independent medical school while overseeing 9 vascular surgeons as they developed a vascular fellowship. He focused on the improvement of quality patient care with the development of practice guidelines and protocols benchmarked by a national registry.Dr. Oskin earned his medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He then completed a general surgery residency at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC followed by specialty training in Vascular Surgery at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. After joining a vascular practice in Pennsylvania, he returned to pursue further specialty training by completing an Endovascular Fellowship at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. This has allowed Dr. Oskin to treat a broad range of vascular patients with a combination of medical, endovascular and/or surgical therapies to optimize their outcomes and quality of life.Dr. Oskin offers a vast experience in treatment of all vascular disorders with minimally invasive techniques. To maintain this high level of care he has acted as a principal investigator in numerous clinical trials in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease with minimally invasive stenting technologies, aortic aneurysmal disease with minimally invasive stent grafts and peripheral vascular disease with endovascular technologies. In addition, he served as adjunct clinical assistant professor of Surgery at Temple, Drexel and DeSales Universities which allowed him to educate upcoming medical students, surgical residents and physician assistants.Dr. Oskin remains active as a member of the American College of Surgery, the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery and the Society of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Oskin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Arterial Embolism, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Donald Wurzburg is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Dr. Wurzburg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Angioplasty.

Melissa Kirkwood is a General Surgeon and a Vascular Surgeon in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Kirkwood is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. Her top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Peripheral Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Stent Placement, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Dr. Jonathan Deitch has held academic and departmental leadership roles in the area of surgery since 1998. He previously served as associate professor of Surgery and associate chairman of Surgery at Staten Island University Hospital in New York for more than a decade. He also has held numerous academic appointments in vascular surgery, including Chief of Vascular And Endovascular Surgery and the program director of vascular fellowship in the Department of Surgery at Staten Island University Hospital. Dr. Deitch currently serves as Professor of Surgery at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Dr. Deitch is fellowship-trained in vascular and endovascular surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Society of Vascular Surgery, southern Association of Vascular Surgery, the Eastern Vascular Society and the Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery. Dr. Deitch performs a broad range of open and minimally invasive procedures to promote improved circulatory health beyond abdominal aortic aneurysms, venous thrombosis, peripheral vascular disease, carotid artery disease, and other vascular conditions. Additionally, he focuses on the care of vascular trauma patients and those with comorbidities related to diabetes.Dr. Deitch earned his medical degree at New York Medical College in Valhalla. He completed his general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, N.Y. He served as chief resident during his final year in residency. Dr. Deitch went on to complete his vascular surgery fellowship at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., and his endovascular surgery fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark.Dr. Deitch has served as an investigator for a variety of clinical trials in vascular procedures and treatments, and has published extensively in the field of vascular surgery. He was repeatedly recognized as a top physician and surgeon in the New York area prior to relocating to Texas. Dr. Deitch is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Aneurysm Repair.

"Dr. Kalaria is a comprehensively trained Cardiovascular Specialist who joined Fort Worth Heart group in 2005. He comes to Fort Worth from Indianapolis, Indiana, where he most recently served as a Director of Vascular Medicine and Intervention program, and Associate Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology program at Clarian Cardiovascular Center. Dr. Kalaria also served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Indiana University, where he had a rare distinction of receiving both ""Teacher of the Year"" award and ""Best Young Clinician"" Award. Dr. Kalaria's professional interests include Adult Congenital Heart disease (Atrial Septal Defect Closure), Complex Coronary Interventions, Carotid Artery Stent with Distal Embolization Protection, Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closure, Percutaneous Alcohol Septal Ablation (Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy), and Vascular Medicine and Intervention (Arterial and Venous including inferior vena cava filter placement). He brings a wealth of clinical expertise and experience to Fort Worth medical community. He is actively involved in many national and international clinical trials testing innovative therapies in coronary and peripheral vascular disease and gives research and invited clinical talks at national scientific meetings. He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology and Society of Coronary Angiography and Interventions. With the highest achievable training in non-invasive cardiology (Level III in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology), interventional cardiology (dedicated two-year clinical fellowship), and vascular medicine (fellowship with board certification), Dr. Kalaria brings a unique perspective to management of complex coronary and vascular patients. He believes in formulating a personalized diagnostic and therapeutic plan for patients with global cardiovascular disease, and compassionate delivery of cutting-edge therapies.". Dr. Kalaria is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Arterial Embolism, Atherosclerosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Mitchell Cox is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Cox is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Gangrene, Peripheral Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Carotid Artery Surgery, and Thrombectomy. Dr. Cox is currently accepting new patients.

Thaddeus Tolleson is an Interventional Cardiologist in Tyler,, Texas. Dr. Tolleson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Coronary Heart Disease, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Patrick Hartsell is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Hondo, Texas. Dr. Hartsell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Gangrene, Carotid Artery Disease, Arterial Embolism, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hartsell is currently accepting new patients.

Jorge Hernandez is a Cardiologist in Beaumont,, Texas. Dr. Hernandez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Angina, High Cholesterol, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Arthur Gonzales is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Schertz, Texas. Dr. Gonzales is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, and High Cholesterol.

Allen Mcgrew is a Cardiologist in Beaumont,, Texas. Dr. Mcgrew is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Pediatric Myocarditis, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Atherectomy, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Akira Nishikawa is a Cardiologist in Houston,, Texas. Dr. Nishikawa is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Prolapse, Angina, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Mark Fasulo is a Cardiologist in Beaumont,, Texas. Dr. Fasulo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Angina, Arterial Embolism, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

William Kirk is a Vascular Surgeon and a General Surgeon in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kirk is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Retinopathy Arteriosclerotic. His top areas of expertise are Carotid Artery Disease, Arterial Embolism, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Gangrene, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Kirk is currently accepting new patients.