Dr. Mario J. Garcia was born in Argentina and moved to the Dominican Republic when he was four years old.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in premedical sciences and a doctorate in Medicine at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Enrique Ureña in the Santo Domingo.  He then moved to the United States to train in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  He then pursued additional training at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging and at the Cleveland Clinic in Advance Cardiac Imaging.  He quickly rose up the ranks and became Director of Echocardiography in 2000 at the Cleveland Clinic, position which he held for five years.  Under his tenure, the echocardiography program doubled in size to become the second largest program in the United States (behind the Mayo Clinic).  In 2005 he was named Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, leading the Cleveland Clinic to the top of cardiovascular imaging in the country at that time.  In 2006, he was recruited to Mount Sinai School of Medicine as Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Center.  There, he once again led a successful expansion of the program.  In 2010 he joined Einstein/Montefiore as Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Endowed Professor of Medicine and Radiology and co-director of the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care. He is also the Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Exam Committee, the major body that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties in the United States.

 

Dr. Garcia is a humanist, eminent cardiologist and leader in the development and clinical implementation of the most advanced, non-invasive cardiac diagnostic technology used in the world today.  A physician, researcher, and educator, he is known worldwide for his innovative use of noninvasive cardiac imaging, such as coronary CT angiography, echocardiography, and MRI.