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Dr. Castellanos is Hispanic and Harvard trained physician. He subsequently trained at UC San Diego and UC Davis and is currently assistant clinical professor of internal medicine at UC San Diego.
He enjoys helping patients improve their cardiovascular health by applying evidence-based strategies, state-of-the-art technology and pharmacotherapy to target coronary disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other cardiac disease. He is a strong believer that in order to improve one's health, it takes a strong and honest partnership between the doctor and patient and a willingness to make lifestyle changes.
Dr. Castellanos has an interest in health outcomes research and Minority Health Policy. He studies how to effectively utilize existing health systems to monitor and develop strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular care.
Dr. Castellanos is well trained in wide range of cardiac services, including diagnostic cardiac catheterization, trans-esophageal echocardiography and stress testing. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Echocardiography.
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Dr. Vachaspathi Palakodeti is Board certified in Internal medicine and Cardiology. After medical schooling in India, he trained in Internal medicine at University of South Hampton and University of Nottingham in England. He has extensive experience at these teaching institutions during his training in England. He has obtained Membership of Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom (MRCP-UK) with a license to practice Medicine in the UK by The General Medical Council.
Dr. Palakodeti then continued his learning experience by joining University of California San Diego (UCSD), where he completed medical residency and cardiology fellowship and successfully obtained certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology (FACC). He continues his patient care and clinical research work even to this date at UCSD and is an Honorary Professor of Medicine at UCSD.
Dr. Palakodeti is currently practicing and providing comprehensive cardiology care to Imperial Valley for over a decade at Imperial Cardiac Center, his office location in Imperial, California. All aspects of cardiac and vascular care including stress testing, echocardiogram, nuclear stress testing, Holter monitoring and pacemaker evaluations are performed in the office, besides evaluation and treatment of peripheral, renal and carotid vascular disease.
Dr. Palakodeti is on active medical staff at El Centro Regional Medical Center and Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, providing cardiology care to hospital patients and 24/7 on call coverage to these two hospitals with his cardiology group. He also works at the hospital clinics and at the Clinicas De Salud proving consultation services. He is on active staff at UCSD as well where he regularly performs invasive cardiac and peripheral angiography procedures.
Dr. Palakodeti is actively involved with the medical community of Imperial Valley. He is the past President of Imperial County Medical Society, the local wing of California Medical Association.
Dr. Palakodeti is committed to providing comprehensive and excellent quality cardiac care to the entire population of Imperial Valley both in patients and outpatients irrespective of the type of insurance. His office currently welcomes new patients.
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