Patricia Chavez, MD

Patricia Chavez, MD, specializes in cardiovascular medicine with a focus on advanced heart failure and transplantation.

Dr. Chavez diagnoses and treats a variety of heart conditions, including pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs that can lead to heart strain), pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (where small veins in the lungs are blocked, causing increased lung pressure), aortic valve replacement (a surgical procedure to replace a damaged valve that helps blood flow out of the heart), and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve without open-heart surgery).

Dr. Chavez earned her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin in Peru.