Lawrence Garcia

Dr. Garcia received his training in Cardiology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa and as an interventional cardiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.  Further, he received his peripheral vascular training at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.  Dr. Garcia then served at the Beth Israel Hospital as a full time interventional cardiologist and Director of the Peripheral Cardiovascular Program and Peripheral Interventions at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as well as the Director of the Interventional Fellowship Program and recently served at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center as Chief of the Section of Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine Programs for the past 15 years.  He is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.  He now, has joined Catholic Health Services in Long Island New York as Director of Network Vascular Services through St. Francis Hospital, one of the premier cardiovascular centers in the nation. Dr. Garcia continues his research interests in a wide variety of studies including peripheral vascular interventional trials and has served as national or global principal investigator on several trials.  He is widely regarded as an expert in peripheral vascular disease and specifically in atherectomy for lower extremity revascularization.  His work has been presented in numerous manuscripts, abstracts, textbooks and textbook chapters.