Cardiovascular Medicine

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This division provides comprehensive care of patients with cardiovascular problems. Outpatient services include nuclear cardiology, exercise tests, and conventional, stress, and transesophageal echocardiography. The cardiologist on-call can be reached at (800) 468-0177 for patients requiring urgent transfer and hospitalization.

Jaime E. Barberena, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '94, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Montserrat, British West Indies.
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: University of Missouri and St. Lukes Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: coronary and peripheral intervention, intravascular ultrasound, clinical cardiology, cardiovascular research, structural heart disease
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Brian M. Beard, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '92, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
Internal Medicine Residency: USAF Medical Center Wright Patterson, Wright AFB, Ohio.
Cardiology Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Nuclear Cardiology; Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Interests: Non-invasive cardiac imaging and preventive cardiology
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

J. Patrick Birkbeck, M.D., FACC

Education and Training: MD '99, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City.
Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City.
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Nuclear Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Clinical cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear medicine, transesophageal echocardiography
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Thomas J. Doyle, M.D., FACC

Education and Training: MD '90, Creighton University, Omaha.
Residency and Fellowship in Internal Medicine and Cardiology: Texas A&M/ Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Interests: Specializing in cardiac devices, congestive heart failure, enhanced counter-pulsation and transesophageal echocardiography
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Craig F. Gernon, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '90, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City.
Internal Medicine Internship: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, and Boston City Hospital, Boston.
Cardiology Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Board Certification: Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Interests: Cardiac rehabilitation and nuclear cardiology
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

James E. Hurtig, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '92, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Internal Medicine Residency: Arizona University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.
Cardiology Fellowship: University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Nuclear Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Clinical cardiology, nuclear cardiology, transesophageal echocardiography, pacemakers and defibrillators
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Jack A. Jones, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '91, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield.
Internal Medicine Residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield.
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: St. Louis University, St. Louis, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Iowa Heart Center, Des Moines.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular disease evaluation and management, endovascular repair or aneurysms, cartoid stenting, venous reflux
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Donney W. Kastner, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '95, Texas A&M University College of Medicine.
Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship: Texas A& M Health Science Center–College of Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M University, Temple.
Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Cardiac and vascular ultrasound, general cardiology, peripheral vascular disease, nuclear cardiology, transesophageal echocardiography and CT coronary angiography
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Steven E. Seals, M.D.

Education and Training: MD '88, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha.
Residency: Iowa Methodist/VA Medical Centers, Des Moines.
Fellowship in Cardiology: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Clinical Interest: Cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmias and radio-frequency ablation therapy
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Patrick G. Sheehy, M.D., FACC

Education and Training: MD '80, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Internal Medicine Residency: Marshfield Clinic and St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield.
Cardiology Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Cardiac catheterization, cardiac and peripheral vascular intervention, peripheral angiography, vascular and cardiac sonography, venous reflux
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

F. James Weyrens, M.D., FACC

Education and Training: MD '80, Northwestern University, Chicago.
Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital, Cleveland. Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology: Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Cardiology
Clinical Interests: Interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular disease management, cardiac and vascular MRI, cardiac and vascular CT
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172

Lambert A. Wu, M.D. , FACP, FACC

Education and Training: MD '97, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI.
Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography
Clinical Interests: Cardiac MRI, cardiac and vascular ultrasound, lipid management, nuclear cardiology, peripheral vascular disease, preventive cardiology
Office Location: 929 Mulvane, Topeka, 66606
Office Phone: (785) 270-4000 or (800) 468-0177
Fax: (785) 270-4172