Dr. Jorge L. Penalver

Rhea B. Sancassani, MD, FACC, is a medical director for the Jackson Medical Group’s cardiology practice. Dr. Sancassani is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). Her medical interests include general adult cardiology and women’s cardiovascular health, including risk stratification, prevention to treatment of ischemic coronary disease, cardiomyopathy and heart failure, and valvular heart disease.

Dr. Alexander C Ferreira, MD is a health care provider primarily located in Miami, FL. They graduated from medical school in 1990 and have 35 years of experience. Their specialties include Cardiovascular Disease, Other Specialty, Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Medicine. Dr. Ferreira is affiliated with Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Early detection of possible conditions is critical to good health, and that goes for your cardiac care as well. The cardiology experts at Jackson Heart Institute are ready to help evaluate and screen patients from throughout South Florida. Our patients and referring physicians know that they can count on our comprehensive institute to evaluate conditions that could affect the heart, such as high blood pressure or cholesterol, smoking, diabetes or a family history of heart issues. For all patients who need our cardiology services, we offer a variety of minimally-invasive diagnostic tests, such as: Cardiac CT scan Cardiac MRI scan Cardiac perfusion scan Echocardiogram Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) Exercise EKG Nuclear stress test