Vinod Miryala, M.D.

Vinod Miryala, M.D., FACC, is board-certified in cardiology, CT coronary angiography, internal medicine, and nuclear cardiology. He received his medical degree from Kakatiya Medical College in India and also attended the graduate medical education program at New York Methodist Medical College, which is affiliated with the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell. He performed his residency and fellowship training in cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in both Ohio and Florida. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has been the chief of cardiology at The Villages Regional Hospital since 2008.

Dr. Miryala specializes in CT coronary angiography, an emerging non-invasive technology that uses CT scanning of the heart to diagnose coronary artery disease. This procedure, which only requires an injection of iodine and a simple CT scan, is replacing cardiac catheterization as the physician’s test of choice to determine narrowing or blockage of cardiac arteries. He also performs diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures, primarily through a radial (wrist) approach, which is much more convenient and comfortable for the patient.

“Imaging technologies, including PET, 3D transesophagael echocardiography, and CT angiography, have made the greatest breakthroughs in cardiac care in the last two decades,” he says. “Whereas in the past surgeons were literally in the dark as what to expect when operating on a patient, now, using sophisticated cameras and computerized technology, the problem has been pinpointed well before the patient reaches the operating room.”