Jorge M. Castellanos
MD
About Dr. Jorge M. Castellanos
Bio
Dr. Castellanos received his Bachelor's Degree from Stanford University in 2001 and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2007. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of California, San Francisco in 2010 followed by his Cardiology Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles in 2013. He then stayed on at Cedars-Sinai to complete a Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology participating in over 250 transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, known as "TAVR". In addition to this he is also trained in numerous other catheter based procedures such as complex coronary interventions, transcatheter mitral valve repair using the "MitraClip" ("TMVR") and in use of the left atrial appendage occlusion device known as the "Watchman". The "Watchman" device was recently granted FDA approval as a method of preventing strokes in certain patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Dr. Castellanos joined Newport Heart and the medical staff at Hoag Hospital in August 2014. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
Specialties
Cardiology
Focus areas
Cardiology
location
Newport Beach
2001 Westcliff Dr Ste 301, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (949) 881-7883 • Fax: (949) 258-5368
Accepted insurance
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- Aetna
- Anthem
- Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Scan
- United Healthcare
Accepting new patients
Yes
Hoag affiliations
Languages
English, Spanish
Background
Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
Education
Medical Education
Medical Doctor, Harvard Medical School
Internship
Internal Medicine, University of CA San Francisco
Residency
Internal Medicine, University of CA San Francisco
Fellowship
Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship
Interventional Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center