Richard O. Han

Expert Publications

• Comparison of two different methods of quantitative coronary angiography in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
• Detection of interleukin and interleukin-receptor mRNA in human heart by polymerase chain reaction.
• Heparin/heparan sulfate chelation inhibits control of vascular repair by tissue-engineered endothelial cells.

Media Releases

Get to know Cardiologist & Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Richard O. Han, who serves patients in Ocala, Florida

Dr. Han is a cardiologist and an interventional cardiologist who welcomes patients at Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics in Ocala, Florida. He specializes in coronary and peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures. Dr. Han is considered an expert in structural heart interventions, including Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV), balloon mitral valvuloplasty, percutaneous left atrial appendage closure, and percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovale, ventricular septal defects, and paravalvular leaks.

A 1992-graduate of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was honored with the Dr. Spencer Morris Prize, Dr. Han completed an internal medicine residency at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA (1992 – 1995). He then performed a clinical and research fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA (1995 – 1998). 

Subsequent to his education, the doctor attained board certification in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease medicine, and interventional cardiology through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The American Board of Internal Medicine is a 501 nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology.

Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter.

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Dr. Han is a member of the Paul Dudley White Society and Florida Medical Society. He was also included among Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: 1st Edition. 

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