Richard A. Elias MD, Cardiologist
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Richard A. Elias MD

Internist

5/5(12)
3801 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 300 Miami Florida, 33137
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About

One cannot deny the five decade long career that Richard A. Elias, MD, has achieved is more than impressive. It began after he received his medical degree in 1955 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. After obtaining his degree, Dr. Elias completed his residency at The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1962. It was in that year that he was hired as a clinical professor of Cardiology at the University of Miami, where he still educates today. He is currently the director of the Florida Grand Opera, something he has been fundraising, and donating his time to for over thirty years. Because of his admirable career, Dr. Elias has desevervingly received notable awards including; being inducted into the Alexander Hamilton Society of Columbia University, its highest award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2007, also in 2007, the Presbyterian Medical Medal of Honor. Today, Elias continues to teach and practice as an internist with a specialty in cardiovascular disease in Miami, Florida.

Education and Training

College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1955

Board Certification

Internal Medicine

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 69 years of experience

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Professor of Cardiology, University of Miami; 1962 to present -

Awards

  • 'Ellis Island Medal of Honor', 2007   
  • 'Alexander Hamilton Society of Columbia University', its highest award   
  • 'Presbyterian Medical Medal of Honor,' 2007   

Treatments

  • High Cholesterol
  • Angina
  • Heart Disease
  • Bursitis
  • Venous Insufficiency
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
  • Vascular Disease

Internships

  • Columbia University

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Hard Work

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Director Emeriti of the Florida Grand Opera, after serving on its Board and fundraising for the opera for over thirty years. He is a past Board Chair and current member of the Board of the National Visiting Council of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Family time, traveling

Richard A. Elias MD's Practice location

3801 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 300 -
Miami, Florida 33137
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3801 BISCAYNE BLVD -
MIAMI, FL 33137
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