Dr. Liff is an interventional cardiologist who specializes in peripheral vascular disease as well as coronary interventional disease. He completed an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Hofstra/North Shore University /Long Island Jewish Hospital Center in New York and then a Peripheral Interventional Fellowship at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, LA. Dr Liff completed his Clinical Cardiology Fellowship at Emory University Hospital System in Atlanta, GA. He also performed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Emory.

Dr. Liff earned his medical degree from Ohio State University School of Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Debbie received her certificate of completion from Wake Forest University as a Physician Associate after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Columbia International University. She has spent her career working in Pediatric Medicine specializing in Cardiology. Debbie maintains her certification with the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants. 

“I’ve played football my whole life basically,” 17-year old William McKenney shares from his Tulsa home on a humid August afternoon. In just a few short hours, he will return to Booker T. Washington High School for six hours of pre-season football practice. “I love it. You’ve got to love the game to play it. I love the game.” The senior safety doesn’t mind putting in the work. After all, this is arguably the most important season of his career. “After high school I’d like to go on and if I get the opportunity to play college football and move onto the next level and play in the NFL, I’ll do that. If not, I’ve always got to have a backup plan.”

To prepare for the upcoming season, last spring the Booker T. Washington athletic department encouraged student athletes participate in a heart screening provided by the Chase Morris Foundation - dedicated to raising awareness of sudden cardiac death among student athletes following the death of 16-year old high school athlete Chase Morris in 2013.

William’s mother, Samico, signed the release to have her son screened with his team. “I missed his call,” she remembers looking down to see several missed calls from William. “He’s never done that before. Then emails starting popping up in the midst of the calls, saying I needed to get an appointment set up immediately regarding William’s heart.”

Although neither William nor Samico would have expected anything abnormal from the heart screening, the doctor reading the scan told William, “That I had a hole in my heart. He told me everyone is born with a hole in their heart and it was just unfortunate that the hole in my heart didn’t close. I would eventually have to have surgery.”

“It’s a natural instinct to worry,” William says of trying to make sense of this news and wondering what was wrong with his heart. His mother worried also. Samico called his lifelong pediatrician to review his medical records, looking for any sign that something was wrong with his heart. She also began calling family to learn of possible hereditary heart problems. Samico couldn’t find anything that would have indicated there was a problem with William’s heart. 

“I wanted a second opinion,” says Samico before agreeing to surgery. She found Director of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging at Oklahoma Heart Institute Dr. Edward Martin.

“William presented to me with an abnormal ultrasound of the heart, done at an outside institution, which suggested a large atrial septal defect or communication between the upper right and left chambers of the heart,” says Dr. Martin. “He is an excellent football player and had plans to play football beyond high school. We talked about the timing of a potential surgery and how that would impact, but not end, his football career.”

Potentially facing surgery months before the start of football practice, William said the reality of recovering from surgery flashed through his mind, “I wouldn’t be able to play my senior year.”

“I’ve watched him deal with the pain of breaking his knee cap,” says Samico when William was in the fourth grade. “I had to endure watching him sit back and watch his teammates. Thinking that I would watch him sit out his senior year - this is his moment - I really didn't want anything to interfere with the last year of football, because this is his heart. This is what he loves to do.”

“Because congenital heart disease can be highly complex and because ultrasound imaging can be limited in its resolution, I had William undergo a Cardiovascular MRI here at Oklahoma Heart Institute to get a complete picture of his heart and blood vessel anatomy,” shares Dr. Martin.

William met with Dr. Martin before his cardiovascular MRI. “He told me, ‘don’t worry about anything,’” William recalls. “He said he was going to look at the results when we were done.”

“I think we were all shocked, but pleasantly so, when the MRI revealed a normal heart,” shares Dr. Martin.

“It was a relief,” adds William. “Now I knew I didn’t have to have the surgery. I didn’t have to worry about being put out of the game.”

When William steps on to the field each game this season, he says he will have more confidence, knowing his heart is just fine. “You never know what could happen,” he adds.” If you have the opportunity to get your body checked out, get your heart checked out - take it.”

“I believe this highlights the need for accurate high resolution imaging procedures,” explains Dr. Martin, “before undertaking something as life altering as heart surgery.”

An estimated one out of 200,000 high school student-athletes die each year, according to a Minnesota study of 1.4 million student-athlete participants in 27 sports over a 12-year period. “Although the frequency of deaths in young athletes appears to be relatively low, such deaths are undoubtedly more common than previously thought and represent a substantive public health problem,” adds Dr. Martin. “The Chase Morris Foundation is a great idea in that it promotes the screening of athletes of high school age to rule out life threatening heart diseases. Then if an abnormality is suspected the athlete should seek an opinion from a qualified cardiovascular specialist for more detailed evaluation process. In this case there was a definite happy ending.”

The Chase Morris Foundation heart screening was an opportunity that allows William to pursue his football career even further, but if that doesn’t work out, he has a backup plan. “I’m debating either becoming a chemical engineer or going to the air traffic control institute. That’s just a little backup plan.”

For more information about cardiovascular MRI at Oklahoma Heart Institute, please click here.

Oklahoma Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Mathew Good’s wife, Bethany, joins us on the blog today with their family’s favorite game day foods.

In the Good house, fall means OSU football. And the Broncos. And the Royals. And then starting each November, KU basketball. Can you tell we love our sports around here?  Our kids literally wake up on the weekend and ask which team shirt they need to wear that day. Cheering on our teams is definitely a family event. A perfect Saturday would be spent tailgating in Stillwater, but life, busy schedules and three little ones don’t always make that possible. So when we can, we love to have friends over, turn on the games and indulge in some “game food,” as Mat refers to it.

In our younger days, when it was just the two of us and we didn’t need to worry about calories as much, wings, queso dip and nachos made a regular appearance. As our waist lines increased and our metabolisms decreased, we decided to change what “game food” looks like around here; - not to mention, we want our kids to grow up knowing that healthy food can taste just as good as not-so-healthy choices.

For game day, we start with a huge fruit and vegetable plate and make one or two of the following sides. As always, my rule is that recipes have to be easy. No one wants to spend a beautiful fall Saturday in the kitchen all day! No matter which team you cheer for – or even if you could care less about sports – make one of these for your next gatherings and it is sure to be a healthy hit.

Dr. Good’s Guacamole

2-3 avocados
1/2 lime
2 roma tomatoes, finely diced
1/4 white onion, finely diced
small handful of cilantro, finely diced
1/2  jalapeno, seeded and diced
1 garlic clove, minced
sea salt (to taste)

Directions:

Mash up the avocados and add the remaining ingredients. Add salt to taste. Serve with vegetables and whole wheat pita chips.

7 Layer Mediterranean Dip

8 oz. hummus

1 tomato, diced

1/2 cup diced cucumber

1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt

1/3 tsp salt

1/4 tsp paprika

2 canned artichoke hearts, chopped

2 roasted red peppers (4 halves), diced

1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

2 tbsp minced flat-leaf parsley

kalamata olives, chopped, for garnish (optional)

Directions:

In an 8-by-8 inch square serving dish, spread the hummus evenly on the bottom. Layer the tomatoes and cucumber over top. Dollop the yogurt over the vegetables and gently spread with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle salt and paprika. On top of the yogurt, layer the artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers and feta cheese. Sprinkle the parsley on top and garnish with olives. Serve with fresh vegetables or whole wheat pita chips.

No-Bake Energy Bites

A recent favorite of mine are No-Bake Energy Bites . They are yummy enough for dessert and healthy enough for a quick breakfast or morning snack.

1 cup (dry) oatmeal (I use old-fashioned oats.)

2/3  cup toasted coconut flakes

1/2 cup peanut butter (we use almond butter)

1/2 cup ground flax seed

1/2 cup chocolate chips or cacao nibs (optional)

1/3 cup honey or agave nectar

1 tablespoon chia seeds (optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Cover and let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour. Once chilled, roll into balls of whatever size you would like. Mine were about one inch in diameter. Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to one week.

Makes about 20 to 25 balls.

 “I told the guys I would be back in two hours,” 53-year-old Bill Calkins remembers telling his crew at work as he left for his annual physical in Skiatook. The project manager of a superfund site stayed up-to-date on his physicals and felt in pretty good health walking into the clinic. “If anything, I noticed I was slightly short of breath.” Going over his blood results, Bill’s primary care physician was wrapping up the appointment, when he asked, “Hey Bill, you’re in your mid-50s. When was the last time you had an EKG?” Bill thought the last time would have been when he was in the service in his 20s. Instead of going back to work, Bill ended up going to the hospital.

The EKG sparked concern for his physician, who referred him to Oklahoma Heart Institute at nearby Bailey Medical Center.  “When I pulled up and there was the Oklahoma Heart Institute sign, truthfully, I felt better,” Bill recalls. “They are the people who deal with this all the time, I thought.”

Oklahoma Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Roger Des Prez ordered a stress test for Bill. “I couldn’t do it,” he says. “I failed it.” Bill also failed a nuclear stress test. Something was clearly wrong with Bill’s heart, even though he wasn’t showing the classic signs of a heart attack– chest pain, numbness down the left arm or breaking out in a cold sweat. Bill was scheduled for a heart catheterization to get a more clear indication of what was going on with his heart the next day at the Oklahoma Heart Institute hospital on the campus of Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa.

During the catheterization, images of Bill’s heart revealed a 98 percent blockage in the main LAD (left anterior descending) artery, which supplies blood to the front and main wall of the heart. “I’m a walking miracle,” my surgeon, Dr. Edward Coleman, told me. “No one walks in here with a 98 percent blockage of the widow maker.”

To prepare for open heart surgery, Bill was hospitalized for eight days coming off blood thinners. “I was terrified,” he remembers. “You have a lot of time to think and read. I did a lot of research.” Dr. Coleman and Dr. Des Prez monitored him closely leading up to surgery. Bill says the best description he had of what his 98 percent blockage meant to his heart was from Dr. Coleman. “He said your arteries are like hoses in a garden. One waters the green beans. Another one waters the cabbage. ‘Bill your whole garden is blocked,’ Dr. Coleman said.”

Surgery was successful and Bill woke feeling sore, but with a new lease on life. “Everyone took exceptional care of me,” he adds. “I felt pretty important up there.”

Upon discharge, Bill was referred to cardiac rehab at Hillcrest Claremore, near his home. For 12 weeks, three times a week, he arrives for monitored exercise where cardiac nurses and exercise physiologists continue to watch his blood pressure and heart rate as they gradually strengthen his heart and endurance. “I was pretty weak and now at the end of 12 weeks, I’m setting records on the machines,” he says. “I give it my all. I feel safe there, but I was really worried, thinking, ‘what if something goes wrong?’”

In addition to exercise, Bill has learned valuable information about his heart medication, as well as changes he needed to make to his diet and portions. “I was making bad choices thinking they were good.”

Mid-September Bill happily returned to work. “I never dreamed I could recover so fast,” he says. “Sure, it is tough. There are long days and it reminds you every minute that you’ve had heart surgery, but I have had a complete transformation of my health. The follow-up is as good as the care itself. I have never felt along one day.”

Dr. Oliver is an invasive/noninvasive cardiology specialist with specific interests in adult echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and women's cardiovascular health.

FELLOWSHIP
Cardiovascular - Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas

INTERNSHIP & RESIDENCY
Internal Medicine - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION
Medical degree - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas
Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Medicine - Rice University in Houston, Texas

Board certified in Internal Medicine amd Cardiovascular Medicine

Kristin received her Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma as an Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma. She began her career as a Registered Nurse with a primary focus in cardiology. Kristin holds a national certification from the American Association of Critical Care Nursing as an Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist and is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists.

Heart disease doesn’t have a “look.” If it did, Master Sergeant Chris Clifton, 42, certainly wouldn’t fit the description. Last October, his unit – the 219^th Engineering Installation Squadron with the 138^th Fighter Wing of the Tulsa Air National Guard – was scheduled to deploy to Japan. Clifton had given up his spot, so that a younger airman could gain that experience. That meant he was home to complete his upcoming annual physical training test required by the Air Force. “I was feeling good that morning,” he recalls. “No indication of anything odd that would have led me to think a heart-related incident was about to occur and change my life mentally, physically and spiritually.”

If anything had been odd, Clifton would have likely felt chest pains like those he experienced beginning in April of 2014. In 2014, he had chest discomfort that seemed mild and not likely to be heart disease. He was the picture of health, vigorously exercising daily, with no apparent reasons to suspect he had heart disease. However, his primary care physician was concerned because of a mildly abnormal EKG.  Clifton then had a stress test that was also mildly abnormal.  He was referred to Oklahoma Heart Institute. To answer the question of whether or not Clifton had heart disease - which seemed an unlikely reality for the then 41-year-old - a cardiac CT was performed. “It was surprisingly severely abnormal,” shares Oklahoma Heart Institute cardiologist, Dr. Roger Des Prez. While coaching his son’s football practice one late August evening, Clifton received the news from Dr. Des Prez that he had severe heart disease. Dr. Des Prez recommended an invasive dye test, which led to a heart catheterization and then to the placement of four stents to open 70 percent blockages. “That’s when reality really hit me,” he says. Clifton maintained his new regime following his stent procedure – working out as normal and taking his heart medication.

Fast forward a year to Sunday, October 4, 2015. The physical training test was due. “I was up for the challenge,” he says. “My goal was to score 100.” The test began at Mohawk Park at 8:30 a.m. “I maxed out my pushups and sit-ups. Then it was time for the third and final part of the test – a 1.5 mile run.” Clifton finished the run around a 7-minute pace and came in with a total score just under his goal of 94.

“He actually did really well,” recalls Technical Sergeant Aaron Wilson, RN. “He smoked me. He was pacing people back to the finish line.”

After his run, Clifton, a First Sergeant supporting his fellow airman, went back to help others finish by jogging in with them. “I wanted to be there with them until the last person from our unit crossed the finish line,” he shares. Afterwards, he visited with groups from his unit to see how they all did, as they waited for the buses to take them back to base. “I turned around to check on a fellow airman, who I had finished the run with. She was still pretty flushed from her run. I said, ‘Are you okay?’ She replied, ‘Yes.’”

“That’s when it happened. Immediately after asking her how she was doing, I literally took two steps and the ground started spinning,” Clifton recalls. “I took a knee and told her I wasn’t feeling well. That’s the last thing I remember.”

“He was 10 feet away from me,” says Technical Sergeant Aaron Wilson, RN. “I saw him just drop.”

The fit father of three began to seize as everyone started to rush by Clifton’s side to figure out what was happening and how to help him.

Fortunately, two VA nurses in his unit - Staff Sergeant Travis Bryant, RN and Technical Sergeant Aaron Wilson, RN - and 21-year military veteran Master Sergeant Mike Coussou, who had just completed a 16-week EMT course, were nearby Clifton when he collapsed and passed out. The 138^th Fighter Wings Fire Department was also on location with an AED (automated external defibrillator). Firefighters Staff Sergeant Mark Gardner and Senior Airman Houston Nole were by Clifton’s side within minutes.

“That’s what we’re trained to do,” says ICU nurse Bryant. “I started asking questions about his health. Did he have seizures?” Bryant quickly learned that Clifton did not have a history of seizures, but might have heart disease. “At that moment, I said, ‘We need to get his shirt off and get an AED on him.”

Coussou agreed. “I was standing in close proximity,” he shares. “I heard someone say that he had stents and I thought this was a heart issue.” Coussou yelled out for someone to call 911. The firefighters already had a 911 operator on the phone, giving their location.

“I was worried about him,” recalls Wilson. “I said to get the AED on him so we can listen to see what his heart rhythm is doing.”

Cutting Clifton’s shirt off, the nurses worked quickly to connect AED leads on Clifton’s chest.

“I saw an abnormal ventricular rate on the AED and knew he needed a shock,” says Bryant.

“I heard the voice that a shock was advised and pushed the button to deliver the shock,” says Coussou. “I had just finished EMT training. When you need an AED, you never hear ‘shock advised.’ It was surreal.”

An AED advises to deliver a shock in two deadly situations – ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Clifton’s heart was in ventricular fibrillation.

The shock was delivered to Clifton’s heart.

“It went back to sinus (normal) rhythm – between 105 and 110 beats per minutes,” adds Wilson. “Then all of the sudden he wasn’t breathing anymore. There was no pulse.”

Without hesitation, Wilson started CPR. “I jumped on top of him and starting giving chest compressions.” Within 30 compressions, Clifton responded.

“He opened his eyes and started to rise up a little,” recalls Coussou. They immediately rolled him over to his left side, making sure his airway was clear. “We were doing what we could to make sure he stayed with us.” Paramedics arrived within minutes.

“My hearing came back first,” Clifton says. “I woke up hearing people say, ‘Come on, come on, Chris!’ I felt like I was in some sort of a dream – like being in a dark tunnel. I could hear people yelling someone’s name. I didn’t even know, at the time, that they were cheering me on or had any idea what had happened. Then I felt my strength come back to my body. I squeezed my hands. It was like coming out of a deep, deep sleep when my eyes opened.”

Clifton says he thought to himself, “Where am I? What am I doing?” After a few minutes of taking in the scene around him, Clifton realized what had happened.

“I had a heart attack,” he says.

“He is one of my best friends,” shares Wilson, who has served in the Tulsa Air National Guard for 11 years – six of which have been with Master Sergeant Clifton. Wilson jumped into the ambulance with Clifton, who was transported to the Oklahoma Heart Institute and rushed back to the cath lab. He had a new blockage that was stented by Dr. Kamran Muhammad. A few days later, Clifton had an internal defibrillator placed by Dr. Craig Cameron to help keep his heart in rhythm if it were to go back to ventricular fibrillation. He received a new type of device that is small and not as bulky or invasive as conventional defibrillators.

“He is the best First Sergeant I’ve had,” shares Wilson reflecting on that October day. “He looks out for all the enlisted troops. It really surprised us, but we know if something like that had happened to one of us, he would have been there for us.”

“I am very humbled by this experience,” shares Clifton, “and I feel blessed by my Heavenly Father to have been given a chance at life again so that I get to spend more time loving my children and being a dad. I look forward to spending time with my family at home and my second family at the 219^th Engineering Installation Squadron as a First Sergeant and at the 138^th Fighter Wing as an F-16 maintainer.”

Master Sergeant Chris Clifton has served overseas three times – once with the U.S. Army in Operation Joint Endeavor from 1996 to 1997 and twice with the U.S. Air Force in 2006 with Operation Iraqi Freedom and in 2013 with Operation Enduring Freedom. He has more than 21 years serving in the military and is very proud to have been given the opportunity and privilege to serve this great nation.

Pictured: 
Top photo - Msgt. Chris Clifton with his children: Courtney, 19, Jacob, 12 and Christina, 16.

Bottom photo - Ssgt. Travis Bryant, RN, VA nurse, Tsgt. Aaron Wilson, RN, VA nurse, Msgt. Chris Clifton, and Msgt. Mike Coussou

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February is Heart Month, and it gives us the opportunity to not only talk about heart health, but hear other people’s own stories. On National Wear Red Day, the Rogers County Sherriff’s Office shared a story that told the side of living with heart disease from a spouse’s perspective. It begins, “The following is a fairy tale.” Told through the lens of Major Coy Jenkins, it is a story that sheds light on the reality that heart disease can strike when you least expect it. Major Jenkins’ wife, Marti, has had six heart catheterizations, two stents and one angioplasty since the day of her heart attack: May 26, 2014.

At first, she brushed off her symptoms, thinking the heaviness in her legs and fatigue was a result of worn out running shoes, long overdue to be replaced. She thought the shortness of breath she experienced at her boot camp fitness class might have been from allergies. Then her arm began to feel numb. She laid down and felt a sharp pain in her ear. It was enough for Marti to decide to go to the Emergency Department at Hillcrest Claremore to check it out. She’ll never forget hearing the words, “Mrs. Jenkins, you’re having a heart attack.” She was 47 years old. Her first symptom of heart disease was a heart attack.

“From that moment, I knew I needed to share my story,” she adds. “I want people to listen to me for themselves.”

Read Marti’s story posted on Facebook by the Roger’s County Sherriff’s Office here. 

Bottom photo: Major Coy Jenkins, Marti Jenkins and their son, Chet.

Joshua received his Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma as a Physician Assistant after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Molecular Biology from Rogers State University. He began his career by obtaining his EMT license and joining Limestone Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter/EMT. Joshua maintains his certification with the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants.

Joshua’s personal interests include backpacking, fishing & hunting, learning military history and restoring his 1943 Willy’s MB Jeep.

Amber received her Master’s degree from the Pittsburg State University School of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. She began her career as a Registered Nurse in the Cath Lab at Integris Grove General Hospital. Amber maintains her certification with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Amber’s personal interests include being outdoors, running and spending time with her kids.

Adrian received her Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa as a Physician Assistant after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiology from Oklahoma State University. She began her career as a certified nursing assistant. Adrian maintains her certification with the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants.

Adrian’s personal interests include traveling, outdoor activities, cooking and recreational sports.

Ashley received her Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa as a Physician Assistant after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology/Biomedical Sciences from University of Oklahoma. She began her career as an emergency department technician. Ashley maintains her certification with the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants.

Ashley’s personal interests include spending time with family, running, yoga and reading.

Charles received his Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing as a Family Nursing Practitioner after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He began his career as a Clinical Nurse in a cardiovascular intensive care unit and a cardiac catheterization lab. Charles maintains his certification with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Charles’s personal interests include baseball and keeping up with his daughters’ soccer games and practices.

Eugenia received her Master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma as a Physician Assistant after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University. She began her career as a pathology technician. Eugenia is a member of the USAG Women’s Gymnastics Professionals and USAG Women’s Gymnastics Safety Certification. She maintains her certification with the National Commission of Certified Physician Assistants.

 Eugenia’s personal interests include participating in marathons and triathlons and spending time at the lake with her family.

Dr. Munagala is the Director of the Advanced Heart Failure program at Oklahoma Heart Institute. She specializes in Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (MCSD) and Transplant. Dr. Munagala is also experienced in managing patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Cardiac Heart and Lung Amyloidosis.

She has been involved in clinical research in Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) and Transplant and authored several articles and book chapters. She is an active member in various professional societies, including the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant and American Medical Association.

FELLOWSHIP
Cardiovascular Diseases - Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Heart Failure, MCSD and Transplant - UCLA-Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension - Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RESIDENCY
Internal Medicine - Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION
Medical degree - Sri Venkateswara Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure and Transplant, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology.

Christopher Webbber received his initial Masters degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner after completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from East Central University. He began his career as a registered nurse with in the progressive intensive care unit and intensive care unit (ICU) and the cardiovascular/medical intensive care unit (ICU). He has maintained his national certification with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. He also a member of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.