
Dr. Rakesh Prashad
Board Certification
› Endovascular Medicine (2027)
› Interventional Cardiology (2019)
› Nuclear Cardiology (Lifetime)
› Cardiology (2028)
› Internal Medicine (2023)
› Medical Examiners (Lifetime)
Medical Licensure
› Florida, (2020)
Society Memberships
> American College of Cardiology
> American Society of Internal Medicine
> American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
> American College of Physicians
> American Medical Association
> Florida Society of Internal Medicine
> Marion County Medical Society
> Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Fellowships:
› Fellow Society Coronary Angiography – 2003
› Fellow American College of Physician – 1999
› Fellow American College of Cardiology – 1999
Professional Experience
2017-Present | Citrus Cardiology Consultants, Ocala, Florida |
2013 – 2016 | Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention Laboratory Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2007 – Present | Medical Director, Heart & Vascular Care of Ocala Ocala, Florida |
2007 – 2010 | Co-Medical Director, Heart Failure Center Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2000 – 2006 | Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2000 – Present | Medical Director, Ocala Research Institute, Inc. Ocala, Florida |
1998 – 2000 | Medical Director, Research Associates of Central Florida Ocala, Florida |
1997 – 2013 | Associate Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention Laboratory Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
1997 – 2010 | Ocala Interventional Cardiology, P.A Ocala Heart Institute, Ocala,Florida |
1996 – 1997 | Emergency Room Physician, Quincy General Hospital Quincy, Massachusetts |
1994 – 1996 | Emergency Room Physician, Hollywood Memorial Hospital Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
1993 – 1995 | Urgent Care Attending Physician/CAC-Ramsay Miami, Florida |
1992 – 1993 | Director of Urgent Care/ CAC- Ramsay Miami, Florida |
Education
1996 – 1997 | Heart Failure and Transplantation Fellowship Tufts University/New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts |
1996 – 1997 | lnterventional Cardiology Fellowship, Tufts University/ New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, PTCA, Stent, DCA, Rotablator, IVUS, Valvuloplasty |
1993 – 1995 | Clinical Cardiology Fellowship, University of Miami/Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida, Nuclear Imaging, TEE, TIE, Pacemaker Implantation Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization |
1990 – 1992 | Medical Residency, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida |
1989 – 1990 | Medical Internship, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida |
1985 – 1989 | Doctor of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida |
University Appointments
2017 – Present | Associate Professor, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Orlando, Florida |
2009 – 2017 | Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Gainesville, Florida |
2006 – Present | Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Gainesville, Florida |
2012 – 2015 | Cardiology Board of Review, University of Florida College of Medicine , Department of Internal Medicine Gainesville, Florida |
1992 – 1996 | ACLS Instructor, University of Miami & Tufts University Miami, Florida |
1996 – 1997 | Instructor in Medicine/Cardiology, Tufts University/New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts |
Hospital Appointments
2016 – Present | Cardiovascular Executive Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2015 – Present | Internal Medicine Sub Specialty Director: Cardiology, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2018 – Present | Director of Graduate Medical Education Research, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2018 – Present | L-GMEC Subspecialty Liaison, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2014 – 2015 | President Elect for Medical Staff Office, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2014 – Present | Graduate Medical Education Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2012 – 2013 | Vice President Elect for Medical Staff Office, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2012 – 2013 | Chairman of Performance Improvement Council, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2014 – 2015 | Chairman of Medical Executive Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2012 – 2013 | Vice Chairman of Medical Executive Committee , Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2008 – Present | Credentials Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center , Ocala, Florida |
2007 – 2015 | Cardiovascular Quality Committee, Chair, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2006 – 2008 | Cardiovascular Advisory Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center , Ocala, Florida |
2006 – 2008 | Utilization Management Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
2000 – 2006 | Medical Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
1997 – 1999 | Critical Care Committee, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Florida |
1994 – 1996 | Critical Care Committee, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami, Florida |
Visiting Professorships and Invited Lectures – 2015 – Present
> EKG interpretation Lecture Series- Ocala, Florida
> Acute Coronary Syndromes – Ocala, Florida
> Congestive Heart Failure – Ocala, Florida
> Valvular Heart Disease – Ocala, Florida
> Treatment of the CAD patient – Ocala, Florida
> Syncope Evaluation – Ocala,
> Florida Pre-operative evaluation of the non-cardiac surgery patient – Ocala, Florida
> Arrhythmia management – Ocala, Florida
> Hypertension – Ocala, Florida
> Case presentations and review – Ocala, Florida
Committees and Office Held
2019 – Present | Advisory Board Member, HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine |
2007 – 2008 | EMSA Task Force, Board of County Commissioners Evaluation of Ambulance Service, Ocala, Florida |
2002 – 2011 | Fire Rescue Advisory Board, Marion County Board of Commissioners, Ocala, Florida |
Publications (Books and Chapters)|
Prashad, R., Masani, N., & Pandian, N.G. Diseccion Aortica. lntravascular Ultrasound Evaluation of Dissection and other Aortic Disorders. Book Chapter. Publisher, Hancourt Brace. I. Villacosta and San Roman, Spain 1997.
Abstracts/Poster Presentations & Papers
Geriatric Hip Alert —- Jeffrey Anglen MD, Darwin Ang MD, Joshua Hagan MD, Rakesh Prashad MD, Steven Tieche MD, Richard Petrik MD, Adesh Prashad DO, Steven Quach MD, Cory Hewitt RN, HCA Trauma Summit. September 2019.
Improving Time to Surgery for Geriactric Hip Fractures across a large Health Care System.– Darwin Ang MD PhD MPH FACS, Michele Ziglar MSN, Joshua Hagan MD FACS, Donna Nayduch MSN, Jeffrey Anglen MD, Rakesh Prashad MD, Richard Petrik MD, Corey Hewitt BSN, Betsy Seislove MSN and Julie Nash MSN. TQIP Hip fracture in Geriatric Patients. October 2017
Steven H. Quach, MD, Michelle P. Nguyen, MD, Adesh M. Prashad, MS2, Archana Machavarapu, M D, Berenice Garcia, MD, Irina Moulette, MD, Nelson Mane, MD, Rakesh Prashad, MD. “Hemopericardial effusion in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and chronic kidney disease being treated with Eliquis and ibrut inib.” Poster Presentation at: Florida Medical Association. FMA 2017 Annual Meeting; 2017 Aug 5; Orlando, Fl
Papillary Muscle Rupture and Endocarditis: A Flailing Diagnosis
Faisal Rahim, MD, Erika Lara, MD, Rakesh Prashad, MD FACC, University of Central Florida College of Medicine- Ocala Campus. Poster Present ation. ACP, Orlando, FL, March 4, 2017
ED Resuscitative Thoracotomy Is Life-Saving for Blunt Cardiac Rupture. JP Farrah, MD; AJ Garcia, MD; JD Hagan, MD FACS; JM Clark, MD; Rakesh Prashad, MD, FACC, JH Hurst, MD, FACS; DN Ang, MD, PhD, FACS. Ocala Health Trauma at Ocala Regional Medical Center; Ocala, FL, March 2016
Moye, L.A., Henry,T.D., Baran, K.W., Bettencourt,J., Bruhn-Ding, B., Caldwell,E., Chambers, E., Flood,K., Francescon,J., Bowman,S., Kappenman,C., Kar, B., Lambert,C., LaRock,J., Lerman,A., Mazzurco,S., Prashad,R., Raveendran,G., Simon,D., Westbrook,L., Simari, R.D. Cell Therapy and Satellite Centers: The Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network Experience. 2011
Prashad, R., & Urban, P. The Economic Advantages of Femoral Closure Device Use: A Randomized Comparison of Suture-Mediated Closure versus Compression . Poster Abstract. Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeut ics. 2002.
Acosta, R.J., & Prashad, R. Echocardiografia Transesofagia, Unimetro, 1996; Vol 22., 14-20.
Nagel, J., Reddy, S.P., Hurwitz, B.E., Scneiderman, N., Prashad, R., & Agaston, A.|
Quantification of Biomedical Engineering-Applications of Aortic Valve Stenosis Based on Time-Frequency Analysis of Ultrasound Signals . Basis and Communicat ions. Proceedings of the 2nd Medical Engineering Week of the World. May 1996.
Acosta, R.J., Prashad, R., & Agaston, A. Echocardiografia Transesofagia. MEDICO lnteramericano 1996; Vol. 15, No.11, 635-646.
Agatson, A.S., Janowitz, W.R., Kaplan, G., Prashad, R., Lee, D., & Lamas, G.L. Electron Beam CT Coronary Calcium Predicts Future Coronary Events. Circulation 1996; 94: l-360A.
Reddy, S.P., Nagel, J., Lindquist, C. Agatson, A., Prashad, R., Schneiderman, N., & Hurwit zB.E. Quantification of Aortic Valve Stenosis From Doppler Images Using Time-Frequency Analysis. Computers in Cardiology, 1995.
Prashad, R., Agatston A., Lamas, G.A., & Lieberman, E.H. Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment of Valvular Aortic Stenosis. Journal of Investigative Medicine; 386A Vol. 43, No. 2, 1995 (Supplement 2).
Prashad, R., & Lamas, G.A. Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors be administered to all patients with acute myocardial infarction? European Heart Journal (1995) 16 (Supplement E), 41-43.