I am a cardiologist at Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.

I have always wanted to help others feel better, improve their health, and recover from serious ailments. But it wasn't until my beloved grandmother developed valvular heart disease and heart failure that I became interested in cardiology and caring for some of the sickest patients with heart disease.

I enjoy going through the diagnostic process, getting to know a new patient, listening to their experience, concerns, and symptoms, and investigating until we reach a diagnosis. Then we tailor a plan together that best fits their illness, needs, and preferences.

Hospital Affiliations

• Memorial Hospital Miramar
• Memorial Hospital Pembroke
• Memorial Hospital West
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Female

Languages

• Spanish
• English

Education

University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 2006

Residency

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2009, Internal Medicine

Fellowships

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2012, Cardiovascular Disease
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2013, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine-Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine

Publications

Please view Dr. Mariella Vélez Martínez’s publications on PubMed.

Professional Organizations

• American College of Cardiology

Presentations

• Tala Al-Talib, Jeremy Pollock, Mariella Velez-Martinez. “Acute arterial thrombosis due to a hypercoagulable state manifesting with inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction.” Poster presentation - J Am Coll Cardiol 04/2016; 67(13): 1151. DOI: 10.1016/S0735
  
  
• Darsaklis K, Vélez-Martínez M, et al. "Cardiac MRI predictors of mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension." Poster presentation - J Am Coll Cardiol 61.10 (2013): E1255.
  
  
• Vélez-Martínez M, et al. “Non-invasive RV-PA modeling to aid in hemodynamic differentiation in a referral pulmonary hypertension cohort”. Poster presentation at the 6th Annual PVRI workshop and debate in Istanbul, January 2013.
  
  
• Vélez-Martínez M, et al. “Cardiac Troponin I Detected with a Highly Sensitive Assay Predicts Mortality Risk in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension”. Oral presentation at Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum. Chicago, Illinois, September 20-23, 2012.
  
  
• Vélez-Martínez M, et al. “Cardiac Troponin I Detected with a Highly Sensitive Assay Predicts Mortality Risk in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension”. Poster Presentation at PHA’s 10th International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions. Orlando, Florida. June 22-24, 2012.
  
  
• Vélez-Martínez M, et al. The Association of Right Ventricular Function and Pulmonary Arterial Compliance in Patients Arterial Hypertension with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Poster presentation at ACC.12 Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 2012.

Awards

• Cardiovascular Care Accountability Award, 2021
• Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum Finalist, 2012
• Second-Year Community Preceptorship Experience Performance Award, 2004
• Julio García Díaz Award, 2002