Ronald Caputo, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
6376 Pine Ridge Rd Naples FL, 34119Rating
5/5
About
Specializing in cardiovascular disease, interventional and structural cardiology, Dr. Ronald Caputo, MD is one of the country's most highly ranked doctors. He currently practices medicine at Physician's Regional Medical Center in Naples Florida and is Director of Cardiovascular Services at that Hospital. He holds the distinction of being designated a Master in the Society Coronary Angiography and Intervention and is the only MSCAI in Southwest FL.
Education and Training
U Mass Medical Center MD 1992
Harvard/Beth Israel MD 1996
Georgetown University, Washington DC B.S. in Biology 1984
Georgetown University Medical School, Washington DC M.D. 1988
Board Certification
Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)
Interventional Cardiology (Internal Medicine)
Massachusetts State License for Medicine and Surgery
American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
New York State License for Medicine and Surgery
– American Board of Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Florida State License for Medicine and Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myocardial ischemia resulting from spontaneous dissection in a patient with massive bilateral sinus of valsalva aneurysms.
- An unusual complication during deployment of a Multi-Link stent.
- Transradial cardiac catheterization in patients with prior brachial artery cutdown.
- Successful treatment of a saphenous vein graft perforation with an autologous vein-covered stent.
- Transradial coronary stent placement in a patient with severe idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Adjunctive therapies in the cath lab. Use of combination glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor and direct thrombin inhibitor drugs to support percutaneous coronary stent placement in a patient with renal insufficiency and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
- Overcoming vascular anatomic challenges to cardiac catheterization by the radial artery approach: specific techniques to improve success.
- Percutaneous femoral arteriotomy repair -- initial experience with a novel staple closure device.
- Effect of tirofiban before primary angioplasty on initial coronary flow and early ST-segment resolution in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- Successful placement of a stent in a previously treated un-stentable vessel segment, made possible by the ACS Hi-Torque Wiggle Wire: a case report.
- Safety and efficacy of staple-mediated femoral arteriotomy closure: results from a randomized multicenter study.
- The use of both peripheral and coronary techniques to treat a diseased saphenous vein graft.
- Treatment of severe infrapopliteal vascular disease using a novel atherectomy device: a case report.
- Transradial arterial access: economic considerations.
- Transradial arterial access for coronary and peripheral procedures: executive summary by the Transradial Committee of the SCAI.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Cardiology Associates St Joseph’s Hospital , Taft Rd, Liverpool NY 1996 - 2017
- Interventional Cardiologist Levine Heart and Wellness, 680 2nd Ave N. #304 Naples FL, 34102 2020 - 2023
- Interventional Cardiology Attending Trinity/St. Joseph’s Cardiovascular Specialists, 4939 Brittonfield Parkway, Suite 202, E Syracuse, NY, 13057 2017 - 2020
- Director of Cardiovascular Services Physicians’s Regional Medical Center 6376 Pine Ridge Rd, Suite 200 Naples FL, 34119 2023 - 2023
- Instructor in Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA 1991 - 1992
- Instructor in Medicine Harvard Medical School, Boston MA. 1995 - 1996
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, N.Y. 1998 - 2020
- Attending in Internal Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA. 1991 - 1992
- Attending Interventional Cardiologist Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Joseph’s Hospital Syracuse NY 1996 -
- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Joseph’s Hospital Syracuse NY , St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. 2003 - 2020
- Clinical Director Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Community General Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. 2005 - 2008
- Director, Cardiology Service Line , St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. 2009 - 2019
- Founder and Director the Structural Heart Program St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse N.Y. 2013 - 2020
- Attending Interventional Cardiologist , Physicians Regional Medical Ctr, Naples FL. 2020 -
- Director of the Structural Heart Program Physician’s Regional Medical Ctr, Naples FL. 2020 -
- Director Cardiovascular Service Line, Physician’s Regional Medical Ctr, Naples FL. 2021 -
- Vice Chairman of Medicine Physician’s Regional Medical Ctr, Naples FL. 2022 -
- Executive Residency Committee University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester MA 1988 - 1992
- Resident Selection Committee University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester MA 1991 - 1992
- Medical Quality Assurance Committee University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester MA. 1991 - 1992
- Investigational Review Board St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse NY. 1999 - 2000
- Capital Budget Committee , St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y. 2008 - 2019
- Quality Assurance Committee St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse N.Y. 2013 - 2020
- Structural Heart Committee St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse N.Y. 2022- Credentials Committee, Regional Medical Center, Naples FL 2022 -
- Medical Executive Committee Physician’s Regional Medical Center, Naples FL 2022 -
- Credentials Committee Physician’s Regional Medical Center, Naples FL 2022 -
Awards
- Master 2023 Society Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- Naples Best Cardiologist 2024 Naples Magazine
- Chief Medical Resident 2026 U Mass Medical Center
- Best Doctors in Florida 2024 Best in Florida Magazine
Treatments
- Anxiety
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- American College of Cardiology
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Worcester District Medical Society
- American College of Physicians
- Norfolk County Medical Society
- American Heart Association
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- Onondaga County Medical Society
- Cardiovascular Advisory Committee, Medical Society of the State of New York
- Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
- PAMEAS National Patient Advocacy Organization
- Vascular Access Working Group, SCAI
- Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- Collier County Medical Society, Collier Co. FL
- Medical Alumni Board, Georgetown University Medical School
- Journal of the Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention (JSCAI)
Fellowships
- Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA. Cardiology 1994
- Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA Interventional Cardiology 1996
Internships
- Universitiy of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowships
- Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, Harvard Beth israel Hospital
Professional Society Memberships
- American College of Cardiology, Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention, Collier County Medical Society
Articles and Publications
- Dr Caputo has written 4 book chapters and over 100 peer reviewed journal publications
What do you attribute your success to?
- A great example set by my parents
Areas of research
Coronary revascularization, Valvular Heart Disease
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