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Kyla M. Lara-Breitinger, M.D.

  1. Cardiologist
  2. Echocardiographer
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Departments

Specialty Groups

  1. Echocardiography Laboratory
  2. Cardiovascular Health Clinic
  3. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory
  4. Preventive Cardiology Program

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Existing patients

Kyla Lara-Breitinger M.D., M.S., is a cardiologist practicing in the Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Division of Echocardiography. Her clinical focus includes primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention, management of obesity-related cardiovascular disease, utilization of nutrition interventions to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors, and basic and advanced echocardiography.

  1. Chest pain
  2. Coronary artery disease
  3. Heart attack
  4. Heart disease
  5. Heart murmur
  6. Heart palpitations
  7. Heart valve disease
  8. Obesity
  1. Cardiac rehabilitation
  2. Cardiovascular disease prevention
  3. Cardiovascular monitoring
  4. Cardioversion
  5. Stress test
  6. Transesophageal echocardiogram
  7. Transthoracic echocardiogram
  • Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
  • Obesity-related Cardiovascular Disease Management
  • Nutrition Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease
  • Interventional and Intraoperative Echocardiography
  • Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
  1. 2022
    SubSpec FellowCardiology, Preventive, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2022
    Advanced Fellowship - Advanced Echocardiography, Mayo Level 3: further training in intraoperative TEE, interventional TEE, scanning/interpretation of TTE, stress echocardiography, and inpatient TEEEchocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
  3. 2021
    FellowCardiovascular Disease, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2018
    Clinical ResidencyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  5. 2015
    MDRush Medical College
  6. 2010
    MS - Human NutritionColumbia University
  7. 2008
    BA - Molecular and Cell Biology- Cell and Developmental BiologyUniversity of California Berkeley

Certifications

  1. 2021
    Cardiovascular DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2018
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    2023 CV Prospective Award Mayo Clinic
  2. 2021
    2021 Paul Dudley White International Scholar American Heart Association

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - present
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  2. 2023 - present
    Co-DirectorCardiometabolic Clinic, Mayo Clinic
  3. 2020 - 2022
    BloggerAmerican Heart Association
  4. 2020 - 2021
    Active FellowAmerican Medical Women's Association
  5. 2019 - 2020
    FITs on the Go Core MemberACC, Cardiology
  6. 2019 - present
    Active MemberEuropean Society of Cardiology
  7. 2019 - present
    Active MemberNational Lipid Association
  8. 2018 - 2022
    Active MemberSocial Committee
  9. 2018 - present
    Active MemberAmerican College of Cardiology

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