AGUSTIN CABRERA-SANTAMARIA, M.D., FACC

Agustin Cabrera-Santamaria, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and his Medical Degree from Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine and his Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease from the VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During his Residency and Fellowship, he was Clinical Medicine Instructor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and an ER Screener at the VA Medical Center Emergency Room in San Juan.

Dr. Cabrera practices Invasive and Clinical Cardiology with Amarillo Heart Group. He is an Affiliate with the American College of Cardiology, an Affiliate with the American College of Physicians. Dr. Cabrera has served as Board member of the Amarillo Chapter of the American Medical Association, and is a member of the Texas Medical Association and Potter-Randall County Medical Society.

Dr. Cabrera’s research interests have been in pharmacologic stress testing and lipid management. He has presented his work in medical research to the Puerto Rico chapter of the American College of Cardiology. His current goal is to provide comprehensive risk reduction measures for patients with coronary and other vascular diseases, particularly in the aspects of smoking cessation, lipid management, and post myocardial infarction care.

Special Skills include: Right Heart Catheterization, Left Transradial Heart Catheterization, Stress and Transesophageal Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Exercise Stress Testing, Temporary Pacemaker Implantation, Acute Post-Bypass Care, and he is Bilingual-Spanish/English.