Cardiologist Laura Fornos Verde, M.D., M.S. and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, has joined Holy Cross Medical Group. Her focus areas include general cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, valvular disease, coronary artery disease and heart failure. She is particularly interested in cardiovascular disease in women and preventive cardiology. 
A native of Brazil, Dr. Verde earned her Doctor of Medicine from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Santos in Santos and completed an internal medicine residency at Hospital Prof. Edmundo Vasconcelos in São Paulo. Prior to immigrating to the U.S., she was an emergency medicine, occupational health and internal medicine physician in Brazil. While enrolled in the Master of Science in Clinical Research program at Campbell University in North Carolina, Dr. Verde completed internal medicine residencies at Pitt County Memorial Hospital (now called ECU Health Medical Center) / East Carolina University at Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, North Carolina, where she later served as chief resident and completed a cardiology fellowship. She also taught classes at Campbell University School of Pharmacy and was a research assistant at Duke Clinical Research Institute. Prior to joining Holy Cross, Dr. Verde was a general cardiologist with Conviva Care Specialists.
Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, Dr. Verde is a member of the American College of Cardiology and American Society of Echocardiography. She is licensed by the medical boards in Florida and North Carolina and is a Diplomat in Echocardiography by the American Society of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Verde’s office is located within the cardiology office at Holy Cross Medical Group at 4725 N. Federal Hwy., Suite 401 in Fort Lauderdale. To schedule an appointment, call 954-772-2136 or visit holy-cross.com for more information.
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