Dr. Ventura earned his medical degree from the National University School of Medicine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After completing a residency at the Central Military Hospital in Buenos Aires, he completed an internship and residency at Ochsner where he also completed fellowships in arterial hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. He also completed a fellowship in heart failure and transplantation at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Ventura has served in his current position at Ochsner since the year 2000. He is board certified in cardiology and has a wide range of special expertise including the history of medicine. He has written numerous articles for scientific medical publications and serves on several editorial boards of medical journals and is the Associate Editor for Congestive Heart Failure.
Titles Held
Director, Section of Cardiomyopathy & Heart Transplantation
Clinical Interests
Arterial Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation, History of Medicine
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
- Medical School: Universidad De Buenos Aires
- Internship: Ochsner Medical Center
- Residency: Ochsner Medical Center
- Fellowship: Ochsner Medical Center
