My special interest—and my clinical and research focus—is heart disease in women. I wanted to study why some women have unexplained chest pain and heart attacks, and find appropriate treatments.
Because women’s cardiology is slightly different from men’s cardiology, it’s important that I listen very attentively to my patients about what they are experiencing. I focus not just on the heart, but on the whole body. When ordering tests for my patients, I know how the results are going to impact a patient’s treatment. I never use a test merely because it is available.