Specialty: Interventional Cardiology
Special Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiac Rhythm Disorders, Cardiac Imaging
Certifications And Licensure: American Board Of Internal Medicine In Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine And Interventional Cardiology
College And Residency: Cornell University,NYU School of Medicine
Fellowships: Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, New York Medical College
Hospital Affiliations: Delray Medical Center, Bethesda Hospital East
A regional leader in cardiology for over 30 years, Dr. Alan Zelcer, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, has healed the hearts of thousands of patients across South Florida.
Certified in three specialties, Dr. Zelcer practices consultative and interventional cardiology with Dr. Richard Kim and offers expertise in echocardiography, nuclear imaging, cardiac rhythm disorders and preventative cardiology.
Dr. Zelcer graduated with honors from Cornell University in 1977. He was a top student at the NYU School of Medicine and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He remained at the Bellevue/NYU Medical Center for his residency in Internal Medicine and completed fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at the Albert Einstein Medical Center at Yeshiva University and New York Medical College.
“I knew I wanted to be a cardiologist the first time I entered a cath lab in the 1970s,” he said. “The field was fascinating and it was clear that patients required the expertise of someone with the nerve to perform what were new and novel procedures.”
Dr. Zelcer established his practice in Palm Beach County in 1987 and was one of the first to use balloon angioplasty to treat myocardial infarction in 1988. He introduced rotational atherectomy and laser atherectomy to the area in 1991, coronary stenting in 1994, radial artery intervention in 1997 and performed the first Angiojet thrombectomy procedure in Palm Beach County in 1999.
“I’ve had the opportunity to trailblaze in a nascent field when little in the way of modern interventional cardiology services existed,” he said.
Dr. Zelcer’s dedication to a lifetime of learning has kept him at the forefront of his field. He has trained interventional cardiologists at other medical centers in rotational atherectomy, enjoys teaching and serves as a clinical adjunct assistant professor at the FAU College of Medicine.
“The field isn’t static, there’s always new information and procedures that make the field very exciting. It’s ever-changing and we change with it,” Dr. Zelcer said. “What we do for people is important, and I take great pride in shouldering that responsibility.”