Dr. Richard Zelman

Richard Zelman, MD is an esteemed Internist, Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiologist who has performed almost two thousand minimally invasive heart valve procedures, launched four cardiac catheterization laboratories, and successfully built the coalition that brought the very first community hospital open-heart cardiac surgical programs and coronary interventional programs to Massachusetts. He is considered one of the preeminent experts in his field of structural heart, interventional coronary and peripheral vascular catheter procedures. He is also extremely experienced in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and implantable devices. Dr. Zelman is also a prolific clinical researcher and Primary Investigator, whose research has been published in numerous clinical journals, and was named one of America’s Top Doctors® by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd.