Karla Jeannette Cruz Morel, MD
Cosmetic Surgery Columbia
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Karla J. Cruz Morel, MD, specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, a condition marked by high blood pressure in the heart to lung circulation. She serves as Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program at the Heart & Vascular Institute at Prisma Health in Columbia, South Carolina, where she works with a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated care for patients with pulmonary vascular disease. Her work focuses on early diagnosis, detailed evaluation and long-term care for patients with complex pulmonary vascular disease. Dr. Cruz also cares for patients with pulmonary embolism and complications from blood clots in the lungs through the Post-Pulmonary Embolism Clinic. Her dedication to pulmonary vascular medicine grew from a strong curiosity about complex physiology and the interaction of disease across organ systems. Pulmonary hypertension often sits at the intersection of multiple specialties such as pulmonary medicine, cardiology and rheumatology. Understanding how these systems interact helps reach an accurate diagnosis and guide treatment decisions. Dr. Cruz has a strong clinical focus on the relationship between the heart and the lung circulation. She performs right heart catheterization to measure pressures within the heart to lung circulation. She also has an interest in advanced cardiopulmonary exercise testing to evaluate unexplained shortness of breath. She finds that improving quality of life and outcomes for patients with pulmonary hypertension gives her work meaning every day. Dr. Cruz earned her medical degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic, followed by residency in internal medicine at Drexel University and St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She then completed fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, and advanced fellowship training in pulmonary vascular disease at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Dr. Cruz holds board certification in internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care medicine.
Keywords maternal cardiac disease, cardiac disease in pregnancy, right heart catheterization, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension.
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