Dr. Vázquez-Tanus is board certified, Medical Director of New Horizon Medical Center, is an experienced clinical and research cardiologist. His philosophy and practices are a blend of both Western and Eastern medical therapies. He offers a custom fit, personalized, evidence based medicine best described as “integrative" and defined by a functional all systems-based approach to well-being. With his holistic knowledge understanding of both sides of the healing process, he can help each patient choose the best cardiovascular course of action for their problems providing both immediate and long-term relief and cure, respectively, always avoiding as much as possible the toxic level.
Dr. Vázquez Tanus knows a customized holistic cardiovascular approach that incorporates positive, preventative health and wellness lifestyle choices, with a background in Chemistry is a medical doctor graduate from The SJB School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Completed a transitional year in The Damas Hospital Training Program, then followed a 3 years program in Internal Medicine and 2 additional years in Cardiovascular Diseases (Cardiology) in The Damas - Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Program and San Juan Veterans Hospital Cardiovascular Program; completing heart failure training in The Heart Transplant Unit of Ochsner Medical Center in Louisiana.
Following his life learning process, Dr. Vázquez Tanus recently completed an Advanced Fellowship in Anti Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine, obtaining board certification. Also obtaining board certification in Integrative Medicine, Dr. Vázquez Tanus completed a fellowship in Preventive, Nutrition, Sport Medicine and Clinical Homeopathy, establishing sports medicine, intravenous nutrition and detoxification, is certified in Integrative Medicine, Mind & Body Medicine an Energy Medicine, knowing how the interaction of the human being with the environment. Dr. Vázquez Tanus has been exposed to a wide variety of cultural hispanics patient communities, knowing its trends, needs, social tendencies among many other diversities.
Since his residence years has participated as the Principal Investigator for multiple Pharmaceutical Companies, Universities and Schools of Medicine participating in over 100 multi centers clinical trials working on the fields of Diabetes Mellitus, all cardiovascular disorders, vitamins, nutritional supplementation, with publications in respected journals like New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA among others. During this ongoing research history, Dr. Vázquez Tanus received a significant additional education in Good Clinical Practices, Human subject protection, Clinical Protocols Writing and is the founder of Research & Cardiovascular Corporation.
His ongoing clinical experience started 20 plus years ago, at the level of in patient and outpatient settings, including general wards, intensive cares and rehab units, including Chairman of Internal Medicine & Cardiology. During these years performed all sort of cardiovascular invasive diagnostic procedures of cardiac catheterizations and permanent pacemakers. Actually performing all modalities of non-invasive cardiovascular procedures.