Downtown Office

OHC - Downtown
60 West Gore Street
Orlando, Florida 32806
Main Office (407) 650-1300
Fax (407) 650-1307
Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

Complimentary Valet parking at Downtown office location.

Sand Lake Office

OHC - Sand Lake
7236 Stonerock Circle
Orlando, Florida 32819
(407) 370-5800
Fax (407) 370-5820
Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

Health Central Office

OHC - Health Central
10000 West Colonial Drive
Suite # 484
Ocoee, Florida 34761
(407) 290-3050
Fax (407) 290-2118
Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

Israel J. Mantecon, M.D.

• Joined Orlando Heart Center July 1, 1994
• Practices at the Sand Lake office
• Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Nuclear Medicine
• Fluent in Spanish
• Subspecialties/ Interests: Transesophageal Echocardiography, Nuclear Medicine and Cardiac Catheterization
• Undergraduate Studies: 1982 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
• Doctorate in Medicine: 1985 Universidad Central Del Este in the Dominican Republic
• Residency: 1991 Internal Medicine at St. Elizabeth Hospital, St. Elizabeth, New Jersey
• Fellowship: 1994 Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange, New Jersey
• Memberships: American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians and is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Orlando Heart Center Medical Executive Committee from January 2001 to present.
• Hospital Committees: Credentials Committee, Leadership Committee, Critical Care Committee, Peer Review and Quality Assurance Committee, Medical Executive Committee
• Hospital Administrative Leadership roles: Chief of Cardiology at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital from 2002-present and Medical Director for Cardiovascular Services at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital from 2005-present

Jose A. Lefran, M.D.

• Joined Orlando Heart Center July 15, 1996
  
• Practices at the Sand Lake office
  
• Fluent in Spanish
  
• Board Certified: Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases
  
• Subspecialties/ Interests: Transesophageal Echocardiography, Nuclear Medicine, and Cardiac Catheterization
  
• Doctorate in Medicine: 1985 University of Juarez School of Medicine, Mexico
  
• Residency: 1992 Seton Hall University affiliated hospitals
  
• Fellowship: 1996 Seton Hall University affiliated hospitals
  
• Memberships: Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American College of Physicians, as well as, the American Medical Association

Sanjeev K. Shroff, M.D.

• Joined Orlando Heart Center June 1, 2001
• Practices at the Sand Lake office
• Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Nuclear Cardiology
• Subspecialties/ Interests: IIB/IIIA Inhibitors in Acute Coronary Syndromes and Collateral Circulation Development. He is trained Level 3 Echocardiography, Diagnostic Catheterizations, Nuclear Cardiology, and Stress Echocardiography.
• Bachelor of Arts Degree: 1991 University of Florida
• Doctorate in Medicine: 1994 University of Florida
• Internship: 1995 University of Florida
  
• Fellowship: 2000 University of Maryland, College of Medicine
  
• Memberships: American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Medical Association, and the American College of Physicians

Joel R. Garcia, M.D.

• Joined Orlando Heart Center July 5, 2006
• Practices at the Sand Lake office
• Fluent in Spanish
• Board Certified: Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease (BE)
• Subspecialties/ Interests: Echocardiography with a special interest in valvular disorders. He is also experienced in all aspects of Invasive (Non-interventional) Coronary Angiography. Nuclear Cardiology and SPECT imaging and Cardiac CT.
• Fellowship: 2006 Cardiovascular Diseases at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Internship & Residency: 2003 The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine/Lehigh Valley Hospital (Internal Medicine)
• Doctorate in Medicine: 1999 American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (WRH)
• Bachelor of Arts Degree 1996 The Pennsylvania State University
  
• Memberships: American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and American College of Cardiology, American Society of Cardiac CT, American Society of Echocardiography

Paul R. Sander, M.D.

• Joined Orlando Heart Center July 2, 2007
• Practices at the Sand Lake office
• Board Certified: Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
  
• Credentialed at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Florida Hospital, Health Central, and Dr. Phillips Hospital
• Subspecialties/ Interests: Critical Care Cardiology, Heart Failure, Childhood obesity, and Cardiac Rehab.
  
  • Advanced Training in Heart Failure
    
  • Advanced training Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography
    
  • Director of Chest Pain Center at Doctor Phillips Hospital
    
  • Director of Cardiac CTA at OHC and Doctor Phillips Hospital
    
• Bachelor of Science Degree: Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin
  
• Doctorate in Medicine: University of Minnesota School of Medicine
  
• Fellowship: University of Minnesota School of Medicine

Abinette Soto-Ramirez, Pharm.D.

Abinette Soto-Ramirez earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Nova Southeastern University in Puerto Rico. After the completion of her doctorate degree, Soto pursued a post-graduate Community Pharmacy Residency program at Florida Hospital Celebration Health in Orlando.

Her passion to educate and serve the community has shined through her professional achievements. One of these endeavors includes being part of the core team to lead the opening and management of the PharmaCare Wellness Center program to provide the community with health screenings and education in subjects such as cholesterol, glucose, skin health and osteoporosis.

She is currently part of Orlando Health pharmacy team.