Dr. Orlando Almanza completed his internal medicine at Northeast Ohio College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals and his fellowship at the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. He sub-specializes in advanced heart failure and echocardiography, and is a diplomat in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Almanza is currently a fellow of the American Board of Cardiology and the American Board of Physicians. He was awarded the Brystol- Myers Research Fellow Award from the American College of Cardiology in 1997 and recently holds the Master Clinician Award.