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Our Team

Your care is coordinated at one of the largest Cardiovascular and Thoracic programs in the Inland Empire at Dignity Health – St. Bernardine Medical Center.

Beyond our office visits, the teams’ expertise extends to two dedicated cardiovascular surgical suites for open heart and thoracic procedures. There is also a state-of-the-art hybrid operating room for complex cardiac and vascular procedures.

Together, our team performs many procedures such as:

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - CABG
  • Heart Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery
  • MAZE Procedure
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR
  • Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 

Cardiothoracic Surgery Team

When it comes to heart, lung, and vascular team, experience matters, and that is what we offer to all our patients. 


Cardiothoracic surgery

Board-certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery

Board-certified in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery


Cardiothoracic surgery

Board-certified in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery

Board-certified in general surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital heart surgery


Oscar Faguada

Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant

Oscar Faguada

Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant


Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant

Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant


Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant

Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant


Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant

Cardiothoracic Surgical Physician Assistant