JACKSON, Calif.
– Sutter Amador Hospital is pleased to announce the arrival of board-certified
cardiologist, Frank Pourzia, M.D. F.A.C.C. Dr. Pourzia is board certified
by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been a cardiologist for more
than 20 years. As part of Sutter Medical Group and a member of the Sutter Amador
Hospital medical staff, he cares for
patients in the NEW Sutter Cardiovascular office at 100 Mission Boulevard, Suite 2200
(located in the Sutter Amador Outpatient
Services Center )
in Jackson .
After earning
his medical degree from the University
of Montpellier in France , Dr. Pourzia completed his
internship and residency at Hines VA Hospital and Loyola
Hospital in Illinois . He also completed a
fellowship at Northwestern University , Northwestern
Memorial Hospital
in Chicago and a second fellowship at the University of Montreal ,
Montreal Heart Institute in Canada .
Prior to his
arrival in Jackson , Dr. Pourzia was in private
practice in Long Beach , California
where he also served as a clinical instructor of cardiology for rotating
Internal Medicine residents and Cardiology Fellows from the University of California ,
Los Angeles Medical
School and the University
of California , Irvine Medical
School . Dr. Pourzia’s
passion for instructing developed when he served as a clinical instructor for
the first time during his fellowship at Northwestern Memorial
Hospital .
Since his
arrival in Amador County , Dr. Pourzia has been working closely with Sutter Amador
Hospital to improve
access and strengthen cardiology capabilities so that more community members
will be able to receive advanced life-saving tests and procedures locally. Some
of the additional cardiac tests and procedures that Dr. Pourzia is now able to
perform at Sutter
Amador Hospital
include stress echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and
pacemaker implants.
“It is our goal
to be able to minimize any stress on a patient, including stress caused by
travel, and provide as many services locally as possible,” said Anne Platt, CEO
of Sutter Amador Hospital. “Dr. Pourzia is a true advocate for our patients and
has partnered with us to provide many cardiology services that we once were not
able to do here, such as pacemaker implants.”
Dr. Pourzia is
accepting new patients. For more information or to make a referral, please call
the Sutter Cardiology office at (209) 223-5445. The Sutter Cardiology Office recently
relocated to the Sutter Amador Outpatient
Services Center
on 100 Mission Boulevard, Suite 2200 in Jackson .