Stephanie Cantu, MD

Background

Stephanie Cantu, MD is a board-certified cardiologist at the Emory Heart and Vascular Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her medical school training at Harvard Medical School. She continued on to internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. She followed her California roots to excel in Cardiology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, where she received the Cedars-Sinai Circle of Friends honor for her humanism and commitment to patient care, Cardiovascular Fellow of the Year award, and was selected to serve as Chief Cardiology Fellow, prior to completing additional training in advanced cardiovascular imaging at Emory University. 

Dr. Cantu enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, an Emory Radiation Oncologist, and their two children.

Dr. Cantu feels passionate about working together with her patients, hand-in-hand, to achieve optimal heart health so that her patients can enjoy life to its fullest. She has expertise in preventive cardiology, women's heart health, cardiac disease in autoimmune disorders, and also works closely with Winship Cancer Institute to support heart health for cancer patients and cancer survivors, in addition to serving on Emory's Cardiac Tumor expert team. She is board certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging which allows her to interpret complex heart imaging testing to reach the optimal diagnosis and treatment plan. During her tenure at Emory, she was featured in Atlanta Magazine as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor Rising Star

Titles & Roles

• Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

  Emory University School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education

• Fellowship, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, 2020

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2019

  Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Residency, Internal Medicine, 2016

  Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Medical Education, MD, 2013

  Harvard Medical School

Board Certifications

• Echocardiography

  National Board of Echocardiography, 2018
• Internal Medicine

  American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

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