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Kyla M. Lara-Breitinger, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

Cardiologist & Echocardiographer
Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minnesota, United States

Kyla M. Lara-Breitinger, M.D. M.S., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with a joint appointment in the Division of Preventive Cardiology and Division of Echocardiography. Dr. Lara-Breitinger serves as co-director of the Cardiometabolic Clinic. Dr. Lara-Breitinger earned her B.A. at the University of California Berkeley, her M.S. in Human Nutrition at Columbia University in New York, and her M.D. at Rush Medical College in Chicago. She completed internal medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, followed by general cardiology fellowship and advanced fellowships in echocardiography and preventive cardiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Lara-Breitinger’s research focuses on investigating dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease mitigation, cardiometabolic disease, and tricuspid regurgitation. She has given presentations to both national and international audiences and has authored journal articles, book chapters and abstracts. Her latest book she served as a co-medical editor is titled, "The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Happy Heart."

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