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Interventional Cardiology

Francis Uricchio, MD

Interventional Cardiologist · 35+ Years Experience · Houston & Friendswood, TX

🎓 Tufts University SOM 🏥 U of Pennsylvania Fellow ✅ ABIM Board Certified 📍 HCA Houston Clear Lake

Board Certifications

National Boards #279077 | 1982
Internal Medicine — American Board of Internal Medicine | 09/1986
Cardiovascular Disease — American Board of Internal Medicine | 11/1989 · Recertified 2022
Interventional Cardiology — American Board of Internal Medicine | 1999 · Recertified 2009, 2019

State Medical Licenses

Pennsylvania Texas New Mexico Kentucky

Education & Training

B.S. Engineering — Lehigh University School of Engineering, Bethlehem, PA | 1975 – 1979
MD — Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA | 1979 – 1983
Internship, Medicine — TUFTS–New England Medical Center, Boston, MA | 1983 – 1984
Residency, Internal Medicine — TUFTS–New England Medical Center, Boston, MA | 1984 – 1986
Fellowship, Cardiology — Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | 1986 – 1989

Employment History

Comprehensive Cardiology — Houston, TX & Friendswood, TX | 2020 – Present
CardioSolution — Cincinnati, OH | 2015 – Present
Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group, P.C. — Meadowbrook, PA | 2000 – 2015
Delaware Valley Cardiology Group — Philadelphia, PA | 1994 – 2000
Bala Cardiovascular Associates — Philadelphia, PA | 1991 – 1994
Bala Cardiology Group — Philadelphia, PA | 1989 – 1991

* Successive groups resulted from mergers.

Affiliated Hospitals

HCA Houston Clear Lake  · 2020 – Present

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Uricchio FJ, Kussmaul WG, Herrmann HC. Effects of Intracoronary Nitroprusside on LV Relaxation. J Applied Cardiol. 1991: 367–37.
Manolis AS, Uricchio FJ, Estes NAM. Prognostic Value of EPS for VT Recurrence with Amiodarone. Am J Cardiol. 63: 1052–7, 1989.
Greenberg M, Baskin SI, Uricchio FJ. Effect of Endotracheally Distilled Water on Dog ABGs. Ann Emerg Med. 11; 600–604, 1982.
Baskin SI, Uricchio FJ. Effect of Age on Regional Distribution of Five Cations in Rat Heart. Age. 2: 64–67, 1979.