Beacon Medical Group Cardiothoracic Surgery South Bend

Vinod Chauhan, MD, FACC received his medical degree from Government Medical College, South Gujarat University in Surat, India. He completed his residency at LaGuardia Hospital, Forest Hills New York and St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, New York...

About Dr. Fletcher It was during an appointment with a pediatrician, that McKindra Fletcher, MD, started to think about becoming a doctor. A graduate of University of Illinois, Urbana, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, Dr. Fletcher went on to earn his medical degree at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL. He completed medical internships at University of California-Irvine, Orange, CA, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, CA. For an internal medicine residency, he returned to his alma mater, Southern Illinois University. Finally, a cardiology fellowship was fulfilled at University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago. The list of procedures Dr. Fletcher performs includes: Coronary Angiography; Left Ventricular Angiography; Right and Left Heart Catheterizations; Coronary Interventional Procedures including Balloon Angioplasty; Stent Deployment; Thrombus Aspiration; Rotational Athrectomy; Intravascular Lithotripsy; Intravascular Ultrasound; Ocular Coherence Tomography; and Peripheral Angiography and Intervention. In addition to performing surgeries, Dr. Fletcher has held various administrative positions at hospitals and health centers, such as medical director, chief of staff and, most recently, Chairman, Department of Cardiology. Intrigued by cardiology classes during medical school, he was led to pursue this specialty, where he diagnoses and treats heart disease. Dr. Fletcher says, “I listen carefully to patients and recommend treatment relative to that particular patient. I treat my patients they way I would want to be treated. Through the years, he says he has learned that patients appreciate honest and sincerity. Dr. Fletcher hopes that above all else, his patients know he genuinely cares about them. In his own words… Who is or was the most influential people/role models in your life? My mother for taking care of our family through difficult times. What was your first job growing up? What do you remember about it? Shining shoes at my uncle’s barbershop. Taught me how to listen and communicate. What is your favorite food? Movie? Favorite foods: spaghetti Favorite movie: JFK What was your best/worst subjects in school growing up? Best was history; worst was physics If you could sit down to dinner with anyone (alive or deceased) who would it be and why? Former President Barack Obama; great intellect and insight. In addition to medicine, what are you passionate about? I love animals, especially horses. What are your hobbies, interests? Reading. What is something most people don’t know about you? I love all types of music.

Raman L. Mitra, MD, PHD, FACC graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency, followed by fellowships in both cardiovascular disease and clinical electrophysiology, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.