Rakesh Manekal Patel, MD

At Prisma Health Cardiology, our cardiologists and care teams are dedicated to providing you with high-quality, compassionate care. Through preventive care, education and expert treatment of conditions including heart valve disorders, peripheral vascular disease and atrial fibrillation, we are helping patients lead longer, healthier lives. Prisma Health Cardiology is part of the state's largest health care system that also includes Prisma Health Heart Hospital – South Carolina's only freestanding hospital dedicated solely to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Vince M. Vismara, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is a cardiologist with Prisma Health Cardiology and a clinical assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Vismara received his undergraduate degree from St. Louis University and earned his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, and completed fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiovascular medicine at the University of Massachusetts/St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Vismara is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. He is director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Prisma Health Heart Hospital and Prisma Health Richland Hospital.