Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Step Up Physical Therapy and Rehab is a physical therapy practice in North Port, Florida, offering patients the opportunity to recover and heal with hands-on, one-on-one care. Physical therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist Geraldine (Gigi) Malvas and the team identify the root cause of a patient’s concerns before delving into individualized care planning.
At Step Up Physical Therapy and Rehab, patients enter a warm and welcoming environment where they can feel at ease and speak candidly about their concerns. Gigi Malvas and the team help patients set specific goals that they work toward with versatile physical therapy practices like neuromechanical acupuncture, myofascial release, the McKenzie method, total motion release, myokinesthetic treatment, and kinesiotaping.
The team specializes in evaluating injuries and conditions like tendinitis, neck and back pain, shoulder pain, and neurological disorders before providing the appropriate care. They routinely see patients preparing for surgery, recovering from surgery, or recovering from auto accidents, workplace, and sports injuries. They also specialize in lymphedema therapy for swelling.
As a certified Pilates instructor, Gigi Malvas often includes Pilates in patients’ care plans to decrease lower back pain, improve core muscle strength, and increase flexibility, among other benefits. She helps patients understand the ways Pilates improves their overall function and strength.
Step Up Physical Therapy and Rehab, welcomes new and returning patients for exceptional rehabilitative care. Call the office or book an appointment online today.
“I'm a disabled combat veteran who has found more than a great physical therapist but some good people and friends. I have been with the VA physical therapy program for years and in many locations, and I've not had a team dedicated to fixing my pain, and fixing my weak spots anywhere else. Thank you all of you.”
Geraldine Cendana-Malvas, RPT
Physical Therapist
14866 Tamiami Trail
Ste A-204
North Port, FL 34287
Dr. Carmel Celestin is bringing her five star seventeen year expertise in vascular disease to fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. Hailing from New Jersey and having trained under some of the best vascular specialists at one of the top institutions in the country, the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Celestin is well versed in medical/nonsurgical management of all types of vascular diseases from the brain to the toes. This spans a wide range of ages from youth to elderly. She has vascular testing on site to assist with not only diagnoses but can also be used for screening. In addition to her management of vascular diseases, she provides counseling on lifestyle and supplements, along with weight loss management and sclerotherapy services. She has presented at national and international conferences and published several studies. She has a passion for patient education and advocacy and and community service. She speaks Haitian Creole and Spanish.
“Dr. Celestin is truly one of the best in her field and practicing the way medicine was intended to be practiced: with care for the patient, understanding the need, and trying to provide the best possible solution. Thank you!”
The Heart Institute of Venice, located in Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ellenton, Florida, serves all of Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte Counties. The Heart Institute of Venice is an independently owned cardiology practice that has been providing affordable, convenient health care since 2005. Medical director Barry Weckesser, MD, works closely with Amy Kinter, NP, to offer specialized cardiovascular imaging, testing, and treatment from their accredited facilities.
Dr. Weckesser has delivered noninvasive cardiac care in Venice for over 30 years and had the first cardiology practice to meet the latest standards laid down by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL) for nuclear, vascular, and echocardiogram labs.
The diagnostic and treatment monitoring services available at The Heart Institute of Venice include nuclear stress testing, echocardiography, walking electrocardiography (EKG), pulse oximetry, echo-Doppler, telemetry, and Holter monitoring. The practice’s screening services include stroke, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), and aortic aneurysms.
The Heart Institute of Venice team provides enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy to improve cardiac blood flow. Coumadin® and pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) clinics are on-site, and chronic care management is available for patients with heart health problems.
The Heart Institute of Venice has a client-first philosophy that the practice’s loyal patient base appreciates immensely. Call the office or book an appointment online today to take advantage of their exceptional services.
Mostaan Mehrdad, MD, is a double board-certified interventional cardiologist in practice for over 30 years. He serves patients at The Heart Institute of Venice in Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ellenton, Florida.
He graduated medical school from the University of Maryland in 1978. Since 1984 he has been an Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, where he did his Cardiology training. Dr. Mostaan has taught students at Georgetown University, Howard University, and DC General Hospital cardiac procedures.
Dr. Mostaan has been in private practice for the last 35 years working in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC.
Dr. Mostaan received his FL licensure and began practicing medicine in the state of Florida two years ago. He is passionate about patient care and has a deep dedication to the treatment of all his patients.
The Heart Institute of Venice, located in Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ellenton, Florida, serves all of Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte Counties. The Heart Institute of Venice is an independently owned cardiology practice that has been providing affordable, convenient health care since 2005. Medical director Barry Weckesser, MD, works closely with Amy Kinter, NP, to offer specialized cardiovascular imaging, testing, and treatment from their accredited facilities.
Dr. Weckesser has delivered noninvasive cardiac care in Venice for over 30 years and had the first cardiology practice to meet the latest standards laid down by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL) for nuclear, vascular, and echocardiogram labs.
The diagnostic and treatment monitoring services available at The Heart Institute of Venice include nuclear stress testing, echocardiography, walking electrocardiography (EKG), pulse oximetry, echo-Doppler, telemetry, and Holter monitoring. The practice’s screening services include stroke, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), and aortic aneurysms.
The Heart Institute of Venice team provides enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) therapy to improve cardiac blood flow. Coumadin® and pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) clinics are on-site, and chronic care management is available for patients with heart health problems.
The Heart Institute of Venice has a client-first philosophy that the practice’s loyal patient base appreciates immensely. Call the office or book an appointment online today to take advantage of their exceptional services.
Mostaan Mehrdad, MD, is a double board-certified interventional cardiologist in practice for over 30 years. He serves patients at The Heart Institute of Venice in Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ellenton, Florida.
He graduated medical school from the University of Maryland in 1978. Since 1984 he has been an Associate Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, where he did his Cardiology training. Dr. Mostaan has taught students at Georgetown University, Howard University, and DC General Hospital cardiac procedures.
Dr. Mostaan has been in private practice for the last 35 years working in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC.
Dr. Mostaan received his FL licensure and began practicing medicine in the state of Florida two years ago. He is passionate about patient care and has a deep dedication to the treatment of all his patients.
Barry Weckesser, MD, FACC, is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology. His expertise is in echocardiography and cardiac nuclear medicine, and he serves patients at The Heart Institute of Venice in Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, and Ellenton, Florida.
From Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Weckesser moved to the west coast of Florida in 1949. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He then completed his internship and residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and his cardiology fellowship at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Dr. Weckesser spent 18 years in the private practice of cardiology in Baltimore, where he served as the director of the Coronary Care Unit at Mercy Hospital. He also spent two years in the Armed Forces as a United States Army Major, including one year in Vietnam.
He holds several affiliations, including with the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Internal Medicine, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Florida Medical Association, and the Sarasota County Medical Society.
