Carl Michael Valentine, MD
Cardiology
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Bio & Overview
C. Michael Valentine, MD, MACC, is a general cardiologist and professor of medicine at UVA who has been caring for patients in Central Virginia for more than 30 years. He specializes in cardiac electrophysiology or the heart's electrical activity, cardiac catheterization and intervention, arrhythmias, and implantable cardiac devices. At UVA Heart and Vascular Center, Valentine will assist in general cardiology, preventive cardiology, and electrophysiology clinics.
A past-president of the American College of Cardiology, Valentine is a dedicated educator and enjoys teaching the non-clinical competencies needed to provide well-rounded, comprehensive care. Also, he has a particular interest in leadership development, clinical quality, and service line management.
Valentine grew up in Georgia and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, before attending medical school at UVA. He did his residency and fellowship training in cardiovascular disease at Emory University in Atlanta but was eager to return to Central Virginia. He moved to Lynchburg in 1990 to be part of a growing private practice, where he remained until he joined the team at UVA this fall.
Valentine's wife, Shannon Valentine, is the current Secretary of Transportation for Virginia. The couple has three grown children who are all UVA graduates.
Academic Information
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency
- Emory
- Fellowships
- Emory
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
Highlights
Cardiologist Mike Valentine, MD
Hi, I'm Mike Valentine. I'm a cardiologist at UVA, and I'm honored and privileged to be here and to be able to serve the patients that I work with every day. I see patients on the general medicine side on cardiology. I also see patients with electrical problems such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, PVCs, passing out episodes. I see patients who have heart attacks and have had problems with cardiovascular disease of the blockages of the arteries. So lots of different patients on the general cardiology and on the electrophysiology side. When I was in medical school, I did rotations through orthopedics and through cardiology thinking that I might want to be a team doctor for sports, but my father had some interest in cardiology. And when I did my rotation in cardiology at Emory in Atlanta, it really set things apart for me, and I knew that that's what I wanted to do. I hope that patients would describe a visit with me as one that was very interpersonal and caring, and I hope that when they leave, they would think that they understood what was going on with their heart and how we were going to try to help them and make them better. We always hope that we're providing the best care possible and that our patients know that we care for them and that we're going to do the best we can to give them the type of care that they expect when they come to a place like UVA.
Awards
- Past President, American College of Cardiology, 2018
- Honorary Chair of Medicine, Centra Health, 2017-2019
- Master, American College of Cardiology
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