Andres Schuster, MD
- Specialty: Cardiology
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Location:UH Minoff Health Center
3909 Orange Pl
Ste 3300
Beachwood, OH 44122
- Call: 216-844-3800
Biography: Andres Schuster, MD
Expertise
Education
Fellowship | Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Advanced Cardiac Imaging - Cleveland Clinic (2012 - 2014)
Fellowship | Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation - Cleveland Clinic (2010 - 2012)
Fellowship | Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular Disease - Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile (2004 - 2006)
Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Chile (2001 - 2004)
Medical Education
Universidad De Los Andes (2000)
About
Andres Schuster, MD, is an expert general cardiologist and the system medical director of adult echocardiography at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute.
Dr. Schuster earned his medical degree with highest honors from the University of Los Andes School of Medicine in Santiago, Chile. His postdoctoral training included an internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He then completed a specialized heart failure and cardiac transplantation fellowship as well as an advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
Prior to joining UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Dr. Schuster held leadership roles as the deputy director of the cardiovascular intensive care unit and director of the cardio-oncology unit at the German Hospital of Santiago, Chile. He was also co-director and co-author on cardio-oncology national guidelines for the government of Chile. He has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of common and complex heart conditions, with particular expertise in the care of patients with valvular heart disease.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Schuster is a manuscript reviewer for the Chilean Journal of Cardiology and serves as head of the board for the Imaging Society of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology (SISIAC) exam translation in Latin America. He has authored more than 40 clinical publications, book chapters and abstracts on topics related to heart failure, cardiomyopathies, pericarditis and acute coronary syndromes. Dr. Schuster is also a fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and associate fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
Dr. Schuster and his wife celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2023 and are proud parents of three teenagers. In his free time, Dr. Schuster enjoys going to the gym, being outdoors and biking.