After more than a dozen years in private practice in Clearwater, Florida, Dr. Paul Kudelko II joined Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute in 2013. Dr. Kudelko received his training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida. He completed his Fellowship in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) in Houston, Texas, under the leadership of Drs. Denton Cooley and Robert J. Hall. While at THI, Dr. Kudelko served as the Chief Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Kudelko is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Kudelko taught as a clinical assistant professor at the University of South Florida School of Medicine for more than 10 years, instructing students in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. In addition to Cardiovascular Disease, Dr. Kudelko has a practice emphasis in complex Peripheral Vascular Disease. He has participated in many clinical research projects and clinical trials, and his research has been published in numerous medical journals and reviews. His passion is in the day to day outcome of every individual patient.