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Rina Mauricio, M.D.

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care

Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Echocardiography
Preventive Cardiology

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Meet Dr. Mauricio

Rina Mauricio, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in echocardiography, preventive cardiology, and women’s cardiovascular health.

Dr. Mauricio earned her medical degree at New York University School of Medicine, where she also completed a residency in internal medicine. She gained advanced training through fellowships in cardiology and cardiovascular imaging at UT Southwestern, where she served as chief fellow from 2019-2020.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and the National Board of Echocardiology in echocardiography, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.

Dr. Mauricio has published and presented her research widely, and she contributed a chapter to the textbook ASPC Manual of Preventive Cardiology.

Education & Training

Medical School - New York University School of Medicine (2010-2014)
Residency - New York University School of Medicine (2014-2017), Internal Medicine
Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2017-2020), Cardiology
Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2021), Cardiovascular Imaging

Honors & Awards

Chief Fellow 2019-2020, UT Southwestern Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology
Resident of the Year 2017, New York University School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine
First Place, Student Research Category 2012, New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians Abstract Competition
Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease 2011, American Heart Association

Books & Publications

Publications
- MitraClip: How Do We Reconcile the Inconsistent Findings of MITRA-FR and COAPT?
  Mauricio R, Kumbhani DJ, Current cardiology reports 2019 11 21 12 150
- Sex differences in cardiac function, biomarkers and exercise performance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: findings from the RELAX trial.
  Mauricio R, Patel KV, Agusala V, Singh K, Lewis A, Ayers C, Grodin JL, Berry JD, Pandey A, European journal of heart failure 2019 Aug
- Identifying a low-flow phenotype in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a secondary analysis of the RELAX trial.
  Patel KV, Mauricio R, Grodin JL, Ayers C, Fonarow GC, Berry JD, Pandey A, ESC heart failure 2019 Apr
- Management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with chronic kidney disease.
  Smilowitz NR, Gupta N, Guo Y, Mauricio R, Bangalore S, International journal of cardiology 2017 Jan 227 1-7
- Stress Cardiac MRI in Women With Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease.
  Mauricio R, Srichai MB, Axel L, Hochman JS, Reynolds HR, Clinical cardiology 2016 Oct 39 10 596-602
- Provoking conditions, management and outcomes of type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial necrosis.
  Smilowitz NR, Weiss MC, Mauricio R, Mahajan AM, Dugan KE, Devanabanda A, Pulgarin C, Gianos E, Shah B, Sedlis SP, Radford M, Reynolds HR, International journal of cardiology 2016 Sep 218 196-201
- Complete Resolution of Tumor Burden of Primary Cardiac Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
  Mauricio R, Mgbako O, Buntaine A, Moreira A, Jung A, Case reports in cardiology 2016 2016 2124975
- The neuroprotective factor Wld(s) fails to mitigate distal axonal and neuromuscular junction (NMJ) defects in mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy.
  Kariya S, Mauricio R, Dai Y, Monani UR, Neuroscience letters 2009 Jan 449 3 246-51

Clinical Focus

Echocardiography
Preventive Cardiology
Women's Heart Disease

Articles by Dr. Mauricio

Women shouldn’t ignore or minimize chest pain – or other heart attack symptoms

Heart; Women's Health

Women shouldn’t ignore or minimize chest pain – or other heart attack symptoms

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

February 1, 2023

Cardio-obstetrics: Improving care for pregnant patients with heart disease

Heart; Your Pregnancy Matters

Cardio-obstetrics: Improving care for pregnant patients with heart disease

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

April 26, 2022

10 practical, daily tips to improve heart health

Heart; Prevention

10 practical, daily tips to improve heart health

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

February 2, 2022

How to combat heart disease during pregnancy

Heart; Your Pregnancy Matters

How to combat heart disease during pregnancy

Rina Mauricio, M.D.

October 26, 2021

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