12955 Palms West Drive, Bldg # 8,
Ste 100
Loxahatchee, FL 33470
9868 S. State Rd 7 Building B,
Ste. #325
Boynton Beach, FL 33472-4477
Dr. Penuela was raised in Colombia and graduated in 1999 from the Medical School at the Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, where he was awarded by the Colombian Association of Medicine Faculties among all doctors who graduated in Colombia in 1999.
After completing medical school, Dr. Penuela spent two years on Cardiovascular research endeavors with the Fundacion Cardiovascular Heart Institute, where he studied the risk factors associated with Coronary Heart Disease.
He has submitted work to several journals and has been published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Bautista, L., Arenas, A., and Penuela, A.: “Total Plasma Homocysteine Level And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis Of Prospective Cohort Studies,” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (October 2002) 55: 882-887
Akkus N., Penuela A, Hilbun F, Smith T, Rajpal S,. Post Percutaneous Intervention Femoral Artery hematoma Does not Affect Mean Platelet Volume.
Submitted to Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis
Hernández, G., Penuela, A., Hernández, H., Castillo, V. R.: “Disfunción de Prótesis Carbomedics en Posición Aórtica por Pannus Valvular,” Cardiología al Día (April 2000) 3: 54-60
Dr. Penuela went on to complete an Internship and a Family Medicine Residency at Saint Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2007. After completing his Family Medicine Residency, he completed an Internal Medicine Residency in 2010 at Louisiana State University Health Center where he earned the position of Chief Resident. Dr. Penuela completed his Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship at Louisiana State University Shreveport Health Center in 2013.
Dr. Penuela also did significant work as a Research Coordinator at Louisiana State University in Shreveport studying the mean platelet volume in patients, which was presented at the 2012 American College of Cardiology Annual Congress.
Dr. Penuela speaks both Spanish and English.
Dr. Penuela is proud to be a husband, father and to call South Florida home.
