Dr. Salvatore Buttaci, a native of Italy, received his medical education from the University of the Andes in Venezuela. His postgraduate training included an internship at Rubio Hospital and Central Hospital San Cristobal, internal medical studies through the Latin American Program and an internal medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Dr. Buttaci continued his cardiology training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and later studied interventional cardiology at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.

Prior to joining the CIS New Iberia clinic as a staff cardiologist, Dr. Buttaci served as an interventional cardiologist at Centro Clinico San Cristobal Private Hospital in Venezuela.

Dr. Buttaci is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and nuclear cardiology. He is also a registered physician in vascular interpretation. Buttaci has hospital privileges at Iberia Medical Center, Dauterive Hospital, Southwest Medical Center, Lafayette General Medical Center and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. He is fluent in Spanish and Italian.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Buttaci, please call (337) 367-5200 or visit the CIS New Iberia clinic.

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