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John Edavettal, MD

Interventional Cardiologist 

Contact Information

Lafayette - University Hospital & Clinics

Lafayette - University Hospital & Clinics

2390 West Congress Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
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Profile

Dr. John Edavettal is an interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) in Lafayette. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana and a master’s degree at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. His doctorate was earned at Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he also completed an internal medicine residency.

Dr. Edavettal completed a fellowship in cardiology at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium in San Antonio, Texas. He completed an invasive/interventional cardiology fellowship at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an interventional cardiology fellowship at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Dr. Edavettal is certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, working overseas and serving as the Chief of Cardiology Clinic at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

He has served as a guest lecturer for physicians in training and presented at regional, national and international meetings. As a humanitarian, he also  enjoys mission work and teaching.

Training

  • EDUCATION

    Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana

    Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts

    Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana

  • RESIDENCY

    Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana

  • FELLOWSHIP

    San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium

    Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana

  • BOARD CERTIFICATION

    Internal Medicine

    Cardiology

    Interventional Cardiology

  • MEMBERSHIP

    American College of Cardiology

    American Board of Internal Medicine