Yulanka Castro Dominguez, MD
- Associate Chief, Quality, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals
- Clinical Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
- Specialty: Cardiology-Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology-Vascular Medicine
- Call: 440-882-0075
Biography: Yulanka Castro Dominguez, MD
Expertise
Certifications & Memberships
- Interventional Cardiology - American Board of Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
Fellowship | Peripheral Vascular Medicine
Peripheral Vascular Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital (2020 - 2021)
Fellowship | Interventional Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology - Yale-New Haven Hospital (2019 - 2020)
Fellowship | Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine - Yale-New Haven Hospital (2016 - 2019)
Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (2013 - 2016)
Medical Education
Instituto Tecnologico De Santo Domingo (INTEC), Facultad De Ciencias De La Salud (2011)
About
Yulanka Castro Dominguez, MD, is an interventional cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist within University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute.
Dr. Castro is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. She earned her medical degree with honors as valedictorian of her graduating class from the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic. She completed an internal medicine residency at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School before completing three fellowships – cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular medicine – at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Castro is passionate about addressing health disparities in vascular care for women and minority patients. Beyond her clinical practice, Dr. Castro is a researcher and educator, an invited speaker at national and international conferences, and author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and abstracts.
Dr. Castro is an active committee member in nationally renowned organizations including the Society of Vascular Medicine, National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) and Yale Global Cardiovascular Health Group. She also serves as medical director of the American Heart Association Cleveland Go Red for Women campaign.
Industry Relationships
University Hospitals is committed to transparency in our interactions with industry partners, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device companies. At UH, we disclose practitioner and their family members’ ownership and intellectual property rights that are or in the process of being commercialized. In addition, we disclose payments to employed practitioners of $5,000 or more from companies with which the practitioners interact as part of their professional activities. These practitioner-industry relationships assist in developing new drugs, devices and therapies and in providing medical education aimed at improving quality of care and enhancing clinical outcomes. At the same time, UH understands that these relationships may create a conflict of interest. In providing this information, UH desires to assist patients in talking with their practitioners about industry relationships and how those relationships may impact their medical care.
UH practitioners seek advance approval for certain new industry relationships. In addition, practitioners report their industry relationships and activities, as well as those of their immediate family members, to the UH Office of Outside Interests annually. We review these reports and implement management plans, as appropriate, to address conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with medical research, clinical care and purchasing decisions.
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As of December 31, 2016, Yulanka Castro Dominguez did not disclose any Outside Relationships with Industry.