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Dr Rellas

James S. Rellas, MD, PA, MS, FACC

Dr. James Rellas has been practicing cardiology in Dallas for more than 25 years. After spending nearly 20 years working in most of the North Dallas, Carrollton and Plano hospitals, Dr Rellas has become a leader in preventive cardiology as well as cardiac imaging. One of the first cardiologists in the country to become Board Certified in CTA, Dr Rellas works with Prestonwood Imaging which has the latest in CTA equipment called Dual Source or 128 Slice-CTA. In addition, Dr Rellas is one of the first Nuclear Cardiologists in the State to become trained and licensed in PET Scans, the latest in stress testing. 
The HeartFirst office at the Texas Clinic in Prestonwood, Plano Tx, has been called one of the most up to date in the Texas. Dr Rellas also takes pride in the overwhelmingly positive satisfaction surveys for himself, his facility and his staff. 
Dr Rellas and HeartFirst work hard with their patients on prevention as well as diagnosing their immediate problems. Please take the PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE and see if you are at intermediate risk for heart attacks and strokes.  Dr Rellas and HeartFirst would like to discuss their recommendations and new advances for these patients.  In addition, please read about the HEARTFIRST CLINICS which have been developed to optimize the cardiovascular health of many appropriate patients.

In many cases, same day appointments are available.  Dr. Rellas understands that patients would rather see a cardiologist in a comfortable office setting rather than an emergency room.  This will often avoid unnecessary admissions and give patients immediate reassurance after his evaluation. 

Dr Rellas spends many evenings and week ends teaching and believes in keeping up with the latest in cardiology. Below are a list of his Board Certifications and Certificates. 
Board Certified:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (Coronary and Vascular CTA)

Certified:

  • Physicians Vascular Interpretation
  • Specialist in Clinical Hypertension
  • Clinical Lipidology

Dr. Rellas' office walls are covered with pictures of his family. He and his wife, Nordy, will be celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary this June. They were blessed with four children:

  • Jackie - Now Dr. Jackie Rellas Keedy graduated from Rice University and is now doing her Internal Medicine Resident training at the U of Washington Medical Center.
  • Dale -  Graduated from  Notre Dame and now a medical student at UTHSC at San Antonio.
  • Cory - Graduated from Notre Dame and now working for  Sankaty Investment LLC, part of Bain Capital in Boston Ma.
  • Victoria - Undergraduate playing soccer  at  Rice University. The fourth student athlete in the Rellas family.

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