J.R. Exequiel “Keng” Pineda, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Interventional Cardiologist at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson (North and South Campus)
Dr. Pineda earned his combined MD-PhD at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine with a research focus on computational biophysical studies of ligand binding and catalysis by enzymes.
Degree(s)
- MD-PhD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 2011
Residency
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Internal Medicine, 2011 – 2014
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, Vascular Medicine, 2015
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Cardiovascular Disease, 2018
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Interventional Cardiology, 2020
Banner – University Medical Center, Tucson, Research Fellow, 2018 - 2019
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, 2020
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2019
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014
Honors and Awards
1st Place, Fellow-in-Training Poster Session, American College of Cardiology, Arizona Chapter, 2018
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Cardiovascular Disease Co-Chief Fellow, 2017-2018
Ranked 3rd, Chemist's Licensure Examination, Professional Regulations Commission, Republic of the Philippines, 1997
Clinical Specialties
Preventive Cardiology
Cardiovascular care of patients with cancer who develop cardiovascular toxicities from their treatment
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Interventional Cardiology
Research Interests
ligand binding to the thin filament through computational biophysical (in silico) studies, validation by in vitro and in vivo experiments to understand the cardiotoxic effects of some chemotherapeutics