Physicians
Dr. Soteria Karahalios, MD, FACC, FASNC, FAHA
Medical Director of PRIMA HEART, Cardiologist involved in all clinical programs and cardiovascular testing and imaging
Dr. Soteria Karahalios was born in Athens, Greece and was raised on the Monterey Peninsula. She received a B.A. from UC Berkeley in Physiology and did post-graduate work in Endocrinology at UC San Francisco Graduate Physiology Department. She completed her M.D. degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 1976 and then did her residency in internal medicine with the UCLA-Wadsworth VA program. She completed her Cardiology Fellowship training in 1982 with UCLA-Wadsworth VA and did additionally a Gerontology Fellowship with UCLA focused in cardiovascular disease and aging.
She practiced clinical Cardiology, invasive and non-invasive, after 1982 in Southern California and at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, where she was the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation from 1988 – 1990. She returned to the Monterey Peninsula to practice cardiology in 1990 and affiliated with Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Dr. Karahalios has been the Medical Director of Non-invasive Cardiology at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula since 2003 and Tyler Heart Institute, overseeing cardiac diagnostics and imaging and involved in the hospital’s Cardiac Wellness and educational programs. She began the Women’s Heart Program in 2005 and the Cardiac Risk Assessment clinic in 2008, as well as a Smoking Cessation Program in 2009. Her specialized training and interest has been in all modalities of cardiac imaging with board certifications in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Level II certification in Cardiac CT imaging.
Dr. Karahalios’ interest and focus is in cardiovascular risk assessment and reduction, specifically with use of imaging in early disease detection and early intervention and preventive strategies. She has lectured in Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac CT, Cardiac Risk Assessment, Smoking Cessation, and Women and Heart Disease. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Council of Clinical Cardiology, Council of Epidemiology and Prevention, and member of the ACC Women in Cardiology Section. She is also a Fellow of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr. Karahalios is also a professional member of the American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Lyfestyle Medicine, Medical Fitness Association, and National Lipid Association.
Dr. Terrance Moran, MD, FACC, FAHA
Cardiologist, Consulting in Lipid Management
Dr. Terrance Moran is a practicing cardiologist in Monterey County with a special interest in management of lipid abnormalities.
Dr. Moran is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is Board Certified in Clinical Lipidology and Fellow of the National Lipid Association. He is board certified in Clinical Lipidology.
CONSULTING PHYSICIANS
PRIMA HEART has proudly teamed with a select group of outstanding physicians to provide the most comprehensive care possible. Our partners include consulting cardiologists in the areas of cardiac MRI and electrophysiology as well as consulting physicians specializing in internal medicine, gynecology, osteoporosis, orthopedics and bariatric medicine/surgery.