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Edward Bergen, DO

Location Information
  • Primary Location
    Memorial Heart and Vascular Center
    1717 Oak Park Blvd., 2nd Floor
    Lake Charles, LA 70601
    Hours
    • Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      Sat-Sun: Closed

      Please call 337.494.3278 for more information.

Meet Edward Bergen, DO

Edward Bergen, DO, FACC, FSCAI, CCDS, is a fellowship-trained interventional cardiologist with the Memorial Medical Group. Dr. Bergen currently serves as the Medical Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Inpatient Cardiology.

Dr. Bergen is a graduate of Rutgers University and he received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Before moving to Lake Charles, Dr. Bergen served 14 years as a U.S. Army doctor at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso and Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He also served in Operation New Dawn in the 86th Combat Support Hospital at Sather Air Base, Baghdad, Iraq.

His post-graduate medical training includes an internship/residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiology and cardiac devices, at Brooke Army Medical Center. He also completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio.

Dr. Bergen is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease. He is board-certified in nuclear cardiology by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) and in Cardiac Rhythm Device Therapy by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE).

He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Specialties:

  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Angina
  • Arrhythmias
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Critical limb ischemia
  • Defibrillator implantation
  • Leadless pacemakers
  • Nuclear perfusion imaging
  • Pacemaker implantation
  • Percutaneous coronary interventions
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Peripheral vascular interventions
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
  • Trans-esophageal echocardiography 

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American College of Cardiology
  • Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
  • International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners
  • Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Education
  • College
  • Rutgers University
    Newark, NJ
  • Medical School
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Stratford, NJ
  • Residency
  • Brooke Army Medical Center
    Fort Sam Houston, TX
  • Fellowship
  • Brooke Army Medical Center - Electrophysiology Service
    Fort Sam Houston, TX
  • Brooke Army Medical Center
    Fort Sam Houston, TX
  • University of Texas Health Science Center
    San Antonio, TX
Insurances Accepted:
  • Aetna Health Inc., 
  • Blue Cross / Blue Shield, 
  • Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company, 
  • Hmo Louisiana, Inc., 
  • Humana, 
  • IMA, 
  • Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, 
  • Meritain Health, 
  • Office Of Group Benefits, 
  • Other, 
  • Self Insured, 
  • United Health Care, 
  • United Medical Resources, 
  • Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
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