Founder & Medical Director

Dr. Regina Druz — Integrative Cardiologist

Board-Certified Cardiologist · Functional Medicine · Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M is a board-certified cardiologist with advanced training in nuclear cardiology, cardiac imaging, and functional medicine — taking a precision, root-cause approach to prevent, reverse, and manage heart disease.

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Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M

She combines the therapeutic rigor of conventional cardiology with a whole-person lens — addressing the metabolic, hormonal, inflammatory, and lifestyle drivers behind heart disease.

Dr. Druz trained at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she earned her MD in the top 1% of her class, and completed her internal medicine residency and cardiovascular fellowship at New York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center. She later completed an Executive MBA and a Master of Science in Health Policy and Research at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business.

In practice, she uses comprehensive cardiometabolic, hormonal, and genomic testing to guide individualized protocols — advanced lipid and inflammation panels, coronary artery calcium scoring, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, CIMT and VO₂ max assessment, hormone optimization, targeted supplementation, and nutrition and stress-resilience strategies — alongside evidence-based pharmacotherapy when appropriate.

Dr. Druz created Fit in Your GENES®, a signature program that translates genomics, functional medicine, and cardiovascular science into personalized protocols. She is nationally recognized for her leadership in integrative cardiology, cardiac imaging, and digital health innovation.

Training & Education

  • MDWeill Cornell Medical College (top 1% of class)
  • Internal Medicine Residency & Cardiovascular FellowshipNew York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Executive MBA & MS, Health Policy and ResearchCornell SC Johnson College of Business

Clinical Focus

Areas of specialty.

Integrative Cardiology

Coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke prevention, heart failure, arrhythmias and AFib.

Functional Medicine

Genomic risk profiling, advanced lipid panels, inflammation markers, hormonal assessment, metabolic syndrome.

Lipid Management

Hypertension, high cholesterol, elevated Lp(a), insulin resistance, vascular aging, cardiovascular longevity.

Cardiac Imaging

Nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiac CT, coronary artery calcium scoring, CIMT, VO₂ max.

Menopausal Heart Health

Hormone optimization, menopausal cardiovascular risk, perimenopausal metabolic changes.

Genomic Risk Assessment

Fit in Your GENES® — proprietary genomics-based metabolic flexibility and longevity program.

Media, Podcast & Speaking

Beyond the practice.

Own Your Heart Health Podcast

Host of the Own Your Heart Health Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify — integrative cardiology, prevention, genomics, and heart-healthy living for patients and clinicians.

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Selected Speaking

Institute for Functional Medicine Annual Conference, San Diego (2026) · Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine, Burlington VT (2023) · ChenMed “Heartbeat of Primary Care” Podcast · National keynote speaker on integrative cardiology, cardiovascular prevention, and digital health.

Peer-Reviewed Research

Selected publications.

13 PubMed-indexed publications in cardiovascular medicine, nuclear cardiology, and imaging.

  1. 01Pelter MN, Druz RS. “Precision medicine: Hype or hope?” Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022; 34(2):120–125. PubMed ↗
  2. 02Rumsfeld JS, Shah RU, Druz RS, et al. “Innovation in Cardiology: The ACC Innovation Program.” Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, 2020; 16(4):304–308. PubMed ↗
  3. 03Swarup S, Zeltser R, Druz RS. “Going beyond the obvious: Predicting cardiac events in renal disease.” [Editorial] Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2017; 25(5):1674–1676. PubMed ↗
  4. 04Amirian J, Javdan O, Misher J, et al, Druz RS. “Comparative efficiency of exercise stress testing with and without stress-only MPI in low-risk chest pain.” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2017; 25(4):1274–1282. PubMed ↗
  5. 05Zeltser R, Tortez LM, Druz RS, et al. “Downstream resource utilization following SPECT: Impact of age and gender.” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2016; 24(5):1657–1661. PubMed ↗
  6. 06Budoff MJ, Raggi P, Beller GA, Druz RS, et al. (ACC Imaging Council). “Noninvasive Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of the Asymptomatic Diabetic Patient.” JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2016; 9(2):176–192. PubMed ↗
  7. 07Druz RS. “The feminine mystique of AUC.” [Editorial] Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2015; 23(4):706–9. PubMed ↗
  8. 08Druz RS, Phillips LM, Sharifova G. “Clinical evaluation of the appropriateness use criteria for SPECT.” ISRN Cardiology, 2011; 2011:798318. PubMed ↗
  9. 09Druz RS, Phillips LM, Chugkowski M, et al. “Wide-beam reconstruction half-time SPECT improves diagnostic certainty.” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2011; 18(1):52–61. PubMed ↗
  10. 10Druz RS. “Current advances in vasodilator pharmacological stress perfusion imaging.” Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2009; 39(3):204–9. PubMed ↗
  11. 11Hansen CL, Goldstein RA, Akinboboye OO, Druz RS, et al. “Myocardial perfusion and function: SPECT.” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2007; 14(6):e39–60. PubMed ↗
  12. 12Druz RS, Akinboboye OA, Grimson R, et al. “Postischemic stunning after adenosine vasodilator stress.” Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2004; 11(5):534–41. PubMed ↗
  13. 13Druz RS. “Dobutamine stress testing revisited.” [Letter] Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002; 39(10):1708–9. PubMed ↗

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