Ricardo C. Cury, MD, FSCCT

President and CEO Section Chief, Cardiac Imaging

Dr. Ricardo Cury has been the Chairman of Radiology at Radiology Associates of South Florida and Baptist Health of South Florida for more than 12 years and Director of Cardiac Imaging at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute and Baptist Health of South Florida. He is Professor and Chairman of Radiology at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. He was former Chief Medical Officer of Mednax Radiology Solutions and former Director of Cardiac MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, in Boston. He is a past-president of the Society of Cardiovascular CT for the term 2014-2015.    

Dr. Cury received the 2022 Gold Medal Award from the Society of Cardiovascular CT, which is the highest honor bestowed by SCCT and recognizes outstanding leaders who have made landmark contributions to the field of Cardiovascular CT. Due his outstanding contributions to the Fields of Radiology and Cardiology, he has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the American Heart Association and a Master of the Society of Cardiovascular CT.  

Dr. Cury has authored more than 250 original scientific publications in major radiology and cardiology journals, and over 500 abstracts, book chapters, case reports or invited presentations. He has been invited to speak about cardiac CT and MRI throughout the United States and internationally with speaking engagements in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Central and South America. Dr. Cury led the efforts for CAD-RADS writing group for report standardization for Coronary CTA which is used worldwide. 

Dr. Cury received his MD from Santos School of Medical Sciences in Brazil and finished his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at MedImagem, Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital.  He completed a Clinical/Research Fellowship in Cardiovascular Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cury won the young investigator award sponsored by the American Heart Association, Radiology Council, during the North America Society of Cardiac Imaging (NASCI) early in his career.  

Medical Education

Medical School:

Santos School of Medical Sciences, Brazil

Residency:

Radiology Residency Med Imagem – Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital

Fellowship:

Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital – Harvard Medical School

Program in Clinical Effectiveness – Harvard School of Public Health