Dr Zachariah P Zachariah

Dr. Zachariah is one of the leading cardiologists in the nation. He is President of the Fort Lauderdale Heart Institute, a thriving private practice with five cardiologists/physicians and 30 employees. He is the Director of Cardiology for Holy Cross Hospital, a 570 bed not-for-profit community hospital in Fort Lauderdale and serves as a volunteer Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami. Dr. Zachariah serves on the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the management of Florida’s university system, and a Trustee for Nova Southeastern University, the largest private university in the Southeast United States with more than 26,000 students. He is a member of the Council of 100, a statewide organization of business leaders who advise the Governor on issues of public policy. He is also a member and former Chairman of the Florida Council on Economic Education, a not-for-profit organization that educates students in kindergarten through high school on economic principles to better prepare them for personally and professional success in our free enterprise system. Previously, Dr. Zachariah served on the Board of Medicine, where he held the positions of chairman and vice president. Zachariah attended University Intermediate College for Graduate Training, received an M.B.B.S. degree from Armed Forces Medical College in Poona, India and completed an internship at University Medical College in Trivandrum, India and an internship and residency at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. He immigrated to the United States in 1972.