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Dedications and Biographies

To all of the courageous men and women of the armed forces, EMS, fire, and law enforcement departments around our country. You put your lives on the line every day to protect us and our freedom. I thank you. God bless you and keep you all safe from harm.

—Tomas B. Garcia, MD

 

Dr. Tomas B. Garcia received his undergraduate degree from Florida International University. While applying to medical school, Dr. Garcia was licensed and practiced as an EMT in the state of Florida. Dr. Garcia received his medical degree from the University of Miami. He completed his internship and residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida and subsequently received board certification in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Garcia taught and practiced in the Emergency Department of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts and Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory Medical School in Atlanta, Georgia.

His main area of interest is emergency cardiac care and he lectures nationally on topics related to these issues. In addition to working on the third edition of his book, 12-lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation, published by Jones & Bartlett Learning, Dr. Garcia is spearheading an educational Internet site on electrocardiography and arrhythmia recognition at ekgfacts.com.

 

To my father, Dr. Tomas Garcia, who has always been there for me, helped me, taught me, guided me, and cared about me through the most pleasurable and the most difficult parts of my life. I will never be able to thank you enough for all that you have done for me.

To my mother, Marta Daniel, I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done for me, all of the time you have spent with me, and all of the lessons that you have taught me. Thank you for all of the love you have given me. I have cherished every moment with you.

I love you both very, very much.

—Daniel J. Garcia

 

Daniel J. Garcia received his bachelor’s degree in the biological sciences from Barry University. He is co-author of the YouTube educational series Arrhythmia Recognition, The Art of Education, which is an educate-the-educator series on the topic of arrhythmia recognition. He currently attends the Tulane University School of Medicine, where he is completing his medical degree. During his time there, he founded the ECG Club of Tulane University and served as the president for two years.