MEET THE CARDIOLOGISTS
 Richard J. Brody, M.D.
Dr. Brody was awarded his M.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and served an internship at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. His internal medicine residency was completed at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Subsequently, he was a cardiology fellow and Clinical Instructor in Cardiovascular Medicine at the West Roxbury-Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center (Massachusetts) and the Harvard University Medical School, Boston. Dr. Brody is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Diplomate (board certified) in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology).
His special interests in cardiology include transesophageal echocardiography and nuclear cardiac stress testing.
 Thomas Johnson, M.D.
Dr. Johnson received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He completed training in internal medicine at the University of Minnesota and served as a chief medical resident at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center. He also completed his cardiology fellowship training at the University of Minnesota and was chief cardiology fellow. Dr. Johnson served a six-month heart failure/transplant fellowship and was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota prior to entering private practice. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) and is a Fellow of the American College on Cardiology.
Dr. Johnson's special interests and training are in the diagnosis and management of heart failure, and the performance and interpretation of noninvasive cardiac imaging and diagnostic heart catheterization.
 Thomas A. Biggs, M.D.
Dr. Biggs received his M.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Dr. Biggs has conducted basic science research in coronary physiology as well as clinical research in interventional cardiology. Dr. Biggs served as a chief resident with the University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency program and also completed an additional year of coronary and peripheral interventional training at The Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.
Dr. Biggs's areas of clinical interest include general cardiology and coronary and peripheral arterial disease. Dr. Biggs is the Director of the Peripheral Vascular Disease subsection at the St. Paul Heart Clinic. He performs coronary angiography, coronary interventions, peripheral angiography and peripheral angioplasty. Dr. Biggs is also the Director of Physician Recruiting for the St. Paul Heart Clinic.
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