Dr. Edward R. Chafizadeh is a graduate of Yale University at New Haven, Connecticut. Next, he graduated with honors from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where he received the Upjohn Award as the top Consultantsal student. He completed his internal medicine residency at Baylor and was the chief resident at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Chafizadeh received outstanding resident awards from the Houston Society of Internal Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Hospital where he served as an Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiology.

Dr. Chafizadeh is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine as well as the American Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. He is fully trained in general cardiology, including cardiac catheterization, PTCA, stenting, rotational and directional atherectomy, and balloon aortic valvuloplasty. He is also certified in nuclear cardiology. He has served as Chief of the Department of Cardiology at St. David's Medical Center as well as Committee Member on their Medical Executive Committee.

Dr. Chafizadeh is a member of the Travis County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, and American Medical Association.