Lon A. Walder, D.O., F.C.C.P., F.A.C.C., Doctor of Cardiology for Heart Center of North Texas graduated from the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma and continued his medical education at the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery.

Doctor Walder trained at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine as an Intern, preceded by Residency and Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester Massachusetts. During his fellowship he shared his knowledge as an Instructor of a Advanced Paramedic course at Quinsigamond Community College, an Instructor of Basic Electrocardiography and Physical Diagnosis at University of Massachusetts Medical School, and instructed a basic EMT course at Clark University.

He is a board certified diplomate of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, and certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and the added qualification in Interventional Cardiology. His professional society memberships include the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the American Osteopathic Association. He currently holds fellow status with the American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Cardiology, American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Walder is appointed Direction of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and Director of Interventional Cardiology at Plaza Medical Center. He was elected as one of Fort Worth’s “Top Doc’s” in ’05 and ’07.