Dr Bulgarelli is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Medicine, class of 1990. He received his undergraduate training at St. Joseph’s University. He completed his Medical internship at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, PA and his Medical residency and Cardiology fellowship at Lankenau hospital in Wynnewood, PA. He is currently practicing with Cardiovascular Associates of Southeastern Pennsylvania (CASEP) at their Riddle Campus. “Dr. Bob” as his patients call him, practices Integrative and Preventative Cardiology. He is the Director of Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine for Main Line Health System. He has recently completed a 2 year distance fellowship with Dr Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona’s Program in Integrative Medicine, and is now a faculty member with the program, consulting on and moderating the cardiology and cardiovascular nutrition curriculum.

Dr. Bob’s main area of interest and expertise is in the “growing field of Mind / Body Medicine and on the role of psycho-emotional stress on the development and perpetuation of heart disease. He is a skilled practitioner and teacher of meditation and relaxation techniques. He is an experienced group facilitator and is a senior staff member in The Mankind Project; an international men’s organization that hosts experiential, interpersonal Men’s weekend retreats. Dr. Bob is also a certified instructor of a unique stress management seminar, “Self Mastery”, developed by renowned author and psychologist Dr Jeff Kaplan.

He has worked closely with Dr. Dean Ornish and has been a staff physician at his lifestyle retreats. He has worked closely with Dr. Marty Sullivan at Duke University’s Center for Living and has lectured extensively on the subject of lifestyle management, stress reduction and risk factor modification in the treatment and prevention of heart disease. He has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Channel 6 news and CN8. He has been published, and qoted in many local and national magazines such as Main Line Today, Men’s Health and Shape. He was recently selected as a Top Doc in Cardiology for 2007 in Mail Line Today Magazine. He is the former medical director of the Main Line Health Smart Heart Lifestyle program, a comprehensive lifestyle intervention for primary and secondary prevention. He presented their Data at the very frist ACC sponsored Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine Conference in Hawaii in 2002. Dr. Bob’s Vision is the creation of a Center of Excellence in Integrative Cardiovascular Medicine in the Philadelphia area. The center would combine the very best of traditional medical care with a vast array of complementary services, drawn together by a patient centered, mind body spirit approach.