Meet Dr. David A. Hotchkiss,
M.D., FACC

From a young age, Dr. David Hotchkiss dreamed of becoming a physician. He left his home state of New Hampshire to attend college at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, followed by medical school at Georgetown University. Upon graduation, he joined the Army to serve his country and obtain his post-graduate training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dr. Hotchkiss developed his passion for cardiology after seeing the versatility that particular specialty offered: from doing procedures to spending time with patients, both in his office and in the hospitals. After four years doing Interventional Cardiology in Texas, he settled here in Southwest Florida in 2001. In 2018, he opened the successful Peace River Cardiovascular Center in Port Charlotte.

Board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology, he practices consultative, interventional, and nuclear cardiology, with an emphasis on coronary and peripheral vascular intervention, including; cardiac catheterization, cardiac and peripheral stenting, atherectomy, permanent pacemaker implantation, and ICD implantation.

Dr. Hotchkiss also enjoys being a principal investigator in a number of national and international research trials. He has served as Chief of Medicine for Fawcett Memorial Hospital from January 2009 thru December 2010 and has been elected to Chief of Cardiology at Shore Point Port Charlotte continuously since 2017.

Practicing in Port Charlotte since 2003, Dr. Hotchkiss is one of the very few Cardiologists in the area to perform both Interventional Cardiology procedures and Device Implantations. He is best known for his warm, caring approach to his patients, as well as his expertise and experience.

Meet Dr. Melody Strattan,
D.O., FACC

Born and raised in South Florida, she attended Nova Southeastern University where she received her medical school training and graduated with the highest honors.

She then completed her Internal Medicine residency, serving as Chief Resident before moving on to a Cardiology fellowship. Dr. Strattan developed a true passion for cardiovascular disease and went on to obtain advanced cardiovascular treatment skills.

In Iowa, she studied Interventional Cardiology in order to perform a variety of procedures such as angioplasty and stenting. On completion of this training, she was excited to return home to Florida to begin practicing in Port Charlotte in 2018.

Dr. Strattan is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. She currently maintains a clinical practice treating various cardiac conditions. As one of few female Interventional Cardiologists in the area, she places a special focus on heart disease in women. She also enjoys performing a wide variety of procedures to treat diseased blood vessels, restoring blood flow to the heart and circulation to the legs, kidneys, and other parts of the body.

Additionally, Dr. Strattan dedicates her time and passion to improving the quality of care provided to patients in her community, serving as the Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Fawcett Memorial Hospital.

Meet Dianne Baldwin, ARNP-C

Dianne Baldwin, ARNP, earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University in Indiana, PA.  She went on to complete her Master of Science in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner and graduated in 1998 from Penn State University.

She has more than 20 years of experience as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner.

Meet Dr. Muhammad Sarki

For Dr. Muhammad Sarki, it’s all about “the three C’s.”
Confidence. Compassion. Competence.
“My mentor emphasized those three qualities when I began my career in medicine. Be confident. Be compassionate. Be competent. Generally in life, you become better or worse at what you do. I strive to get better day after day, year after year. It means moving through your comfort zone.”
And that, says Dr. Sarki, is what impresses him about Peace River Cardiovascular Center and the team working there alongside him since he came on board in July 2024: “My colleagues are really competent at what they do, and they are always striving to do better.”
Dr. Sarki was born in a mountainous region of Pakistan in the city of Quetta. He along with his brother and sister learned at an early age the benefits of education, something instilled in them by their parents: They always put a high value on education, telling us it was one of the most important things in life. Always give 100%; that’s how we were raised.
Initially, Dr. Sarki was interested in earning a master’s degree in business, but also recalls being drawn to science in general, and biology. “Specifically at age 13 or 14, I figured out what I really wanted to do, I was influenced by watching people in my country suffering from minor diseases that should have been treatable. I decided I wanted a career in which I could give back. A career in medicine afforded me this opportunity.