Dr. Flores was born in Edinburg, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin graduating Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in 1981. He obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1985. He went on to complete his cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas affiliated hospitals: Parkland Memorial and Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1991. He completed an advanced fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Mid-America Heart institute and St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City Missouri under the tutelage of Dr. Geoffrey Hartzler, an early pioneer in the field. He has been in private practice at South Heart Clinic (initially founded Heart Clinic, P.A.) since 1992. Dr. Flores is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at Regional Health Academic Center, Harlingen University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio since 2000, and currently director of Cardiology education for the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Knapp program.