Dr. Platko is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson Medical School of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA in 1982. Internship and residency training at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA was completed in 1985. Cardiology fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH, was completed in 1988. Chief cardiology fellow 1987-1988. Interventional cardiology fellowship 1988-1989 at The Cleveland Clinic.

Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology.