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Class of 2010
ALASKA
Seth L. Krauss, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Krauss, born in 1958, was raised in the Northeast where he obtained his medical degree at the University of Vermont. After residency at the Albany Medical Center he returned to Burlington for cardiology. He accepted a position at the University of New Mexico working at the Veterans Hospital as an interventional cardiologist. In 1996 he and his cardiologist wife Colleen Coughlin moved to Anchorage, Alaska. In Anchorage with the Alaska Heart Institute he expanded the interventional cardiologist’s role from coronary interventions to now include peripheral and visceral arterial procedures.
ARKANSAS
Anthony M. Fletcher, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Fletcher is the son of Dr. Patricia L. Fletcher and Mr. Lawrence E. Fletcher of Steubenville, Ohio. He received a BS degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati. In 1980, he earned his M.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He furthered his medical acumen at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he trained in Internal Medicine. Upon conclusion of the Internal Medicine training, he completed a fellowship in Cardiology at Georgetown University Hospital. In 1986, Dr. Fletcher moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and joined the Cardiology and Medicine Clinic in association with Dr. Frances R. Harris and Dr. Joe L. Hargrove. He has practiced Cardiology in the Little Rock community for the past 19 years. He is an active staff physician at Baptist Medical Center, St. Vincent Doctors Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital and St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center where he also serves as Cath Lab Director. Dr. Fletcher has served as a Career Day speaker and role model for many high school students. He is currently a preceptor for students and residents of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He is a member of the Pulaski County Medical Society, the Association of Black Cardiologists, the National Medical Association and the American Medical Association. He is also a fellow in the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Dr. Fletcher is an active member and past president of the Pulaski County Affiliate of the American Heart Assn and is currently president of the Heartland Affiliate. He has also served as a past member of the national board of the American Heart Association and currently serves on the Association’s professional education committee. Dr. Fletcher is board certified in CV Disease and Internal Medicine. He is married to Dr. Paula Martin-Fletcher, an orthodontist in Little Rock, and they have one daughter, Desiree'.
ATLANTIC PROVINCES
Catherine M. Kells, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Cathy Kells was born in Halifax and graduated from Dalhousie University with her MD in 1984. She studied Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Dalhousie attaining her FRCPC in Internal Medicine in 1988 and in Cardiology in 1989. Her postgraduate fellowship training was done in Interventional Cardiology at Dalhousie, followed by a fellowship in Heart Transplantation at Stanford Medical Center, California. She returned on join the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie in 1990 and continues as a staff cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center and consultant cardiologist to the IWK Grace Maternity Center. She presently serves as the Associate Chief of Cardiology, Director of the Congenital Heart Program, Program Director for Adult Cardiology Residency Training and an Interventional cardiologist.
COLORADO
M. Eugene Sherman, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Elected to the Fellowship in1983, Dr. Sherman is a private practice cardiologist with extensive experience in public policy and advocacy at the Colorado Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has a distinguished set of leadership credentials and roles as a former president of the Medical Staff at Aurora Presbyterian Hospital and on the Board of Directors of HealthOne. He has served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Medical Society. He has previously served as an Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association from Colorado and is currently an Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association from the ACC. He currently serves on ACC PAC Board and the Strategy Roundtable for the ACC MDI (Medical Directors Institute). Dr Sherman has practiced Cardiology in Colorado since 1977 and is recognized as a leader in clinical cardiology in the Denver community. He was recently select by USA Today as one of Denver's "Most Influential Doctors" for cholesterol management.
GEORGIA
Joseph S. Wilson, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Wilson is in cardiology at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta and has been involved in general cardiology practice since 1984. He trained at Emory University and Grady Hospital for medical school and internal medicine before completing a cardiology fellowship at Vanderbilt University in 1983. After a brief term on the faculty at Vandy, he began his cardiology practice in Atlanta. Beginning in 1986, he served as the medical director for the Peachtree Road Race and helped develop international guidelines for road race medical care through the IMMDA organization (International Marathon Medical Directors Association). He was pleased to be asked to help with the 1996 Olympics and served on the development team for the medical command center. Between 1989 and 2002, he served on the Board of Directors of the Medical Association of Georgia as a representative for the Medical Association of Atlanta. Since 1988, Dr. Wilson has had the privilege to serve as director of MAG Mutual Insurance Company and is now Chairman of the Education Committee on that board.
HAWAII
Edward L. Chesne, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Chesne has practiced cardiology in Hawaii for 40 years and has been a Fellow of the College since 1967. He has gone to most ACC annual meetings for professional 'rejuvenation', and served as an ACC Governor from 1977 to 1980. In addition to being an FACC, he is also an FACP and FAHA. Dr. Chesne is currently serving as a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Hawaii Medical School in Honolulu. He continues the busy practice of cardiology, and would be pleased to serve as Governor for the State of Hawaii.
IDAHO
Patrick D. Gorman, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Gorman is a graduate of the Uniformed Services University and completed post-graduate training in the US Army. He continued on at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC where he was the director of the cardiovascular catheterization labs and program director of the interventional cardiovascular fellowship. During this time he participated in or chaired various institutional committees. Since retiring from the military, he has resided in Idaho Falls, Idaho where he continues a practice in general as well as interventional cardiology with a primary interest in atherosclerotic (cardiac and peripheral), rheumatic and congenital heart disease establishing a referral center for ASD/PFO closures. His academic and publication interests have centered on new device application and outcomes. Dr. Gorman has been a fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1990.
INDIANA
Richard J. Kovacs, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Richard Kovacs is Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Krannert Institute of Cardiology. He is a clinical cardiologist and serves as the Clinical Director for the Division of Cardiology at Indiana University. He has a special interest in the cardiac safety of non-cardiac drugs. Dr. Kovacs received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1976 and his MD from the University of Cincinnati in 1980. He was a resident in Internal Medcine at the Indiana University School of Medicine from 1980-1982 and a cardiology fellow at IU from 1982-1985. He served as both Chief Medical Resident and Chief Cardiology Fellow at IU. He joined the IU Cardiology faculty in 1986. In 1990 he accepted a position as Director of Medical Research at Methodist Hospital of Indiana, and practiced clinical cardiology with Storer Schmidt and Associates. In 2000, he moved to Eli Lilly and Company as Senior Clinical Research Physician where he focused on the assessment of drug safety. He returned to the full time IU faculty in 2003, and continues to consult for Lilly and other organizations interested in drug safety. Dr. Kovacs has been a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1987. He currently serves as Councillor for the central region of the Indiana Chapter of the ACC. He has served on the National ACC ECG/Pacemaker Committee and chaired various sessions at the ACC Annual Scientific Sessions. He was clinical chair of the International Life Sciences / Health and Environmental Sciences Institute QT study group. Locally, he serves on the hospital Peer Review Committee and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He has published extensively on the topic of basic cardiac electrophysiology, with a recent emphasis on the ECG evaluation of non-cardiac drugs for proarrhythmia potential.
KENTUCKY
David J. Moliterno, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Moliterno is an interventional cardiologist at the University of Kentucky, where he joined faculty as Professor and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine in 2003. He is also Vice-Chairman of Internal Medicine and Medical Director of the Gill Heart Institute. Prior to joining UK, Dr. Moliterno was an attending cardiologist for over 10 years at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Moliterno received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, and his residency training from Vanderbilt. He completed a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center. He has received a number of patient-care awards including the International Physician-of-the-Year Award from the Cleveland Clinic. He is a life member in the National Directory of Who’s Who and has been listed in Best Doctors in America 2001-2008. He has been a national leader for many large clinical trials in ischemic heart disease. He has been an invited lecturer in over 20 countries, and has authored over 250 publications, including 50 textbook chapters, and several textbooks. He is the Editor-In-Chief of CathSAP-3, Associate Editor for the Journal of American College of Cardiology-Cardiovascular Interventions and Guest Editor for Circulation. In addition to being a longtime fellow of ACC, he is a fellow of ESC, ACP, SCAI, and AHA. Dr. Moliterno has been actively involved with ACC for many years and has served the national ACC as a member of the Strategic Education Directions Committee, Political Action Committee, Publications Committee, and Clinical Expert Consensus Document Committee.
MAINE
(NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER)
Marco N. Diaz, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Elected to the Fellowship in 1999, Dr. Diaz is a native of Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston College and received his M.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Diaz trained in internal medicine at the Boston University Medical Center, where he also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Diaz is currently a clinical instructor at the University of Vermont. He has participated in research primarily in the areas of lipid lowering and acute coronary symptoms. Dr. Diaz subspecializes in diagnostic catheterization, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Diaz is a member of Maine Cardiology Associates and practices in Portland.
MASSACHUSETTS
Thomas C. Piemonte, M.D., F.A.C.C.
After a successful 15 years in private practice, Dr. Piemonte changed venues to retrain in Interventional Cardiology, and then joined the staff at Lahey Clinic. He is now Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Interventional Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, with appointments at Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools. He has been a council member of the ACC since 1998, and served first as the Treasurer, then Secretary of the Massachusetts Chapter over the past four years. One of his most rewarding activities is leading medical missions as part of Project Pacer International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the delivery of medical care to developing countries. They have completed over 50 medical missions since 1988; and now take medical students and fellows along with them as part of their educational program.
MINNESOTA
Gary D. Hanovich, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Hanovich is a general cardiologist and Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Research at the North Memorial Heart and Vascular Institute in Robbinsdale. He graduated from Washington University Medical School and trained in Internal Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in Cardiology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He served in the US Army, including a stint as Chief of the Outpatient Clinic at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.. Dr. Hanovich was previously a a Councilor of the Minnesota ACC Chapter and a member of its Advocacy Committee. He is a past president of the Minnesota Medical Association and has been active in the Hennepin County Medical Society. He is also a past President of the American Heart Association, Minneota Affiliate In addition to heart-related activities, he has also served as a board member of the Minnesota Lupus Foundation
MISSOURI
William G. Bowen, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Bowen was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was the Valedictorian of East Forsyth Senior High School, Class of 1966. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. from Davidson College graduating his junior year.
He was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina Medical School. He received his M.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1974. He received his Medical Housestaff Training from Barnes-Jewish Hospital from 1974 through 1980 and was Chief Resident of Medicine from 1977 to 1978. He served his Cardiology Fellow from 1978 to 1980. Dr. Bowen is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a Fellow of the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He has served the Missouri Chapter of the American College of Cardiology as Secretary-Treasurer from 1992 to 1994 and has been Membership Chair and District Counselor from 2001 to 2005. Dr. Bowen has served as President of Maryland Medical Group LTD, St. Louis, from 1994 to present. Maryland Medical Group is a private practice specializing in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He presently is the Medical Staff Association President at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for 2005-2006.
NEVADA
William F. Graettinger, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Graettinger joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and started his VA career in July 1981. He was a staff cardiologist running the echo lab and the cardiology fellowship program of UNM. From there he moved to Southern CA as Assistant Chief, Medical Service and Acting Chief of Cardiology at Long Beach VA and Assistant then Associate Professor of Medicine at UC Irvine from 1986 through 1993. In 1993, he became Chief, Medical Service at the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System in Reno and Associate then Professor of Medicine at University of Nevada SoM where he is Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Reno. Dr. Graettinger has been an active member of the College since joining during his fellowship in 1979 and was elected to Fellowship in the College in 1983. He has been a reviewer for JACC since 1985. He has been on the faculty of and attended Heart House courses. He has frequently presented at and has attended the majority of the College’s Annual Scientific Sessions since election to Fellowship. Dr. Graettinger has a long research career with interests in cardiac structure and function, hypertension, heart failure and cardiovascular disease in women and has been principal or co-investigator of 17 sponsored projects. His current sponsored projects include a NIH trial, a VA Cooperative heart failure study, and an industry sponsored heart failure trial. He has authored or co-authored 92 articles, abstracts, and book chapters. Dr. Graettinger has been active in his local communities volunteering on local AHA committees, ACLS course director, coaching softball teams, and as a volunteer for the Reno Make-A-Wish Foundation.
NORTH DAKOTA
David J. Clardy, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Clardy currently practices clinical and nuclear cardiology in Fargo, ND. He received a BA degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago. He began his medical career in 1973, when he enrolled at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. He graduated in 1977 with an MD degree. For the next 5 years he was at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, IL: three years in an Internal Medicine residency followed by 2 years in a cardiology fellowship, which he completed in 1982. He also completed additional training in nuclear cardiology at the Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Center in 1989, fulfilling the requirements for a nuclear license. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and is also certified by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology as a diplomate in the subspecialty of Nuclear Cardiology. He is also certified by the National Board of Echocardiography as a diplomate in Adult Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography. Throughout most of his career, he has been in private practice, mainly in the practice of clinical cardiology. Currently, he is in practice in Fargo, North Dakota with the Meritcare Heart Institute. The Meritcare Heart Institute is the cardiology department of the Meritcare Medical Center, a multispecialty group of over 400 physicians and a number of satellite clinics. He practices mainly clinical cardiology, echocardiography; both transthoracic and transesophageal, and nuclear cardiology. He is also involved in the teaching of medical residents and has an academic appointment as a clinical assistant professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. In addition, he is the director of Nuclear Cardiology at the institution and also serves on the Credentials and Ethics Committees.
OREGON
Michael C. Widmer, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Michael (Mike) Widmer is a partner of Heart Center Cardiology, a seven person, single specialty group in Bend, OR. Mike received his BS in Biology from the University of Portland in 1986 and MD from OHSU in 1990. He completed his postgraduate training and Fellowship in cardiology at Dartmouth 1990-1996. He completed Board Certification in Cardiology in 1997. An Oregon native, Mike returned to his home state in 2001 to join Heart Center Cardiology after five years of private practice near Boise, ID. He specializes in non-invasive imaging and is Board certified in Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. Mike has a special interest in Congestive Heart Failure and also runs the Pulmonary Hypertension clinic. He is involved in multiple research studies. He has been involved with the creation of a regional STEMI network in Central Oregon called “Heart One” and is working with the Oregon ACC and local AHA affiliate to create a statewide network. In his free time Mike enjoys fly-fishing, running, cycling, and Nordic skiing. Mike and his wife of 19 years, Jane, are proud parents of three active boys. Michael (17), Jack (14), and Teddy (12) are avid Nordic ski racers, soccer players, and Lacrosse fanatics. Michael qualified for the Junior Olympics in Nordic skiing 2008 and 2009.
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
Paul N. Casale, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Paul Casale has been in private practice with The Heart Group in Lancaster since 1993. He is Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of Cardiology at Lancaster General Hospital. In addition, he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine. His clinical interest is interventional cardiology and he is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is active in clinical research and has published over 80 articles. Dr. Casale received his B.S. degree from Tufts University in 1978 and his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1982. He completed his residency in internal medicine at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center from 1982-1985 and his cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School from 1985-1988. After completing his fellowship, Dr. Casale was on staff at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 1988-1993. Dr. Casale has been a Fellow in ACC since 1990. He has been a member of the executive council of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Cardiology for several years. He has served on numerous committees of the chapter. Dr. Casale is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. In addition, Dr. Casale is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and is a member of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.
PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN
Daniel Edmundowicz, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Edmundowicz is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. He obtained a B.S. in Biology at the University of Notre Dame followed by an M.S. in Human Anatomy and M.D. degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, he completed a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining the faculty of the UPMC Cardiovascular Institute in 1996, Dr. Edmundowicz has headed the section of Preventive Cardiology including the Lipid Management Program and, since its inception in 1998, the Electron Beam CT cardiac imaging program. He has recently been appointed as Director of Cardiovascular Medicine at UPMC Passavant, a 300 bed tertiary care hospital in the UPMC system. As a result of collaboration with colleagues in the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, he has co-authored several publications describing the clinical utility of subclinical vascular disease imaging and stratifying cardiovascular risk. He has lectured nationally on topics including cholesterol management and cardiovascular risk reduction. Dr. Edmundowicz is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Past President and Western Governor of the Pennsylvania ACC chapter. He is President-Elect of the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging and has been awarded “Top Doc” in cardiovascular disease by Pittsburgh Magazine three times.
PRAIRIE PROVINCES
Bibiana Cujec, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Cujec currently serves as Associate Professor of Medicine (CV) University of Alberta; Staff Cardiologist, University of Alberta Hospital (HF Clinic) and has a general cardiology outpatient practice. Her education includes MD: Laval University '81; Internal Med Residency: McGill and University of Toronto; CV Residency: McMaster University and University of Saskatchewan; Echo fellowship: University of Toronto; and, M.Ed.: University of Saskatchewan '97. Following completion of her cardiovascular training in 1988, she was a member of the Division of Cardiology at the Royal University Hosp in Saskatoon and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan until 1997. She was Director of the Echo Lab at the Royal University Hospital and the Cardiovascular Residency Program Director at the University of Saskatchewan. When she moved to Edmonton in 1997, she worked at the Misericordia Hosp for 3 yrs, and then moved to the University of Alberta Hosp in 2000. She is currently the coordinator for undergrad teaching in the cardiovascular block and is active in the HF Clinic and the Echo Lab at the University of Alberta Hosp. Her research interests have focused on echocardiography and education. Echo research includes among others quantitation of valvular regurgitation, use of transesophageal echocardiography in stroke patients and effects of positive end expiratory pressure on ventilated patients with patent foramen ovale. More recent research has involved population–based outcomes of interventions in patients with HF and MI. She has been involved in education at the undergrad, postgraduate and CME levels. She completed a Master’s in Adult Ed at the University of Saskatchewan and has carried out research on assessment tools, gender issues and physician career satisfaction. She is actively involved in the Canadian CV Society and on the board of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE). She is a past examiner for the Cardiology Royal College Exams and has been involved in developing standards/guidelines for the CCS and the CSE.
PUERTO RICO
Jose R. Rivera Del Rio, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. José Rivera Del Río, FACC, (1997) is certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, (2000) and a Fellow of the Society of Geriatric Cardiology (FSGC); and also a registered diagnostic cardiac sonographer (RDCS). He has taught courses to physicians, nurses and residents, on topics of EKG, coronary care, echocardiography and physical examination; and has given a complete cardiology course for Internal Medicine residents. He has been the first author of ten publications on topics related to echocardiography, thrombolysis, clinical diagnosis, EKG and HIV infection; and is the collaborator in five: In journals of Puerto Rico and abroad. He has been in several positions of leadership, medical and administrative: Director of Internal Medicine Department, CCU, Cardiovascular Lab., Quality Assurance Committee, Pharmacy committee. He also has been a Medical Director, Medical Faculty President and Utilization Committee President. Currently he is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UCCEM and the Ramón Ruíz Arnau Hospital. At present he is Chief Cardiology Section HIMA-San Pablo Bayamón Hospital. He is affiliated to professional organizations, among which are the Societies of Geriatric Cardiology, Echocardiography, AMA, ACP; and Puerto Rico Medical Association. Doctor Rivera has also offered conferences at the local ACP, at the Puerto Rico Cardiology Congress, several AIDS Symposia, and hospital Faculty meetings and also presented a poster presentation (in Washington, DC) on the echocardiogram in AIDS patients. He has attended regularly all the local ACP, ACC, Puerto Rico Cardiology Society, and the United States, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology meetings, and has taken many post graduate courses abroad.
RHODE ISLAND
Steven R. Fera, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Fera attended Georgetown University School of Medicine and did his residency at the Hospitals of Cleveland, OH. He completed a fellowship at the RI Hospital/Brown University School of Medicine, RI, and his internship at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve in Ohio. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and earned his Fellowship with the American College of Cardiology in 1988. He is currently associated with the South County Cardiology Associates in Wakefield, Rhode Island. His expertise is in invasive cardiology and cardiac pacing. Dr. Fera has been active in the Rhode Island Chapter since it was founded in 1999 and still serves on the Chapter’s Executive Council as a South County representative.
TEXAS
Richard W. Snyder, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Raised in Dallas, Dr Snyder received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and his M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas where he also completed residency and cardiology fellowship training. He practices general and interventional cardiology at Medical City Hospital in Dallas where he served as president of the medical staff. He is a member of both the Dallas County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association serving as a representative to the TMA. Dr Snyder is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, serving as chairman of the legislative committee for the Texas chapter. He is a partner of HeartPlace, a 70 physician cardiology group serving the North Texas area. As a member of the Board of Directors for HeartPlace Dr Snyder organized the formation of political action committees at both the state and federal level for his group, HeartPlace PAC. Along with Dr George Rodgers he duplicated those efforts for the Texas Chapter of the ACC, creating the chapters' state political action committee HeartPAC. Both state PACs were very involved in the recent legislative sessions in Austin particularly concerning such issues as imaging, tort protection, school property tax, and specialty hospitals. He has attended multiple political fund raisers on behalf of cardiology, including hosting events for Senator John Cornyn, and state Representative Jaime Capelo, co-author of Prop12 Tort reform. Dr Snyder hosted the state’s first ever ACC “Cardiologist for a Day” program at Baylor hospital in Dallas in August 2004. At this event state Representatives and Senators from throughout the state as well as the Medical Directors for every major insurance carrier got to shadow a cardiologist for a day to better learn the bureaucratic and legislative obstacles confronting cardiologists today. On the national level he is a regular representative with Dr. Rodgers for the Chapter to the yearly ACC Legislative Conference in Washington meeting with Senators and Representatives such as Pete Sessions and Kaye Bailey-Hutchison.
Class of 2011
Connecticut
Neal Lippman, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Neal Lippman, M.D., is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Cornell University Medical College. He trained in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Cardiac Electrophysiology at The New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center and is board certified in all three areas. After spending a year as an Electrophysiologist at Cornell, he joined the Division of Cardiology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1993. In 2000, Dr. Lippman cofounded Arrhythmia Consultants of Connecticut, LLC, a private practice devoted exclusively to Cardiac Electrophysiology. He remains on the clinical faculty of UCONN Medical School, and teaches cardiology fellows and medical residents at St. Francis Hospital. He has been active in the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and has been a member of the CCACC Council since 2002. He has conducted research in the areas of neurally mediated syncope and mathematical analysis of cardiac rhythms.
Email: nl@ctheartbeat.com
Florida
Alberto E. Montalvo, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Fellow American College of Cardiology since 1989. Dr. Montalvo is a senior partner at Bradenton Cardiology Center, a ten person full service cardiology practice in Bradenton, Florida. He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 1978 and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Miami in 1981. From 1981 to 1985 he served in the United States Air Force receiving the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service in 1985. He completed his Cardiology Fellowship at the University of South Florida in 1987 and after fellowship joined his present practice.
Dr. Montalvo has been very active at the Florida Chapter of the ACC being Councilor District 4 from 1991 to 1995, Chairman of the Annual Meeting 1992 to 1997, member of the Finance, Awards and Education committee for many years. Dr Montalvo has been the Secretary/Treasurer for the Chapter since 2002. One of his recent projects relates to The Foundation of the Florida Chapter of the ACC. Dr Montalvo believes in the power of our professional organizations. He has represented the Florida Chapter at the FMA since 2002. He contributes to the ACC Foundation, ACC PAC, AMPAC, FLAMPAC and MD1000 Club.
Iowa
Craig Clark, D.O., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Clark attended medical school at Des Moines University, completed residency at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and fellowship at the University of Iowa where he was Chief Fellow. Following training Dr. Clark joined the faculty at the University of Iowa and spent a year as a VA National Quality Scholars Fellow. In 2002 he returned Des Moines and currently practices with Iowa Health Cardiology. On a statewide level he’s held leadership positions on the Iowa Department of Public Health’s Early Defibrillation Consortium and the Iowa STEMI Task Force. He serves on the Heart Failure and MI Quality Task Force of Iowa Health-Des Moines and is Immediate-past Chair of the Department of Medicine at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. Dr. Clark serves on the ACC's Credentialing and Membership Committee and has been a member of the Iowa Chapter's Strategic Council since 2003. Dr. Clark is adjunct clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and Des Moines University. In addition to clinical practice he is actively involved with clinical trials and resident teaching, receiving the Faculty of Year award in 2004. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American Society of Echocardiography and serves on the FASE Selection Committee of ASE.
Kansas
Thomas J. Doyle, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Thomas Doyle was born and raised the youngest of nine children in Denver, CO. He attended Creighton University, where he not only received his BS and MD degrees, but also met his wife of twenty two years.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Scott and White hospital in Temple, TX, where he served as chief resident and also completed his cardiology fellowship. In 1996, he relocated to Topeka, KS to join a multispecialty group practice. While in Topeka, he has developed and continues to direct a large anticoagulation clinic, the first EECP clinic in Kansas, and a Heart Improvement Clinic. He has a special interest in congestive heart failure, echocardiography, and cardiac pacing. Above all, his greatest love is for his wife and eight children.
Email: tdoyl1@cox.net
Michigan
Howard (Hank) Rosman, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Howard (Hank) Rosman is a clinical cardiologist with Eastlake Cardiovascular Associates who serves as the program director of the Clinical Cardiology Fellowship at St. John Hospital in Detroit. He is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Wayne State University. r. Rosman graduated from Harvard College, the University of Michigan Medical School and trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Emory University. He was a member of the Henry Ford Medical Group, where he also served as Associate Chief of Cardiology, Fellowship Program Director and elected member of the Board of Governors. He is past President of the Metro Detroit Chapter of the American Heart Association and currently serves on the Board of Directors.
Dr. Rosman has actively participated with the Michigan Chapter ACC since 1988. He served as a district representative on the Chapter Council from 1999 to 2005. His contributions to the chapter’s educational efforts include chairing the board review course, the fellows’ poster and clinical vignette competitions, and the annual chapter conference. He also helped found the cardiology fellows’ council. As a member of the quality committee, he was a participant in the AMI GAP project and Heart Failure Discharge Documentation Initiative.
Mississippi
Thad F. Waites, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Thad Waites practices clinical cardiology with emphasis on interventional cardiology. His practice is with the Hattiesburg Clinic. r. Waites graduated from University of Mississippi Medical School. His internship was at Emory University, Grady Hospital. Internal medical residency was completed at University of Colorado. This occurred after active duty as a flight surgeon with the US Navy Reserve. After practicing Internal Medicine for two years at Ochsner Clinic, he went to Emory University, for chief residency under Dr. J. Willis Hurst and for cardiology fellowship. He then joined the cardiology staff at Ochsner and worked there for 8 years. During that time, he was recognized as Teacher of the Year. He moved to Hattiesburg and the Hattiesburg Clinic in 1987. While in Hattiesburg, he has been President of the Medical Staff for two terms. He was President of the Mississippi Affiliate of the American Heart Association. He was President of the Southeastern Affiliate of the American Heart Association for two terms. He has been Vice President of Hattiesburg Clinic. And, he is Director of the cath lab of Forrest General Hospital. His clinical research interest is currently in the field of CT Imaging.
Nebraska
Michael Del Core, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Michael Del Core attended Creighton University Medical School in 1983. After completing an Internal Medicine Residency, he completed a Cardiology Fellowship at the Creighton Cardiac Center in 1986. Since then he has been on staff with the Creighton University Medical Center. In 1993, he became the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at the Creighton University Medical Center and is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology. In 2005, he initiated and become Program Director for the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the Creighton University Medical Center. Dr. Del Core’s teaching responsibililies include Coordinator of the Sophomore Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course. He is also Course Director of Senior Medical Students Elective Rotation and Program Director of Internal Medicine Residents at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Del Core has served on numerous committees at both the Creighton University Medical Center and Alegent Bergan Mercy Medical Center. He is currently Co-Research Director for the Creighton Cardiac Center. He has over 30 published peer reviewed articles and abstracts
New Hampshire
Robert C. Capodilupo, M.D., F.A.C.C
Robert C. Capodilupo attended Clark University and graduated from New York Medical College. After completing residency at Boston University Medical Center, he completed his cardiology fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. After fellowship, he became a partner at Northeast Cardiology Associates in Bangor, Maine. While in Maine, he started a Congestive Heart Failure Clinic and became Director of Clinical Research, where he served as local Principal Investigator for several clinical trials. He also served as Chair of the 51st annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions for the New England chapter. Presently, Dr. Capodilupo is an associate member of The New England Heart Institute of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. He serves as Director of Clinical Research and Co-Medical Director of the Cardiomyopathy Clinic. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a member of the Heart Failure Society of America, Massachusetts Medical Society, as well as the American College of Cardiology. His interests include congestive heart failure as well as non-invasive cardiology and lectures on these topics frequently.
Email: rcapodilupo@cmc-nh.org
North Carolina
Oscar R. Jenkins, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C.
Oscar R. Jenkins, Jr., is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his internship and residency at the University of Alabama Hospitals and in 1989 was awarded the Aesculapian Award for clinical excellence by the department of medicine there. His fellowship was completed at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He has held positions as a clinical instructor of medicine at UTHSC and assistant professor of medicine for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1992 he has been practicing invasive and non-invasive cardiology in Asheville, North Carolina. In this practice of 30 adult and pediatric cardiologists he serves on the finance and executive committees, and has been the director of compliance and billing since he established a compliance program there in 1999. He has been an active member of the North Carolina state chapter of the ACC. He served two consecutive elected terms as councilor for the western region of the state, and is currently serving his second appointed term as the secretary/treasurer of the chapter. Since 1999 he has attended all annual NC/SC meetings, and has attended nearly every state ACC leadership meeting and retreat.
Email: oscarj@avlcard.com
Oklahoma
Stan Defehr, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Stan DeFehr is closely involved with the Oklahoma State chapter of the ACC, currently serving a fifth year on the state ACC Council. He also serves as the legislative liaison, a position Stan pushed to create after attending the ACC legislative session in Washington, DC in the fall of 2004. He organized dinner forums prior to the 2004 and 2005 state ACC meetings for federal legislative candidates to debate relevant issues. He has faithfully attended state and national ACC meetings and has been a reliable contributor to the ACC PAC.
Dr. DeFehr grew up in Weatherford, Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma. Graduating from OU medical school in 1976, he continued his residency and fellowship at OU. Stan has practiced cardiology in Bartlesville, Oklahoma since 1980, currently as a partner in BlueStem Cardiology. He enjoys a diverse practice including clinical cardiology, echo, nuclear, and interventional cardiology. Society memberships include the AMA, OSMA, ACC, ASNC, and AOA. Upon completion of his two year commitment as vice chief of staff, Dr. DeFehr will assume the chief of staff position at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville for 2007 and 2008.
Email: sdefehr@aol.com
South Dakota
James S. Walder, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Walder graduated from the University of Illinois Medical School in Chicago in 1971, served as Chief Medical Resident at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX and completed Cardiology Fellowship at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center in Denver in 1977. He served further in the U. S. Army as Asst. Chief of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Cath Lab at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, leaving the service in 1980 at the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Dr. Walder was in private practice for 22 years in Albuquerque during which time he was active in physician education as Clinical Asst Professor of Medicine at UNM and Director of Physician Education for AHA NM. He was Medical Director and Chief of the Cardiology Program at St. Joseph Healthcare Systems from start-up in 1991 to Top 100 Achievement, 1999. He is Board certified in Internal Medicine, CV Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology.
Since moving to The Heart Doctors in Rapid City in 2002, he has remained active in physician education in the region, established hospital-based Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery databases including ACC, STS and CRUSADE, serves as President of his cardiology group, and Director of Black Hills CV Research Institute.
Email: jwalder@enetis.net
Vermont
J. Christian Higgins, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J. Chris Higgins attended the University of Richmond and graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Rutgers’ Medical School, Camden in 1988. Dr. Higgins completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine and his Cardiovascular and Interventional Cardiovascular Fellowships at the University of Vermont. He is presently the Chairman of the Department of Medicine, the Director of Cardiology and the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at his primary hospital, The Rutland Regional Medical Center. Dr. Higgins is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (part-time faculty) at The University of Vermont. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Added Qualifications in Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology.
Email: jch6@mac.com
Washington
Daniel P. Fishbein, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Daniel P. Fishbein attended Wesleyan University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Washington. He has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1988. He is currently a Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service. His day-to-day activities are primarily focused on the care of patients with advanced heart failure. His research interests include the prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and the development of new pharmacologic and device therapies for patients with advanced heart failure. He is actively involved in teaching residents and fellows and lectures on the treatment of patients with heart failure. At the University of Washington, Dr. Fishbein serves on the Transplant Oversight Committee and has been a member of the Institutional Review Board. He serves on the Medical Advisory Committee of LifeCenter Northwest and is a past member of the UNOS Thoracic Committee. Dr. Fishbein has been a member of the ACC since 1988 and has served on the ACC Transplant Committee.
Wisconsin
Matthew Wolff, M.D., F.A.C.C
A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Matthew Wolff completed an internal medicine residency, chief medical residency, cardiovascular medicine fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at the same institution. He joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 1993, and has served as Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine there since July of 2005. A past recipient of a NHLBI Clinician Scientist Development Award and several NIH R01 grant awards, Dr. Wolff remains active as an interventional cardiologist and clinical investigator. att has served as Treasurer of the Wisconsin Chapter of the ACC since 2005, and was a Councilor of our state chapter in 2004. He has been a member of the program committee of the national ACC Scientific Sessions since 2005, and was a co-chair of the 2006 national ACC Scientific Session in Atlanta, Georgia in 2006. He has been a member of the program committee of the i2/Innovation in Intervention meeting since 2006. He is a current member of the ACC’s Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention Committee, and a member of the ACC’s Cardiac Simulation Advisory Panel.
Delaware
Gaetano N. Pastore, M.D., F.A.C.C
Dr. Gaetano Pastore attended Villanova University with a major in biology and served as chapter president of Alpha Epsilon Delta biological honor society. He attended The Penn State Hershey Medical Center for medical school graduating in 1992. He then went on to Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA to complete an internship and residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Pastore was then chosen to stay at Hahnemann to attend a much sought after Cardiology Fellowship at the Likoff Institute, Hahnemann University Hospital. Since that time, Dr. Pastore has spent the last eleven years as partner in a private practice in Newark, Delaware. He has enjoyed an affiliation with Christiana Care Hospital as a staff cardiologist and recognized clinical instructor for the house staff program. He has been recognized as cardiology “Top Doctor” in the state of Delaware as voted by his peers. He is a member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Mexico
Jorge Gaspar, M.D., F.A.A.C.
Jorge Gaspar graduated from the Medical School of the National University of Mexico (UNAM, 1974). He trained in internal medicine at Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición, cardiology at Instituto Nacional de Cardiología (Mexico City; UNAM: chief resident in both) and cardiac catheterization as fellow at Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Boston; Harvard University, 1981-83).
Dr. Gaspar has published over 50 scientific papers and chapters in books. He has participated in international multicenter trials. He has lectured at ACC; AHA, and SCAI meetings, has performed live PTCA cases transmitted to Washington D.C. (TCT), Paris (PCR) and Latin America (SOLACI), and has been abstract grader for TCT and SOLACI. He chaired the committee that established the Guidelines for Training and Credentialing in Interventional Cardiology for the Mexican Society of Cardiology. He has been Board Member of the Mexican Board of Cardiology. In 2001 he received the Award for Excellency of the Mexican Society of Interventional Cardiology. Currently, Dr. Gaspar is Professor of Interventional Cardiology (UNAM), Director of Interventional Cardiology at the National Institute of Cardiology and editorial board member of 3 indexed Mexican medical journals. He is Vice President and President-elect (for 2008-2010) of the Mexican Society of Cardiology.
British Columbia
Victor F. Huckell, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Huckell Is A Native British Columbian who graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1969. After a period of time as a family physician on Vancouver Island he returned to UBC and then the University of Toronto to complete post graduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in 1978. He is on staff at the Vancouver General Hospital and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. e has been involved in post graduate training for many years and is the immediate past chair of the Royal College Cardiology Committee. His non-practice medical interests revolve around teaching patterns and methods of enhancing the quality
Quebec
Paul Poirier, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Paul Poirier graduated from medical school from Laval University where he completed specialty trainings (internal medicine and cardiology) and a PhD. He pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre in the Endocrine division under Dr Robert Eckel (AHA past president). He is an associate professor, Faculty of pharmacy (Laval University). Board certified cardiologist and medical director of the cardiac prevention/rehabilitation program at the Quebec Heart and Lungs Institute in Canada, he is currently member of the leadership committee of the Réseau en Santé Cardiovasculaire, president; committee of promotion/prevention for cardiovascular health and member; committee of invalidity/return to work of the Quebec Association of Cardiologists. Dr Poirier authored more than 75 scientific papers, 17 chapter books and hundreds of presentations in the area of exercise, risk factors, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. He is the first author of the “AHA Consensus Statement on Obesity and cardiovascular disease” and is a primary panelist for CCS Consensus for Fitness to Drive. He is also a member of several groups; clinical practice guidelines 2008 (Canadian Diabetes Association), vice-chair of the Obesity Committee, Council on Nutrition, Physical activity and Metabolism (A
(AHA) and, was a member of the international committee (AHA).
CLASS OF 2012
ALABAMA
Phillip L. Laney, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Phillip L. Laney has been in private practice in Huntsville since 1993 in a large cardiology group dedicated to both office and hospital based service. He has served as Chairman of the Quality Committee, Vice-Chairman of Medicine, and Chairman of Medicine at Huntsville Hospital. He has served as Chairman of the Quality Committee for The Heart Center, President of The Heart Center, and has been on the governing Executive Committee for The Heart Center numerous times over the past decade. He has served as the ACC Council Member for his region for the past several years. He is active with the Huntsville branch of the UAB School of Medicine teaching medical students and residents over the past 14 years in Huntsville. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Dipti Itchhaporia, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr Itchhaporia joined the cardiology staff of Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital’s Heart and Vascular Institute in 1996 and was named medical director of disease management in 2001- running the Congestive Heart Failure Program and the Anticoagulation Clinic. Last year, she was named to the position of Chair for the Georgia and Robert Roth Chair in Cardiac Excellence within the Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute. She is currently the Southern California Governor for the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the President of the California Chapter of the ACC. Prior to being elected President, Dr Itchhaporia had been the Orange County Councilor and had served on the advocacy committee, the CT working group, and has been Chair for the Women and Heart Disease Committee as well as Chair for the Membership Committee. She has been past President of the Orange County Affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA) and is now on the Board for the Western Affiliates of the AHA-representing California, Utah and Nevada. She serves on the National AHA Professional Educational Committee. She has also served on the Advocacy committee of the AHA and of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. She attended medical school at St Louis University and completed her internal medicine residency at Stanford University. Subsequently, she joined the General Medicine Faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) as Assistant Clinical Professor for two years. She went on to do her cardiology fellowship at Georgetown University and her interventional Cardiology fellowship at Stanford University. She is board certified in Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
George L. Smith, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C.
George L. Smith Jr. is the senior partner in Northern California Medical Associates in Santa Rosa, a multi-specialty group of 50 physicians, with 15 cardiologists. He has been in this private practice for 32 years. Dr. Smith is a native Tennessean, whose college education was at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He attended and graduated from medical school at the University of Tennessee in 1967. His internal medicine training was at the University of Colorado, under Gordon Meiklejohn, after which he spent two years in the U.S. army, one year as Chief of Medicine at the 95th Evac. Hospital in Da Nang, RVN and one year at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco. Following his army service, he completed a cardiology fellowship under Arthur Selzer at Pacific Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco. He has been a member of the Hoover Institution Board of Overseers for more than a decade, and is the only physician on their health care task force. In Santa Rosa, Dr. Smith was the point person in obtaining state certification for beginning cardiac surgery in Sonoma County. He has served on multiple committees at Santa Rosa Memorial, and Sutter hospitals, and was successful in merging CV surgery and cardiology into a single department, to better facilitate cardiovascular care in the community.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Allen J. Solomon, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Allen J. Solomon is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at The George Washington University. He completed his medical school training at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1984. He then completed his training in Internal Medicine, including a Chief Resident year, at the University of Maryland Hospital. Following this, he completed fellowship training in Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. In 1992, he joined the Division of Cardiology at Georgetown University. He became the Director of the Electrophysiology Service, as well as the Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program. In 2004, he moved to The George Washington University Hospital, where he has continued his work with the Electrophysiology Service, as well as the Director of the Cardiology Fellowship program. He is currently Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Cardiac Electrophysiology. He has won multiple teaching awards at both Georgetown University and George Washington University. He has also won the first American College of Cardiology Teaching award. He has authored book chapters and more than 40 manuscripts.
ILLINOIS
Jerome Hines, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Jerome Hines has been an active member of the Illinois chapter of the ACC for many years. He is currently a member of the Board of Councilors and was Program Chair for the Illinois ACC annual meeting this past April. Dr. Hines is a practicing interventional cardiologist and is currently President of Illinois Heart & Vascular (IHV). IHV is a single specialty practice comprised of 27 active cardiologists and serves communities throughout the Chicago Metropolitan area. Dr. Hines has been a pioneer in the growing field of Cardiac CT, and is Director of Cardiac CT for IHV. He has worked with insurers, including Medicare, to develop coverage decisions involving Cardiac CT. Dr. Hines is a Fellow of the ACC and the SCA&I. He is a graduate of Harvard College, University of Chicago where he received his PhD in Biochemistry, and Northwestern Medical School. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology.
LOUISIANA
Stephen R. Ramee, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Stephen R. Ramee graduated AOA from George Washington University Medical School in Washington, DC in 1980 and completed his residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Cardiology at Letterman Army Medical Center from 1980 thru 1985. He then joined the Staff of Letterman Army Medical Center as the Director of the Cardiology Clinic in 1985. He became the Director of Interventional Cardiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1986 and was briefly the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in 1988 until leaving to become the Director of Interventional Cardiology at Ochsner Foundation Hospital and Clinic in 1988. In 1994, he became the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans and in 1988 he became the Section Head of the Interventional Cardiology Section at Ochsner. He currently holds both positions. Dr. Ramee has published more than 100 manuscripts and presented more than 100 scientific abstracts in the field of interventional cardiology. His major interests have centered around “device” development including being the co-inventor of a coronary angioscope, a laser angioplasty catheter, and the Wiktor coronary stent. Another major area of interest has been the integration of coronary and peripheral vascular interventional therapy, including the clinical utility of renal and carotid stents, limb salvage, mesenteric ischemia, pharmacologic and mechanical treatments for arterial and venous thrombosis, and percutaneous treatment of dialysis access sites. He is also actively engaged in percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization, intravascular brachytherapy to prevent restenosis, and gene therapy. Dr. Ramee maintains an active clinical referring practice performing more than 1,000 coronary and peripheral angioplasty procedures per year.
MARYLAND
Samuel D. Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Samuel D. Goldberg has been a Maryland cardiologist for 31 years and has been on the Maryland ACC leadership council for the past 4 years. He is one of the founders of Maryland Heart, PC, formerly known as Cardiac Consultants, Chartered. He continues to work full-time in an office-based practice but also is very active in cardiac hospital care. Dr. Goldberg also holds an MBA degree in the Business of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University. He is very interested in both the quality of care and reimbursement issues that affect the membership and has recently become active in working on the issue of changing the state self-referral legislation that restricts use of MR and CT in our offices. Dr. Goldberg serves on the medical advisory board of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington and continues to provide pro bono care at several of the clinics in Montgomery County. He has been recognized as among the “Best Doctors”(Washingtonian Magazine) by his peers for many years.
MONTANA
J. Scott Millikan, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J. Scott Millikan is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, practicing at Billings Clinic. He has been with Billings Clinic for 22 years. He has been a fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1989. His practice encompasses thoracic, cardiovascular and vascular surgery. He practices with two partners. He received his undergraduate training at the University of California at Irvine, followed by medical school at Vanderbilt University. He then pursued surgical training at the University of Colorado Health Science Center and his thoracic and cardiovascular fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota, finishing in 1986. Dr. Millikan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (last certified in 2003). Dr. Millikan also is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Millikan has been active on medical staff at Billings Clinic. He served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery and has been chairman of the Operating Room Committee. He served as Chairman and member of the Critical Care Committee. He serves as Chairman of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Billings Clinic. In addition, Dr. Millikan had been an active member of the Billings Clinic Foundation Board and has served as chairman. Dr. Millikan currently serves as one of two physician representatives on the Billings Clinic Board of Directors. Dr. Millikan is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He is also a member of the Northern Plains Vascular Surgical Society as well as the Society of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Millikan has been a longstanding member of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association and has served on the Board of Directors. He has also been a long standing
NEW JERSEY
Louis E. Teichholz, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Louis Evan Teichholz has been a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology for over 30 years. He has served as a Councilor-at-large of the NJ Chapter of the ACC for the last 10 years. He has been active on the program committee of the chapter and has over the years been involved in various advisory committees to the Commissioner of Health of the State of New Jersey. He has also held various positions of leadership in the American Heart Association. Louis Teichholz is currently Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Medical Director of Cardiac Services at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) and Professor of Medicine at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He has been a pioneer in the development of Echocardiography and has led the quality efforts that have made HUMC’s Division of Cardiology a national leader in quality patient care. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Heart Association. He has been the recipient of various teaching awards and the Heart of Gold Award of the American Heart Association- NJ affiliate.
NEW MEXICO
Michael R. McGuire, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Michael McGuire has practiced in New Mexico since 1979, practicing both noninvasive and invasive (non-interventional) cardiology. He has been in solo practice as well as a member of two New Mexico groups and a short association with a West Texas group. This has provided exposure to allow understanding of medical practice issues in multiple venues which directly impact cardiology in this state. Leadership experience in hospital and medical society positions ion Roswell has afforded political contacts with state and national legislative representatives. Dr. McGuire is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and has been an FACC for 29 years.
UPSTATE NEW YORK
John D. Bisognano, M.D. Ph.D., F.A.C.C.
John D. Bisognano has been a New York State cardiologist since he joined the staff at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2001. He is a graduate of SUNY –Syracuse College of Medicine and received post-graduate training at the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado. He has been involved in clinic-based and hospital-based practices at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital and is now Director of Outpatient Cardiology Services at University of Rochester, where he also is very involved in medical student, resident, and fellow teaching. His clinical interests include refractory hypertension, heart failure, preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation and he has been actively involved in research in those areas. He has served as NY ACC Councilor for four years and has worked on the annual Berger Lectureship as well as on numerous other projects. Dr. Bisognano is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and is also a designated specialist in Hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension.
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Andrew M. Van Tosh, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Andrew M. Van Tosh trained in cardiology at Johns Hopkins and Yale University, and has been a practicing cardiologist in New York for over 20 years. He is board certified in medicine, cardiology, and nuclear cardiology. He is currently Director of Nuclear Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York, and a faculty member at S.U.N.Y. Stonybrook. Dr. Van Tosh has been active in the New York State ACC Chapter for a decade, having served two terms as a councilor and as Chapter treasurer. He currently heads the Imaging Sub-committee, in which role he has worked closely with local insurers to help set and modernize guidelines for noninvasive imaging. Dr. Van Tosh is also a state chapter representative to the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee, which sets CMS policy for healthcare issues in NY. On a local level, Dr. Van Tosh has helped provide cardiology outreach to underserved areas, serving as cardiologist at Betances Health Center, on the lower East Side of Manhattan. On the national level, he is a member of the ACC Advocacy Committee, and represents NY at the ACC Legislative Conference, in which ACC representatives meet with members of Congress to help frame healthcare policy.
OHIO
Robert E. Hobbs, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Robert E. Hobbs has been an Ohio cardiologist for 28 years, specializing in heart failure and cardiac transplant medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Chapter of the ACC. He is the chairman of the 2007 Ohio ACC Annual Meeting and has served for many years as member and chairman of the Wiggers’ Lecture planning committee. He is a member of the ACC Political Action Committee and has been active in the Cardio-advocacy Network. He participated at the 2007 ACC Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, meeting with Ohio’s senators and congressmen on behalf of Ohio cardiologists. Dr Hobbs has been a FACC for 26 years and is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease. He has more than 200 publications and has given more than 500 presentations worldwide. He is the recipient of the Cleveland Clinic’s Distinguished Teacher Award and is listed in Best Doctors in America.
ONTARIO
Rob S. Beanlands, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dr. Rob Beanlands is a Career Investigator (HSFO) and international leader in cardiovascular nuclear imaging, contributing expertise to the application of PET to evaluate metabolic and cellular function in cardiovascular disease and responses to therapy. He is Chief of Cardiac Imaging and founding Director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, a state-of-the-art facility funded in part by two CFI grants and the only PET facility in Canada dedicated to cardiovascular disease. He is extensively published and offers experience in leading large, multicentre imaging trials, including PARR-2 and leads the provincially-funded cardiac PET registry (CADRE). He holds multiple peer reviewed grants with CIHR and HSFO, developing strong collaborative relationships within the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, with partner institutions across Canada and internationally. He is the Ottawa site co-PI for the Canadian Atherosclerosis Imaging Network, and Director of the Molecular Function and Imaging providing a multidisciplinary, translational research training program, encompassing basic sciences, regenerative therapies, imaging physics/engineering, cardiology, chemistry, and clinical research to over 30 graduate, post-graduate and clinical trainees. He has served on several committees/advisory boards for government (Health Canada, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee), industry (BMS, Pfizer, GE, DRAXIMAGE) and professional organizations (Am Coll Cardiology Governor, Can Cardiovasc Society, Soc Nucl Medicine, Am Soc Nucl Card) impacting healthcare policies and practice guidelines. He is past-president of the Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society, co-author of the ASNC Practice Guidelines for PET and Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charlie W. Devlin, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Charlie W. Devlin has been a South Carolina cardiologist since 1991. Dr. Devlin is currently the treasurer for the South Carolina Chapter of the ACC. He has participated in the office based practice of the South Carolina Heart Center for 16 years. He is currently the director of the Nuclear Cardiology department at South Carolina Heart Center. Dr. Devlin primarily works at Providence Hospital. He was formerly Chief of Staff at Providence. Dr. Devlin is the current chairman of the Pharmacology and Therapeutic committee at Providence Hospital. Dr. Devlin is board certified in cardiovascular medicine and nuclear cardiology.
He has been a founding member of American Society for Nuclear Cardiology since 1993. Dr. Devlin is a fellow with the ACC, ACP, and ASNC.
TENNESSEE
George H. Crossley, III, M.D., F.A.C.C.
George H. Crossley, III, graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1984 then served internship, residency, and chief medical residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowships also at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Crossley then joined the faculty of the Wake forest University School of Medicine where he served as Assistant Professor of Medicine from 1991 to 1997 and Associate Professor of Medicine from 1997 until 1999. Dr. Crossley enjoys an active career in clinical research, teaching, and clinical medicine. This research involves primarily device therapy for arrhythmias and is widely published. In 1999, Dr. Crossley moved to Nashville and became Director of the EP Lab at Baptist Hospital where his clinical research continues. Dr. Crossley has been a principal investigator of 68 research trials. While continuing his clinical practice, Dr. Crossley serves in several administrative posts. Having been President and CEO of Mid-State Cardiology for the past several years, Dr. Crossley is the President of Mid-State Cardiology, a unit of St. Thomas Heart in Nashville. He is also the chairman of the practice oversight committee of St. Thomas Heart. At Baptist hospital, he serves as the chair of the P&T committee, the EP lab director, and as a member of several other committees. Dr. Crossley has been active in the ACC and the HRS. He has represented Tennessee at the ACC legislative conference. He is Board certified in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology and is a Fellow of the ACC and the Heart Rhythm Society.
VIRGINIA
John M. Dent, M.D., F.A.C.C.
John M. Dent has been a cardiologist at the University of Virginia for 15 years. He is director of the echocardiography and exercise stress testing laboratories, the fellowship training program, and the heart valve specialty clinic. He has been a member of the Virginia Chapter for a number of years, and a counselor for the past 3 years. He has been co-chair of the annual meeting program committee for several years. John is board certified in cardiovascular disease and echocardiography, and has been an FACC for 15 years. He serves on the ACC Workforce and Training Committee. He has a major interest in educating physicians in quality techniques and assessment of achievement of performance measures in clinical practice. He currently serves on the “Implementing Cardiovascular Imaging Quality" task force.
WEST VIRGINIA
Steven L. McCormick, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Steven L. McCormick has been a WV cardiologist for 20 years now. He have been an FACC since 11/87. He is boarded in intervention as well as certified in nuclear. I am in a group practice, Associated Cardiology of Charleston. Prior to this, He was with Charleston Cardiology for 16 years. He practices in the office as well as in the hospital. He is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of the medical staff. He will be Chief of Staff elect next year, and Chief of Staff in 2009. He was Cardiovascular Department chief in 1999. He was born and raised in Barboursville, WV. His undergrad degree was a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, 1977. His MD was from WVU in 1981. His internship and residency was at Charleston Area Medical Center, 1981-1984. Cardiology fellowship at University of Louisville, 1984-1986. He spent one year as "junior faculty" there 1986-1987 while his wife finished her anesthesia residency. They moved back to Charleston then, where they have both practiced since.
CLASS OF 2013 (Governors-elect)
ALASLA
Stanley Watkins, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Stanley Watkins, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a cardiologist in Alaska 4 years. He completed general and interventional training at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is now the medical director of cardiovascular services at Providence Alaska Medical Center. He is a member of the Executive Committee governing board of the Alaska Heart Institute where he practices interventional, general, and preventive cardiology. Dr. Watkins is Board Certified in General and Interventional Cardiology and completed a Master’s in Health Sciences in Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
ARIZONA
Krishnoswami Vijayaraghavan, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C.
Kris Vijayaraghavan, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C., is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and clinical lipidology is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, director of Critical Care and CV Research at Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona. He is a Heart Failure specialist and a practicing cardiologist at Scottsdale Cardiovascular Center and the Director of CV Research at Scottsdale Healthcare. He received his fellowship in endocrinology from University of Southampton, UK and in cardiology at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix. He holds a MS degree in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistics from the University of Michigan. He has had numerous publications and has participated in more than 150 clinical trials. He has been in Arizona for 18 years, 12 years with the chapter, a council member for the last 4 and CME chair for the last 2 years. He has promoted high quality educational programs and plans to take a more active role in local and national level for ACC.
ARKANSAS
Michael Isaacson, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Michael Isaacson, M.D., F.A.C.C. completed his undergraduate education at Rhodes College in Memphis and his medical degree and cardiology training at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences (UTCHS). Prior to beginning his practice of cardiology in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1986, Dr. Isaacson was an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, UTCHS, where he served as Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine. Since coming to Jonesboro 23 years ago, Dr. Isaacson has served as president of his group, NEA Clinic (1995-1998), director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory for St. Bernards Hospital (2000-2002), and as a member of the governing board of Regional Medical Center of NEA, currently NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, (1999-2007). Dr. Isaacson is active in teaching AHEC residents and UAMS medical students as an assistant clinical professor of medicine, UAMS. Dr. Isaacson has been a fellow of the ACC for over 20 years and has served on the Arkansas ACC board since 2004. Dr. Isaacson is also active in community service. He has been the medical director of Emerson Ambulance Service since 1995 and currently serves on the Salvation Army Board. He was also a charter board member of the NEA Clinic Charitable Foundation and was the Craighead County Affiliate of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Heart Association 2003 honoree. Dr. Isaacson is board certified in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Lipidology.
COLORADO
Thomas A. Haffey, D.O, F.A.C.C.
Thomas Haffey, D.O., F.A.C.C., is a graduate of the cardiology fellowship program at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan serving as the Chief Fellow. He has been in private practice in Colorado since 1982. He is a fellow of both the American College of Cardiology (FACC), and the American College of Osteopathic Internists (FACOI) serving as the president of the ACOI cardiology section, and a program director of the national meeting in 2000-01. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology [ABCL] (2005) and presented at their regional meeting in Denver 2008. He serves on the planning committee of the ACOI national meeting (2006-08). As nationally known educator, he will be speaking at a symposium discussing modification of cardiac risk factors in the metabolic syndrome at the AOA national convention in October of this year. Present academic appointments include Clinical Professor of Medicine at both (1) COMP/Western University and (2) Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was awarded Distinguished Service Award by the Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine. His national leadership experience include six years of participation on the cardiovascular excellence panel of Hospital Corporation of America helping to institute best practice guideline for the treatment of heart failure, interventional cardiology and myocardial infarctions. In 2008, he was nominated for fellowship in the clinical cardiology section of AHA. Peer- reviewed published cardiovascular research in which he has participated includes trials such a EXCEL(mevacor)Arch Int Med, TIMI 17 (lanotaplace) European Heart Journal, LIFE Hypertension and LV hypertrophy trial [Lancet] and numerous lipid trials most recently, a study involving laproprilat (near-flushless niacin). In December of this year, he will participate in a trial of the Lp-plac2 inhibitor (daraplaib). e has served as the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at (Rose Medical Center), the Chief of Cardiology (Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital), and the director of ICU (North Suburban Medical Center (NSMC).He is the current chairman of the ICU/Special Care committee (NSMC). His commitment to community service includes three separate terms as Chief of Staff (NSMC) and over a decade of medical administration experience which also includes directing the Department of Internal Medicine (NSMC) as its chairman. He is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor (1982) and has directed and participated in both local and state ACLS courses.
GEORGIA
Robert N. Vincent, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.C.
Robert N. Vincent, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.C. received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from McGill University in Montreal Canada and completed his pediatric residency at Montreal Children’s Hospital. Following a 3 year sub-specialty fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, he went to the University of Manitoba to begin working as a pediatric cardiologist. Robert has been in Atlanta since 1987 and is a senior member of Sibley Heart Center Cardiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He is a naturalized US citizen. Robert is currently director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, co-medical director of pediatric heart transplantation and Vice Section Chief of Cardiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He serves on the system peer review committee and is responsible for overseeing quality initiatives in the cardiac service line at Children’s. As an interventional cardiologist he was the first to perform transcatheter closure of PDA, ASD and VSD in children in Atlanta. He has proctored numerous pediatric and adult cardiologists in congenital interventional techniques both here in Georgia and elsewhere and is also a part of the adult congenital interventional team at Emory. He has been a Fellow of the ACC since 1988 and served as a council member of the GA State Chapter of the ACC from 2001-2006. He remains active in the chapter serving as the organizer of the Abstract Presentations at the annual meeting as well as the chair of the tennis tournament. He is currently a member of the steering committee of the ACC/NCDR IMPACT (Improving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatment) registry and will be attending the ACC advocacy meeting Sept. /2008 in Washington DC. In addition to the ACC, he is active in the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) having been a Fellow since 1995 and is immediate past chair of the congenital heart disease committee of SCAI. He was program co-chair of SCAI’s congenital section for the 2005 annual meeting and is program chair of this section for the 2009 annual meeting. Robert has been board certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Cardiology for 25 years.
HAWAII
Joana H. Magno, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Joana H. Magno, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been practicing in the State of Hawaii since 1987. A graduate of Yale College, and the University of Washington School of Medicine, she did her internship and residency at the University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, including a year as Chief Resident. She did her Cardiology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco at the San Francisco General Hospital. Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1989, she is currently the Chief of Cardiovascular Disease at the Queen's Medical Center, where she has active in-patient and office based practices. She also sees patients on the island of Molokai. At Queen's she has been actively involved in working on quality improvement for cardiac patients and especially the Door to Balloon Initiative. For patients presenting with ST segment myocardial infarction we are now achieving rates of over 90% of infarct patients having successful coronary intervention within the 90 minute window. In the community, she has been active for years with the American Heart Association, particularly focusing on the area of heart disease in women. She has served as an officer at the local and regional level, and has served on national committees for the American Heart Association. She is a member of the ACC's Women in Cardiology Section.
IDAHO
Lee W. Gould, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Lee W. Gould, M.D., F.A.C.C. was born in 1950 at Pittsburgh, PA. He earned a BS from the University of Michigan in 1972, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned his MD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1976./Dr. Gould completed a medical residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, 1979, then served as a cardiology fellow at Northwestern University, 1979-81. In 1981 Dr. Gould was appointed Assistant Director of Cardiology, MacNeil Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, IL. He also had an appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago. In 1983 Dr. Gould relocated his practice to Lewiston, ID. He is on active staff at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, and at Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Clarkston, WA. He has served on Executive Committee at both hospitals, is past Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at St. Joseph’s, and is presently Chairman of ICU-Medical Committee at Tri-State.
INDIANA
John S. Strobel, M.D., F.A.C.C.
John Strobel, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist in Bloomington, IN for 8 years. He is a member of Internal Medicine Associates, Inc. and has been involved in both hospital-based and office-based practice. He is the director of Electrophysiology at Bloomington Hospital. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Indiana ACC and is currently a counsilor for the Southern District. He is also involved with the Heart Rhythm Society and is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Indiana University. At Bloomington Hospital, he serves on the Credentials Committee and the Code Blue Committee. In addition to his clinical activities, he is involved in teaching and clinical research. Dr. Strobel is Board Certified in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology and has been a FACC for 8 years.
KENTUCKY
Juan Villafane, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.C.
Juan Villafañe, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.C. has practiced pediatric cardiology in Kentucky since 1986 when he joined the University of Louisville to become the first pediatric cardiac electrophysiologist in the region. He taught medical students, residents and fellows for 25 years. He is now a fulltime cardiologist practicing non-invasive pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology. Dr. Villafañe is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology. After completing his primary training in Puerto Rico he received advance training at Texas Children’s Hospital and the University of Miami. In 1989, he became a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2005 he joined the ACC Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology Section. He is a member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association and the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society. Dr. Villafañe has authored 28 manuscripts including publications in JACC and Pediatric Research. He is also the co-author of 55 abstracts, and his current interest includes a multi-center evaluation of Short QT syndrome. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Villafañe has been active as an invited lecturer in many national and international cardiology conferences. He has made scientific presentations at the American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Heart Rhythm Society and National Medical Association. Dr. Villafañe remains active at the local level by giving community outreach lectures including the management of hyperlipidemia in children and adolescents. In 2001 he joined the Child and Adolescent Medicaid Passport Health Committee which played an active role in passing legislature dealing with obesity in our public school system. He is also a member of the Bio-ethics committee of the Greater Louisville Medical Society.
MAINE
James B. Powers, M.D., F.A.C.C.
James B. Powers, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a cardiologist in Portland ME for 11 years. He has been involved in office based and hospital based practice in Portland and at clinics throughout southern Maine and central New Hampshire. He has been the ACC representative to the regional carrier advisory committee (CAC) and a representative to the ACC Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. He is actively involved in the cardiology fellowship training program at Maine Medical Center, having been awarded “Teacher of the Year” twice in the last 5 years. He has been at the forefront of the quality of care movement in the specialty through his work with the Maine PHO and the Maine Health Management coalition. Dr. Powers is Board Certified in Cardiology and Echocardiography with certification pending in Cardiac CTA. He has been a FACC for 11 years.
MASSACHUSETTS
Frederic S. Resnic, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Fred Resnic, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a Massachusetts cardiologist for 14 years, with a busy clinical practice in interventional cardiology and a research focus in quality, safety and outcomes monitoring. He has served the American College of Cardiology on the steering committee for the annual scientific sessions in 2005 and 2006 and has served a healthcare policy advisor to the Massachusetts Chapter of the ACC since 2007. Since 2007, Dr. Resnic has served on the publications committee of the ACC-NCDR. Resnic received his engineering degree from Duke University, MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his residency, cardiovascular fellowship and interventional cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School. In addition, Resnic also holds a Master’s of Science degree in Medical Informatics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has completed a fellowship in Medical Informatics at BWH. In addition to his clinical and research work, Resnic has served as the director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of the Boston Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (2003-2005), and serves as the senior medical advisor for coronary interventional procedures at the Massachusetts Data Analysis Center and Department of Public Health (2000 to present). In 2006, Dr. Resnic was appointed the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His research interests have focused on the development of tools to monitor medical device safety and he leads an NIH funded research program exploring the automated surveillance of medical device safety across a network of area hospitals. In 2007, Dr. Resnic was appointed to the medical advisory panel for circulatory devices for the FDA. Dr. Resnic is Board Certified in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology and has been a FACC for 6 years.
MINNESOTA
Uma S.Valeti, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C.
Uma Valeti, M.D., F.A.C.C. is a practicing interventional cardiologist at the St. Paul Heart Clinic. He has served on the board of councilors for the State Chapter of the ACC for the past 2 years. He has been in both office-based and hospital-based practices since completing fellowship training in General Cardiology, Interventional cardiology, Cardiovascular MRI and CT from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester. His combination of formal training in Cardiology and via Radiology for cardiac CT and MRI at the Mayo Clinic brings in a perspective of collaboration much needed in advancing the field of cardiovascular imaging. Dr. Valeti has set up a successful office and hospital based clinical and research Cardiac CT/MRI program from the ground up while facing several hurdles related to regulation, reimbursement, public advocacy, and turf battles and understands what it takes to build a credible and sustainable program with a combination of clinical excellence, education and continuing research in this new field. He heads one of the largest Cardiovascular CT/MRI program in the country with 10 faculty members. As a part of his interventional practice, he has been a strong advocate for improving door to balloon times and has been honored by the St. Paul fire department and the city of St. Paul for his contributions to the St. Paul community. His tireless energy and enthusiasm for advancing the best cardiovascular care for the patients will serve the ACC state chapter well in the upcoming years. Dr. Valeti is Board Certified in Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and has been a FACC for 2 years.
MISSOURI
Greg C. Flaker, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Greg C. Flaker, M.D., F.A.C.C. is a Missourian. He was born in St. Louis, raised in Cape Girardeau, and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he was co-captain of the 1972 Tiger basketball team under Coach Norm Stewart. After graduating from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in 1976, he completed an Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Missouri followed by a Cardiology Fellowship at the Ohio State University. In 1981 Greg returned to Mizzou where he has been the Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory since 1981, the Director of Clinical Research since 1997, and Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship program since 1999. He also served as Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1998-2004 and was Director of the Catheterization Laboratory from 1983-1992. He is currently the Brent Parker Professor of Medicine. Greg is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society. Greg is active in clinical trials research and serves on steering committees for a wide variety of topics, particularly stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. He has authored or co-authored over 135 manuscripts. He has been active in the American College of Cardiology-Missouri affiliate, serving as Councilor and as a member of the Education committee from 1993 to 1997. He began a new term as Councilor in 2008. Greg has been recognized for his service to the University of Missouri by being awarded the Distinguished Young Physician Award from the University of Missouri Alumni Association (1994) and the University of Missouri Faculty-Alumni Award (2003). He is consistently listed in “Best Doctors of America.”
NEVADA
Robert C. Wesley, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C.
Robert C. Wesley, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a practicing cardiologist in the state of Nevada for 11 years, initially serving as Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Education at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada School of Medicine. After four years as Director of New Life Cardiology (solo practice), Dr. Wesley has been a member of Nevada Heart & Vascular Center and Director of the EP Lab at University Hospital where he also co-directs residency teaching in cardiology. Dr. Wesley is a co-author of two biomedical patents, a former recipient of the Physician Scientist Award from NHLBI, has received the Children’s Defense Fund Award for activities against societal violence, and is a former Co-President of Los Angeles Physician for Social Responsibility. For three years, he performed public outreach in Las Vegas via the public access TV show, “Healing: Past, Present, and Future”. Dr. Wesley is Board Certified in Cardiology and has been a FACC for over 20 years.
NORTH DAKOTA
KUSHAL K. HANDA, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C.
Kushal K. Handa, M.B.B.S, F.A.C.C. has been a North Dakota Cardiologist for 14 years. He is a graduate of the University of London, UK and completed his residency and fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY. Dr. Hunda is an an invasive Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist and is Director of Electrophysiology as well as Echocardiography. He is actively involved in medical student and resident training and an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of North Dakota. He currently is on the Board of Trustees of the MeritCare Health System; one of the largest employers in North Dakota with over 7,000 employees. Dr. Hunda is on the Clinic Physicians Cabinet as well as the Medical Executive Council. He holds various positions in departmental and organization committees and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as American College of Cardiology for 14 years. He is board recertified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology.
OREGON
Sandra J. Lewis, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Sandra Lewis, M.D., F.A.C.C., a native Oregonian, is a graduate of Beaverton High School, Stanford University, Stanford Medical School, and completed internal medicine and cardiology fellowship at Stanford. She has been an Oregon cardiologist for 23 years and is board certified in cardiology, practicing at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon. She is the Director of cardiac rehabilitation, Legacy Portland Hospital and one of the top 44 Cardiac Physicians for women in the US, Good Housekeeping Magazine. She serves on the Board of directors, Legacy Foundations, was chair and director of research at the Legacy Heart Institute and director of research. Dr. Lewis is the current treasurer of the Oregon Chapter of ACC and was previously a speaker and chair, annual ACC scientific sessions. Dr. Lewis serves on the ACC advocacy committee, and participated in National Advocacy meetings 2007-2008. Additionally, she had served on the Women in Cardiology Committee since 2007. Research and publications include participation as a principal investigator in landmark studies including SAVE, CARE, PROVE-It, TNT, and Jupiter, authoring and co-authoring substudy publications on women, older patients, echo changes in LV remodeling, and the development of heart failure. She is nationally recognized as an expert on women and heart disease, heart disease in older patients, and dyslipidemia.
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
John U. Doherty, M.D., F.A.C.C.
John U. Doherty, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a Pennsylvania cardiologist for 25 years after completing a Cardiology Fellowship at The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Dr. Doherty is currently a Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University where he has an active in-patient and out-patient clinical practice. He is active in the teaching program and is the Director of Clinical Services in Cardiology at Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Quality Officer of the Division of Cardiology at Thomas Jefferson. He has been active in the ACC as District Councilor for District I for 2 terms and has been Program Chairman for the Annual Session in 2006 and 2007. Dr. Doherty is Board Certified in Cardiology and has been a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology for over 20 years.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Rene J. Alvarez, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Rene J. Alvarez, M.D., F.A.C.C. completed the majority of his medical training and has worked in Pennsylvania and feels that this has provided understanding of the issues that medical subspecialist face in this state. He has been a practicing cardiologist in Pennsylvania since 1996. He completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and Internal Medicine training at Temple University Hospital. Cardiology fellowship training with sub-specialization in Heart Failure/Transplant Medicine/Pulmonary hypertension was completed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh after fellowship as a member of the Cardiovascular Institute-section of heart failure/transplant in 1996 after fellowship. He was then recruited to direct the Heart Transplant Program and The Ohio State University Hospital in 1998-99He spent five years in private practice as a full partner in the group Cardiology Associates of West Reading. and was instrumental in establishing a multidisciplinary program that offered HF and Pulmonary hypertension services. He returned to the University of Pittsburgh to help lead the Heart Failure/Pulmonary Hypertension Outreach Program and currently directs the outreach program for the Cardiovascular Institute of UPMC and is Director of the CICU at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Passavant. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine-University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an active member of several hospital quality initiative committees charged with critical care quality improvement and infection control. He is active in undergraduate and graduate medical education and is a fellow of the ACC and AHA.
PUERTO RICO
Luis F. Rodriguez-Ospina, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Luis Rodriguez-Ospina, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a cardiologist for eleven years; he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, and Chief of the Cardiology Section at the San Juan, VA Caribbean Healthcare System (VACHS) since December 2001. He is also the Program Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Program at the VACHS of San Juan since December 30, 2001. Dr. Rodriguez-Ospina has re-certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His clinical interest includes teaching invasive and non-invasive cardiology and acute coronary syndromes research. Dr. Rodriguez-Ospina received his BS degree from Saint Louis University in 1987 and his MD from the University of Puerto Rico in 1991. He did his internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases residency at the VACHS at San Juan, Puerto Rico between 1991 and 1997. He was the Chief Cardiology Fellow from 1996 until 1997. Dr. Rodriguez-Ospina was appointed Director of the non-invasive laboratory on 1998 and then Director of the Cardiac Catheterization laboratory in 1999. He was later appointed Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiovascular Diseases Program on 2001, positions which he has maintained until the present time. He has been working in the private practice for the last six years in Guaynabo, with emphasis in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Rodriguez-Ospina has been a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology since 1999 and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians since 2003. He has been a member of the surgical review committee at the VACHS since 1998. He participated in the American College of Cardiology, Puerto Rico Chapter nomination committee and has been the president of the scientific committee for the last four years.
RHODE ISLAND
Michael Gilson, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Michael Gilson, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a practicing cardiologist in Rhode Island for 15 years and is a newly elected Council member of the RI Chapter of the ACC . He completed his Fellowship in Cardiology at Brown University--Rhode Island Hospital in 1993 and had subsequently joined the Rhode Island Cardiology Center. He has received recognition for teaching Brown University medical students and housestaff at RI Hospital. Dr Gilson is Board Certified in Cardiology and Echocardiography and has been an FACC for 14 years.
TEXAS
David C. May, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C.
David May, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C. was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He did his undergraduate training at the University of Louisville and, in 1980, received his medical degree Summa Cum Laude from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Following his medical school training, he completed his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the same institution. As a medical student, he was the recipient of academic awards in anatomy, pharmacology, and medicine. He was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a junior medical student where he served as president. Dr. May came to Texas in 1981 to serve an internship in internal medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. This was followed by a residency in Internal Medicine and subsequently a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at the same institution. He also served as a research instructor in the University of Texas Health Science Center Department of Pharmacology under the tutelage of Elliott Ross, Ph.D. and Nobel Laureate Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D. A Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. May is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention. Dr. May currently holds active medical staff privileges at the Medical Center of Lewisville, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, Trinity Medical Center, and Denton Regional Medical Center. He has served as the president of the medical staff at both the Medical Center of Lewisville and Trinity Medical Center. In addition, he has served on the board of directors of the Texas Society of Internal Medicine, the Denton County Medical Society, the Lewisville Chapter of the American Heart Association and the Board of Trustees af the Medical Center of Lewisville. He is currently on the governing board of the Texas Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and serves as the chairman of Heart PAC, the Texas Chapter of American College of Cardiology Political Action Committee. Dr. May has authored numerous scientific papers which have appeared in publications such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, The Annals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, and The Proceedings of National Academy of Science. In private practice for 18 years, he is the founding member of Cardiovascular Specialists, PA and serves as its managing partner.
UTAH
J. Brent Muhlestein, M.D., F.A.C.C.
J. Brent Muhlestein, M.D., F.A.C.C. has been a Utah cardiologist for over 16 years and has been a Fellow of the ACC for 15 years. He is an academic interventional cardiologist who practices both at Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is a Tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah and is Director of Cardiology Research at Intermountain Medical Center. For 8 years he was the director of the University of Utah Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program. He has been an active member of the ACC and has attended all the National ACC meetings since 1992. He has been active locally in the local AHA chapter and has been a board member for the past 5 years, serving one year as the Utah Chapter President.
ATLANTIC PROVINCES
Jafna Cox, M.D.,F.A.C.C.
Jafna L. Cox, M.D., F.A.C.C. obtained his MD in 1988 and trained in internal medicine at the University of Toronto. Following a fellowship in cardiology at Dalhousie University, Dr. Cox completed post-doctoral training in health services research at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario from 1993-1995. He returned to Halifax in 1995 and is currently Director of Research in the Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University. Dr. Cox has been a FACC since 1997. Since coming to Nova Scotia, Dr. Cox has been active in research relating to health services, outcomes and disease management. More recently, his research focus is shifting to the prevention of cardiovascular disease at the primary care level and to understanding how differing drug policies across provinces may be having a variable effect on patient health outcomes. He has over 90 publications and has been a principle investigator or co-investigator in 28 investigator-initiated grants alone, involving over $41 million in cumulative funding, with 14 of these grants active over the past 5 years. Much of his recent research work has been as part of national collaborative research groups. Dr. Cox has had specific experience with large public-private research partnerships as well as population-based, province-wide studies involving outcomes management and knowledge translation. He was a consultant to the New Brunswick Government regarding tertiary cardiovascular services in that Province and currently serves as the Scientific Advisor to the Government of Nova Scotia’s cardiac care program – Cardiovascular Health Nova Scotia, a role that has increasingly become a major focus of his. Dr. Cox continues to practice as a non-invasive cardiologist. He lectures nationally and internationally on issues relating to cardiovascular health services and outcomes in Canada, as well as on the application of disease management on a population-wide basis. In addition to his Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Cox is also a Fellow of the Councils of Clinical Cardiology and of Epidemiology and Prevention of the American Heart Association. He has served on several committees, including the Acute Coronary Syndromes Subcommittee of the Database Research and Development Committee, of the American College of Cardiology and the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. As a previous Chair of the Scientific Program Committee of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, he was responsible for organizing the largest annual scientific meeting of cardiovascular health care providers in Canada.
PRAIRIE PROVINCES
Rodney H. Zimmermann, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Rodney Zimmermann, M.D., F.A.C.C. is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. He is a member of the Section of Cardiology in the Regina Qu’Appelle Heath District and also has a Visiting Consultant appointment at the South Central Health District in Saskatchewan. He is a general and interventional cardiologist with his practice based at the Regina General Hospital, Regina, Saskatchewan where he also serves as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. His interests include clinical and interventional cardiology and he is involved in numerous research projects both locally and as part of multi-center clinical trials. Dr. Zimmermann received his MD from the University of Saskatchewan in 1988, graduating with Great Distinction. He completed his internship at the Saint Thomas Medical Center in Akron, Ohio, USA from 1988 to 1989. He did his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Calgary, Alberta between 1989 and 1992. He subsequently completed his residency in Cardiology and his Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology from 1992 to 1995 at the University of Calgary. He has been in private practice in Regina, Saskatchewan since that time. He has been a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 1997. He has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine since 1993 and received his Certificate of Specialty in Cardiology in 1994. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine as well as in Cardiovascular Disease. He currently chairs the National Specialty Committee for Cardiology for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is a former member of the Examination Board for Cardiology for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He currently is a member of both the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology and as well is a member of the American College of Physicians. He is a former member of the National Executive of the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology and former President of the Regina Cardiac Society. He sits on the Intersectional Council for the Saskatchewan Medical Association as the representative for Cardiology.