Author(s):
Patrycja Ganslmeier,
Christof Schmid
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3 years ago
End-stage heart failure is a leading cause of death of modern society. In the US almost five million people suffer from heart failure, with an annual incidence of 500,000 new cases. About 10% of the population beyond 70 years of age are affected (www.nhlbi.nih.gov). Estimations for Europe amount to 10 million and heart failure has overtaken cancer as the leading cause of death (www.destatis.de)…
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Prof Federico Pappalardo is Director of CardioThoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care at AO SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo in Alessandria and at AOU Maggiore della Carità in Novara, IT. Prof Pappalardo has been Associate Professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, (2017-2020), where he worked as Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (2009-2018) and the…
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Job title: MD University Heart and Vascular Center, Hamburg, Germany
Dr Bernhardt is a cardiac surgeon and surgical director of the heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support programme at the University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany. His research interests include the pathophysiology of heart failure, ventricular unloading, mechanical circulatory support and the management of heart transplant recipients.
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Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Sanjog Kalra is an Interventional Cardiologist at University of Toronto, Toronto, CA.
He specialises in complex, high risk coronary revascularisation, chronic total occlusion and mechanical circulatory support.
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Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Personal History
Dr. Callan is based in Manchester, where he works as a Consultant Cardiologist for the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.1
Academic History
Dr. Paul Callan earned his MBChB, Medicine from The University of Manchester between the years of 1999 - 2004. He went on to study a MSc, Clinical Trials from the University of London in 2010, graduating in 2013.1
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Job title: Lead Physician for the Mechanical Circulatory Support
Dr Amin Yehya isLead Physician for the Mechanical Circulatory Support atSentara Heart in Norfolk, VA. Dr Yehya studied his medical degree at the American University of Beirut, and completed his residency at Emory University School of Medicine. He then completed his cardiovascular diseases fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia, before studying advanced heart failure and transplant at…
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Personal History
Dr Garrick Colin Stewart is a Cardiologist who specialises in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology in Boston, Massachusetts.1
Academic History
Dr Stewart obtained his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2003. He then completed his Residency in Internal Medicine (2006), Cardiology Fellowship (2011) and Advanced Heart Failure and…
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DrAniket Rali was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and moved to the US in 2003. He subsequently earned his double bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Political Science from Vanderbilt University. He graduated with an MD from the University of Tennessee and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Case Western University. Dr Rali completed a fellowship in cardiovascular…
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Job title: Associate Professor
Dr Navin K Kapur, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI is Executive Director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI); Director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; Director, Interventional Research Laboratories; Director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI); Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr Kapur's…
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Job title: Medical Director Cardiac Cath lab, Cardiac Rehab and Interventional Cardiology research
M Chadi Alraies, MDMPHFACC is medical director of cardiac catheterization laboratory, cardiac rehab and director of interventional cardiology research at Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan, US. He is also an assistant clinical professor at Wayne State University.
He received his medical degree from the School of Medicine, the University of Aleppo in Syria. He completed his internship…
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