Author(s):
David Hamon,
Jane Taleski,
Marmar Vaseghi,et al
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3 years ago
Orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) is the most effective long-term therapy for end-stage heart disease, with implanted left ventricular assist devices (‘destination therapy’) as an alternative for selected patients. The denervation of the transplanted heart with complete loss of autonomic nervous system modulation, the use of immunosuppressant drugs, as well as the risk of allograft rejection…
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Job title: Transplant Nephrologist
Personal History
Dr Nizar M. Attallah is a transplant nephrologist at Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi.
Academic History
In 1998, Dr Attallah earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan, in Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension and a second fellowship in Kidney Transplantation at Henry Ford Hospital in…
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Job title: MD
Dr Shelley Hall is Chief of Transplant Cardiology and Mechanical Support/Heart Failure, Baylor University Medical Center, US. Dr Hall's particular focus is advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant. Under Dr Hall's direction as Chief of Transplant Cardiology, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Failure, the programme has grown to be the largest in Texas and among the largest in the US…
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Job title: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellow
Ersilia M. DeFilippis MD completed her training in cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is also on the editorial board for JACC: Heart Failure and serves on the HFSA Women in Heart Failure Committee and ACC Heart Failure and Transplant Section Council.
Dr Ersilia M DeFilippis is a Section Editor ofCardiac…
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Personal History
Dr David Alan Baran is a Cardiologist from Parsippany, New Jersey. He is married and based in Norfolk, Virginia.
Academic History
In 1988, Dr Baran received his Bachelor’s (Hon) in Chemistry from Florida Atlantic University, followed by an M.D. from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in 1992. He finished his Residency at NY Presbyterian…
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Job title: Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, US
Alison W. Loren, MD, MSCE serves as the Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Loren is the Director of Blood and Marrow Transplant in the Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program of the Abramson Cancer Center, a clinician in hematologic malignancies, and a Professor of Medicine.With an extensive portfolio of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr…
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Job title: Professor of Medicine
Personal History
Dr. Joann Lindenfeld, MD is a Cardiology Specialist in Cookeville, TN and has over 48 years of medical experience. She is recognized worldwide for her expertise in heart failure and heart transplantation.
Lindenfeld, a native of Benton Harbor, Michigan, said her interest in medicine came from her grandmother, who was the first woman to graduate from medical school at…
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Personal History
Dr Feras Bader, MD is based in Abu Dhabi, where he works as a staff physician in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Academic History
Dr Feras Bader, MD earned his medical degree from the University of Jordan School of Medicine, Amman, Jordan. He completed his residency in internal medicine, as well as a fellowship in advanced heart…
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Job title: Clinical Cardiologist & Associate Director of Cardiac ICU
Dr Andrew Higgins is a clinical cardiologist in sections of Critical Care Cardiology and Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. He is the Associate Director of the Cardiac ICU and core faculty within the Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology as well as the Critical Care Medicine fellowships.
A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Dr Higgins…
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Job title: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Personal History
Dr Tamas Alexy is a Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He speaks Hungarian and German.3, 5
Academic History
Dr Alexy graduated Summa Cum Laude with his Medical Degree (2001) and earned his PhD in Clinical Cardiology (2005) from the University of Pecs Medical and Health Sciences Centre in Hungary.1, 2
He did his…
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