Clinical Interests
- Pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure
- Acute and chronic thromboembolic disease
- Right ventricular disease
- Valvular heart disease
- Cardiopulmonary diseases
- Cardiomyopathies
- Heart transplant
- Congenital heart disease associated pulmonary hypertension
Research Interests
- Right heart function
- Exercise physiology related to pulmonary hypertension and dyspnea
- Pulmonary hypertension
- CTEPH
Education
- MD, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Training
- Fellowship, Cardiology and Heart Failure/Transplant, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board Certification
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine
Memberships
- American College of Cardiology
- Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute
- International Society of Heart Lung Transplantation
Awards and Honors
- Top Doctors, Cardiovascular Disease, Philadelphia magazine, 2012-2021
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