The founding physicians of CAMP recognize that training and education needs to adapt to physician needs in order to improve the outcomes for these patients.
Providence Heart Institute – Portland, OR
Section Head of Advanced HF, MCS, and Transplant
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Internal Medicine
Expertise: Cardiogenic Shock, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Ambulatory Hemodynamic Monitoring
Education
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Providence Heart Institute – Portland, OR
Head of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Board Certifications: Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, and advanced heart failure and transplantation
Expertise: hemodynamics, pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and mechanical assist devices in management of shock
Education
Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital – Washington School of Medicine
Fellowships: University of Washington; Allegheny General Hospital
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine – Philadelphia, PA
Board Certifications: Medicine, Cardiology
Expertise: CV Metabolic Pathophysiology; Metabolic Changes Underlying Heart Failure; Maternal Cardiac Diseases During and After Pregnancy
Education
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowships: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Chronic Total Occlusion PCI, Complex PCI, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Indiana University
Fellowships: Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy - Louisville, KY
Board Certifications: Pharmacotherapy with qualifications in cardiology, anticoagulation
Expertise: Anticoagulation, Women’s Heart Disease, Heart Attack Care, Health Disparities, Rural Care
Education
Pharmacy School: University of Kentucky
Residency: UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Professor of Surgery. Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation and ECMO
Expertise: Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Education
Medical School: University of Concepcion
Residency: University of Chile School of Medicine
Fellowships: Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile; Mayo Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Vice President, Medical Education and Training, Abiomed, Inc. – Danvers, MA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Coronary and Peripheral Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Vascular Ultrasound, Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: Boston City and Boston University Medical Center
University of Kentucky (HF) – Lexington KY
Professor of Medicine. Section Chief Heart Failure, Department of Cardiology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/ Cardiac Transplant Medicine
Expertise: Heart Failure, MCS and Transplantation
Education
Medical School: Royal Free and University College Medical School/ UCL Medical School, London NW3 2PF, UK
Residency: Hammersmith Hospital, Guys Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, Hillingdon Hospital, Harefield Hospital London
Fellowships: NorthWest Thames Cardiology, London; Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
Leadership: Director of Heart Failure at CRF
Specialties: Cardiology, Hemodynamics, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Medical Director, Heart Failure, Abiomed, Inc. – Danvers, MA
Board Certifications: Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Specialties: Prevention of Heart Failure, Early Treatment of Heart Failure Patients, Optimizing Outcomes for Patients who Require Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Clinical Cardiology, University of Virginia
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Virginia
Fellowship: Clinical Cardiology, University of Virginia
TriStar Centennial Medical Center – Nashville, TN
Director, Heart Failure Disease Management Program
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, Immediate Past President & Board Member
Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP); Certified Heart Failure Nurse (CHFN); CCRN - American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Expertise: Heart failure disease state education, hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical circulatory support, heart failure/cardiac transplantation
Education
Nursing School: BSN, Western Kentucky University; MSN, Vanderbilt University
Doctor of Nursing: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Duke Health – Durham, NC
Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Advanced Heart Failure Specialist, Transplant Cardiologist
Education
Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts)
Fellowships: Duke University Medical Center
Columbia University Medical Center – New York, NY
Board Certifications: Anesthesiology
Expertise: Anesthesiology
Education
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Spectrum Health - Grand Rapids, MI
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echo, Cardiac CT, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac MRI
Expertise: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography, Adult Echocardiography, Structural Heart Disease, Cardio-Oncology
Education
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago
Residency: William Beaumont Hospital (Internal Medicine)
Fellowship: William Beaumont Hospital (Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Specialties: Congestive Heart Failure, LVAD, Cardiogenic Shock, Mechanical Assist Devices, Heart Transplant Management, Cardiac Surgery
Education
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Campus
Fellowship: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia Campus
Baylor University Medical Center / Baylor Heart & Vascular - Dallas, TX
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
Expertise: Congestive Heart Failure, Transplantation, Cardiovascular Disease, LVAD
Education
Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
Residency: UT Southwestern Medical School
Fellowships: UT Southwestern Medical School
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Round Rock, TX
Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Expertise: Heart Failure & Transplantation; Cardiac Critical Care; VAD and Heart Transplant, Inflammatory/Infiltrative Cardiomyopathies and Multi-modality Cardiac Imaging
Education
Medical School: Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico)
Residency: Baystate Medical Center
Fellowships: Baystate Medical Center, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Columbia University Irving Medical Center - New York, NY
Board Certifications: Pharmacotherapy Specialist
Expertise: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Pharmacy School: Wayne State University
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Henry Ford Hospital
Ascension St. John’s Hospital – Warren, MI
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: IC, MSC, Large Bore Access and Endovascular Intervention
Education
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana School of Medicine - Dominican Republic
Residency: Erlanger Medical Center
Fellowships: Lenox Hill, University of Arizona Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center – Boston, MA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Medicine
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute - Los Angeles, CA
Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, Director of Heart Failure Research, and Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Expertise: Heart Failure, Transplantation
Education
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fellowships: Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Mississippi Medical Center, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology, Complex PCI, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiogenic Shock
Education
Medical School: Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Masters Degree: Universidad de San Martin de Porres, Peru
Residency: Mount Sinai Health System, New, York, NY
Fellowships: Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Saint Louis University Hospital - St Louis, MO
Hospital Leadership: Director: Division of Cardiology, Director: Cardiac Cath Lab
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Catheter-based Heart Therapies, Interventional Cardiology, Valve Disease
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine
Fellowships: University of Michigan Hospitals
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, OR
Faculty: Oregon Health & Science University, Assistant Professor, AGACNP Program
Board Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center
Expertise: MCS, AHF, Transplant
Education
MSN: Acute Care NP, UCLA
DNP – University of Arizona
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center – Houston, TX
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Interests: General Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Mechanical Assist Devices, Valvular Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension
Education
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern
Internship and Residency: Chief Resident - Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowships: Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital
Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit, MI
Hospital Leadership: Medical Director: Center for Structural Heart Disease
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease
Education
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: Wayne State University, Internal Medicine
Fellowships: University of Michigan, Cardiovascular Disease
Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Director of the Advanced HF and Mechanical Circulatory Program, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano
Expertise: Heart Failure and Critical Care
Education
Medical School: Catania Medical School
Residency: Anesthesia & Intensive Care at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, LA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Specialties: Interventional Cardiology, Complex PCI, CTO PCI (Director), Peripheral Interventions, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Education
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: Yale University
Fellowships: University of Virginia
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute – Fairfax, VA
Director of Innovative Programs
Certification: Family Nurse Practitioner
Expertise: ECMO, cardiogenic shock, complex coronary artery disease, heart failure and adult congenital heart disease
Education
Nursing School: Marymount University (MSN with concentration as Family Nurse Practitioner)
Business School: Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School (MBA)
Abiomed, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer - Danvers, MA
Leadership (past): Director, Interventional Cardiology, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC;
Chief Medical Officer, Abbott Vascular; PCICHUCK LLC - Charlotte, NC, USA
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Expertise: Complex Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Heart Failure
Education:
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: University of California San Francisco, CA
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center
Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine, American Board of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: Government Medical College - Amritsar, India
Residency: Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH
Fellowships:
Cardiology - Mercy-Health St Vincent Medical Center - Toledo, OH
Interventional Cardiology - Ascension St John Hospital - Detroit, MI
Advanced Practice Provider, Advanced Heart Failure, Abiomed, Inc - Danvers, MA
Board Certifications: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), CCRN – American Association of Critical care nurses
Expertise: advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support – temporary and durable, cardiac transplantation, cardiogenic shock team-based approach
Education:
Nursing School: BSN, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470
Master’s in Science and Nursing (MSN): University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ
Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute / Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Research Director for Heart Failure and Transplantation / Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology
Expertise: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure (including heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory assist devices), Cardio-Renal Diseases, and Cancer-Related Heart Diseases
Education
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Internship and Residency: Stanford University Medical Center
Fellowships: Cleveland Clinic
Yale University - New Haven, CT
Director HF Research
Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Medicine
Expertise: Acute Heart Failure, Diuretic Resistance, Cardio-renal Syndrome, Congestion
Education
Medical School: University of Florida
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Chicago, IL
Chief of the Section of Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine
Expertise: cardiomyopathy, advanced heart failure/transplant and mechanical assist devices
Education
Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine/Loyola University
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Providence Heart and Vascular Institute – Portland, OR
Board Certifications: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Education
Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University School Of Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona
Fellowship: Washington University