Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC
Dr. Robert Schwartz is a Professor of Medicine at University of Minnesota Medical School, Medical Director at the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute. His clinical and research interests include interventional cardiology, imaging, clinical information processing and clinical medical care.
He was previously Director at the Center for Applied Vascular Biology and Interventions, Mayo Foundation. Dr. Schwartz has also served as Professor and Associate Professor at the Mayo Medical School. He holds Board Certifications on: the National Board of Medical Examiners; American Board of Internal Medicine; and the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases. He has published numerous articles in peer review journals, dealing with interventional cardiology.
Dr. Schwartz is the recipient of various awards, including the Andreas Gruentzig Award for Basic Research in Coronary Restenosis from the Thoraxcenter/European Society of Cardiology. He holds professional memberships as Fellow of American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Schwartz is also a founding member of the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Dr. Schwartz received a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.D. from the University of Colorado-Denver. |
Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC
Dr. Robert Schwartz is a Professor of Medicine at University of Minnesota Medical School, Medical Director at the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute, and Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute. His clinical and research interests include interventional cardiology, imaging, clinical information processing and clinical medical care.
He was previously Director at the Center for Applied Vascular Biology and Interventions, Mayo Foundation. Dr. Schwartz has also served as Professor and Associate Professor at the Mayo Medical School. He holds Board Certifications on: the National Board of Medical Examiners; American Board of Internal Medicine; and the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases. He has published numerous articles in peer review journals, dealing with interventional cardiology.
Dr. Schwartz is the recipient of various awards, including the Andreas Gruentzig Award for Basic Research in Coronary Restenosis from the Thoraxcenter/European Society of Cardiology. He holds professional memberships as Fellow of American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Schwartz is also a founding member of the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Dr. Schwartz received a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an M.D. from the University of Colorado-Denver. |
Brendan Cavanaugh, MD
Director of SCCT workgroups for Texas and New Mexico
Dr. Brendan Cavanaugh is the director of Cardiovascular CT at the New Mexico Heart Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He completed his cardiology fellowship at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago, where he received Level III certification in Cardiovascular CT and was formally trained by both the departments of Radiology and Cardiology. Dr. Cavanaugh has interpreted over 2000 coronary and peripheral CT angiograms.
Dr. Cavanaugh is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. His additional professional interests include the cardiovascular care of athletes, cardiovascular imaging, and preventive cardiology. He attended undergraduate at Colby College, Medical school at Rush University and completed his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
David Bush, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director of Cardiac Catherization Laboratory
Dr. Bush is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University and director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He attended the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His research interests and prior publications include assessment risk factors for progression of atherosclerosis including vascular, platelet and psychological factors. His current interests are in research and teaching in the use of CT for cardiac applications.
Erasmo de la Pena-Almaguer, MD, FACC
Dr. Erasmo de la Pena-Almaguer is a board certified cardiologist and has earned Level 3 competency in Cardiac CT Angiography from the SCCT as well as Level 3 from SCMR and ASNC. He founded the Cardiovascular Imaging Department at Christus-Muguerza Heart Institute, in Monterrey Mexico, partially owned by the USA Based Christus-Health Group.
He began clinical Cardiac and peripheral CT Angiography in 2002 with the first 16 slice scanner in Latin America after a Post-Doctoral fellowship from 1999 until 2002 at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Stanford University Medical Center.
He currently co-Chairs the Latin-American Working Group for the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and has been recently appointed director for Latin-American affairs for the SCCT.
He has taught several radiologists and cardiologists from Latin America as well as the US and is a founding member of the Society of Cardiovascular CT. He is founder and Professor of the Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship from Monterrey's University and Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine. Dr. De La Pena-Almaguer is on the Educational Advisory Board for General Electric Medical Systems, and Medical Imaging Systems (MEDIS, the Netherlands).
Michael W. Bungo, MD, FACC, FACP, CPE
Professor of Medicine in Cardiology
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Dr. Michael W. Bungo is a board certified cardiologist and has earned Level 3 competency in Cardiac CT Angiography. He is a full time faculty member at the University of Texas Medical School located in the Texas Medical Center, Houston (the largest medical complex in the world). Dr. Bungo is actively involved daily in teaching students, residents, and fellows. He has been jointly responsible for the establishment of the Cardiac CT program at Memorial Hermann Hospital – TMC Heart and Vascular Institute.
Dr. Bungo received his formal postgraduate training at Harvard Medical School and the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Certified Physician Executive.
Prior to his involvement in academics, Dr. Bungo had been in private practice and also spent eleven years in the employment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, during which time his laboratory was responsible for several key spaceflight related cardiovascular investigations as well as the assurance of crew health and safety. He still continues to do funded research for NASA - Johnson Space Center.
Szilard Voros, MD, FACC
SCCT Founding Member
Dr. Voros is the Medical Director for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Computed Tomography (CCT) at the Fuqua Heart Center of Atlanta at Piedmont Hospital. He is a founding member of the Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and is a member of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance , American College of Cardiology, American Medical Association and American College of Physicians.
A graduate of University Medical School of Pecs in Hungary, Dr. Voros completed his internal medicine internship and residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham where he served as a Chief Medical Resident, and his fellowship at the University of Virginia, where he served as Chief Cardiovascular Fellow.
With years of experience, Dr. Voros has published extensively in the field of advanced cardiovascular imaging. He regularly lectures at national and international meetings, including many prestigious conferences sponsored by the American College of Cardiology. His research interests include imaging of atherosclerosis using various modalities, investigating the effect of lipid-modifying therapies on atherosclerosis using novel imaging approaches.
Paul Antonis, MD, MBBS, FRACP
Dr. Paul Antonis is a graduate Monash University and has completed fellowships in the fields of electrophysiology and pacing and interventional cardiology at Monash Medical Centre. Paul has been a co-investigator for numerous interventional cardiology trials including first-in-man and has a particular research interest in intravascular ultrasound.
He has trained in cardiac CT, achieving level 3 accreditation at MonashHeart. Paul is head of Acute Cardiac Services at MonashHeart and practices as an interventional and CT cardiologist.
Sujith Seneviratne, MD, MBBS, FRACP
Dr. Sujith Seneviratne (Sene) graduated from University of Melbourne and completed his Interventional Cardiology training at Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne. He pursued his interest in Cardiac CT by completing a Research Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 2006-2007, achieving level 3 training.
Sujith is considered a leader in the field in Australia and has a special interest in the role of Cardiac CT in the management of acute chest pain and has published widely. He is currently the Co-director of the 320 slice Cardiac CT facility at Monash Medical Centre and also practices as an Interventional Cardiologist and is a member of the senior medical staff at Southern Health.
Dr. Sarah Hope, MB, ChB, MRCP(UK), MRCPCH, PhD, FRACP
Dr. Sarah Hope graduated from the University of Edinburgh and trained in Pediatric Cardiology both in the UK and in Australia, having undertaken a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology through the Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne. She has trained in Cardiac CT achieving level 3 training at MonashHeart.
Sarah has extensive experience in Cardiac CT for congenital heart disease, and provides leadership in this area at MonashHeart. Her research interests include assessment of vascular mechanical properties, with a PhD from Monash University. She continues to extend this work in the area of cardiac CT.
Sarah is Head of Pediatric Cardiology Services for MonashHeart, practices as a Pediatric Cardiologist and CT Cardiologist, and is a member of the senior medical staff at Southern Health.
Timothy Albert, MD, FACC
Dr. Timoty Albert earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. Following a clinical and research fellowship in cardiovascular MRI at the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, a fellowship in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center and advanced training in cardiac CT, Dr. Albert moved to the Monterey Bay area in 2006 to work with Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System and Central Coast Cardiology to develop the Cardiovascular Diagnostic Center (CVDC) at Ryan Ranch. The CVDC is a center devoted to providing cutting edge clinical cardiovascular care, national physician education, and a platform for industry and government sponsored research.
Dr. Albert’s primary clinical interests are in preventive cardiology and advanced cardiovascular imaging with the goal of integrating the two fields to provide early and more accurate diagnoses of cardiac and vascular disease. Dr. Albert has been the primary author or co-author on review articles, book chapters, and original scientific publications in the areas of cardiac imaging and cholesterol metabolism and has spoken on these topics both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Albert currently holds the positions of Clinical Cardiologist with Central Coast Cardiology in Salinas, CA, Assistant Consulting Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Duke University, and Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Diagnostic Center at Ryan Ranch in Monterey, CA. In addition, Dr. Albert is on the medical staff of both Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital (Salinas, CA) and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Monterey, CA).
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