Welcome
@SammyElmariahMD
! Starting in Sept as Chief of Interventional Cardiology & Med Dir Cath Lab. Dr Elmariah is an expert in structural heart disease interventions & catheter-based valve therapies. He has an NIH-funded research program & is a leader in valve treatment trials.
Congratulations Dr. Arun Padmanabhan on 2023 Young Physician-Scientist Award by the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Award recognizes physician-scientists who have made notable achievements in their research early in their first faculty appt.
@the_asci
#UCSFCardiology
Welcome
@jpirruccello
! Dr. Pirruccello joins
@UCSF
in Oct from Mass. General Hosp. He brings with him an impressive research program and
@NIH
funding in cardiovascular genetics and will help lead the cardiovascular cohort in 3D health
@UCSF_BCHSI
.
Our
@UCSF_CVfellows
Dr. Shannon Walker was recognized with the Department of Medicine Clinical Fellow Award. Voted on by
@UCSF
medicine residents, this award is given to one fellow across all different divisions who exemplifies great teaching.
#WomenInCardiology
@UCSFMedicine
Dr. Michelle Albert was named the 60th President of the Association of University Cardiologists. AUC members are some of the best investigators & undisputed leaders in American cardiology. Congratulations, Dr. Albert, on a well-earned appointment.
Dr. Arun Padmanabhan was awarded a K08 grant from
@NIH
for his project entitled “A BRD4-GATA4 module cooperatively regulates mitochondrial bioenergetic homeostasis in the adult heart.” Congratulations Arun!
#UCSFCardiology
👋An official welcome to our new Chief of Interventional Cardiology & Medical Dir of the Cath Lab
@SammyElmariahMD
. We look forward to your leadership
@UCSFHospitals
.
Welcome to
@UCSFHospitals
@tomcnguyen
! Dr. Nguyen is Chief of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is an expert in minimally invasive and transcatheter therapies for heart disease.
#UCSFCardiology
looks forward to a great partnership!
❗️This Wed, February 1st Dr. Michelle Albert will be on the
@TODAYshow
. Dr. Albert is the current President of
@American_Heart
and will be doing a CPR demonstration to kick off Heart Month. ❤️ She will also be helping ring the
@Nasdaq
bell on Friday.
#HeartMonth
@UCSFNURTURE
Congratulations 🎉to
#ZSFGCards
Division Chief Dr.
@HsuePriscilla
on being elected as to serve as the Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. This role will transition to President in the future.
@the_asci
@UCSF
Internal Medicine Intern Class '19 selected
@SRamakrishnaMD
as Fellow of the Year. This
#award
recognizes fellows who exemplify the characteristics most valued by internal medicine interns - patience, kindness & commitment to education. Congrats Satvik!
@UCSF_CVfellows
Congratulations Dr.
@colettedejong
for her election to the board of the UCSF Gold-Headed Cane Society, which recognizes students and faculty from
@UCSF
who “exemplify the qualities of a true physician." Dr. DeJong was awarded membership in 2017 and elected to the board in 2022.
Priscilla Hsue, MD named Chief of the Division of Cardiology at
@ZSFGCare
! A visionary and world-renowned expert, Dr. Hsue is a highly regarded clinician, educator, scientist, leader, and mentor. Well-deserved and congratulations!
#womenincardiology
#UCSFCardiology
Announcing
@LiviuKlein
as the next Chief of Advanced Heart Failure & Pulmonary Hypertension and Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center. 🥳🎉 Dr. Klein is an outstanding physician, leader, and researcher. We look forward to a bright future.
Welcome Dr.
@Sam_Brusca
! Dr. Brusca, the soon-to-be
@UCSF_CVfellows
graduate was hired for the Critical Care Cardiologist role. Starting in July, he will be working with Drs
@ChrisBarnettMD
&
@cardscrit
on ways to optimize patient care in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
Congratulations Dr. Javid Moslehi for receiving William Grossman, MD Distinguished Professorship. Dr. Moslehi is an expert in the rapidly evolving field of cardio-oncology. He was recruited as the founding chief of the Section of Cardio-Oncology and Immunology.
@CardioOncology
Our
@UCSF_CVfellows
Dr. Jackie DesJardin (
@JTDesJardin
) was awarded the Graduate Medical Education Excellence & Innovation Award for 2021-2022. This award recognizes the exceptional work she did on behalf of the
#fellowship
and GME trainees this year.
#WomeninCardiology
Welcome Dr. Ramzi Dudum who joins
#UCSFCardiology
faculty in July. Dr. Dudum completed his cardiology fellowship at
@StanfordMed
and is currently finishing a postdoctoral training in implementation science and population health. We are excited to have him come to
@UCSFHospitals
!
Dr.
@JTDesJardin
was selected as a finalist for the Philip K. Caves Award at
@ISHLT
2023 for her abstract with Dr. Teresa De Marco. She was selected as one of six finalists for the award and will give an oral presentation at the conference in April.
#UCSFCardiology
#WIC
Congratulations 🎉 to
@Sam_Brusca
who was selected as Associate Program Director for the
@UCSF
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. Dr. Brusca will oversee and ensure a quality, hands-on clinical training experience.
@UCSF_CVfellows
will benefit from his exceptional mentorship.
Congratulations 🎉 Dr. Neal Shah, new Program Director for the
@UCSF
Echocardiography & Advanced Imaging Fellowship Programs. Dr. Shah demonstrates commitment to trainee education and advancing echocardiography care. We look forward to his leadership.
Congratulations to
@ShawnXLiMD
who was recognized with the Fellow of the Year Award for the
#Cardiology
Division. Voted on by
@UCSF
medicine residents, this award is given to one fellow in each division who exemplifies great teaching.
@UCSFMedicine
@UCSF_CVfellows
Congratulations to Dr. Hope Caughron who was recognized with the Department of Medicine Clinical Fellow Award. Voted on by
@UCSF
medicine residents, this award is given to one fellow across all different divisions who exemplifies great teaching.
@UCSFMedicine
#WIC
@UCSF_CVfellows
.
@tomcnguyen
named the new Chief of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Nguyen comes to
@UCSFSurgery
with more than 300 pump cases per year. We look forward to working with you to build a great CT Surgery Division.
As one of the
@CaliforniaACC
founders, Dr. Nora Goldschlager fostered the chapter for more than 30 years. She is an exceptional leader with a passion for patient care and teaching
Congratulations to Dr.Goldschlager on
@CaliforniaACC
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!
Congratulations Dr Connor O'Brien on receiving
@JACCJournals
CardioOncology Young Author Achievement Award! His 2021 study focused on the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in treating anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy in cancer survivors.
@cardscrit
Dr. Michelle Albert has joined the Advisory Committee to the Director for
@CDCgov
. The committee will advise the Secretary HHS & CDC Director on broad strategies and specifically recommend ways to prioritize CDC’s activities, improve results, and address health disparities.
@UCSF
Congrats Dr.
@anjalibthakkar
on being appointed to the
@ACCinTouch
Digital Transformation Committee. The ACC committee aims to create a digital-first ecosystem in the implementation of cardiovascular care and to guide digital strategy, risk management and innovation.
#WIC
Welcome (back) to
@UCSFHospitals
Dr. Chris Barnett! Dr. Barnett will be the incoming Medical Director of the Cardiac Care Unit. We look forward to having him on the team and continuing to build a robust CCU program!
@HeartUCSF
#UCSFCardiology
Celebrating the talents of Dr. Binh An Phan & Dr. Jonathan Davis, who are recipients of the 2020
@ZSFGCareMedicine
Faculty 🏆
#Awards
! Dr. Phan won the Medicine
#Mentoring
Award and, Dr. Davis received the Medicine Subspecialty Consultant award.
Welcome Dr. Christopher Barnett to
@UCSF
! He joins
#UCSFCardiology
faculty in September to be Chief of Critical Care Cardiology. With his years of experience building a CCU program at
@MedStarHealth
, we look forward to working together to build out our critical care program.
HUGE congratulations to Dr. Michelle Albert on being selected
@American_Heart
’s President-elect. 🎉🙌 We
@UCSF
are so proud! Dr. Albert is a trailblazing clinician-scientist. Her clinical focus on vulnerable populations is transforming communities & inspiring the next generation.
Congratulations Dr. Hope Caughron who was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.), which recognizes residents or fellows who have been outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models to medical students during their clinical years at
@UCSF
.
#WIC
Congratulations 🎉
@ASabanayagamMD
, new Program Director for the
@UCSF
#ACHD
Fellowship. Dr. Sabanayagam is also Assoc. Program Director of
@UCSF_CVfellows
& she was awarded the 2023 Faculty Teaching Award, voted on by cardiology fellows. We look forward to her leadership!
Congratulations Dr.
@JayaMallidi
on receiving the Patricia Cornett Subspecialty Faculty Teaching Award. This award is voted on by
@UCSFMedicine
housestaff and recognizes a faculty member who provides inspirational subspecialty teaching to
@UCSF
residents.
#ZSFGCards
@ZSFGCare
Congratulations, Dr. Michelle Albert, on the
@ACCinTouch
2024 ACC Distinguished Scientist Award! As founding director of
@UCSFNURTURE
, her research focuses on the "biology of adversity" to help transform CVD science & healthcare of global populations.
@UCSFMedicine
@UCSFHospitals
The ACC is proud to announce the slate of 2024 Distinguished Award winners – an inspiring group of women & men who have, and continue to, make significant contributions in transforming CV care & improving ❤️ health around the world.
Learn more:
Dr. Donald Grandis recognized as a Master Clinician by
@UCSFDOM
🎉 for superb teaching, broad & deep knowledge of cardiology, & incredible communication with patients, families, & colleagues. He is director of the UCSF Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center (AACVPR certified)
Welcome Dr
@nealshah23
! Dr. Shah joins
@UCSF
in July as Assistant Clinical Professor. He has advanced training in echocardiography and cardiac imaging. He will be working with the
@ucsf_echo
team and be active in teaching fellows and residents. We are excited to have you.
Congratulations 🥳 to Dr.
@baik_alan
on being awarded a 2-year
@SarnoffCardio
Scholar award for his project “SREBP1 as a Novel Mammalian Oxygen Sensor.” This highly competitive award supports the training and career development of new physician-scientists.
#CardioOncology
Dr. Theodore Abraham is the newly elected Vice President of the American Society of
#Echocardiography
@ASE360
. In addition,
@MonetStrachan
was elected to the ASE Board of Directors, serving a two-year term. Congratulations
@ucsf_echo
!
Congratulations to Dr. Arun Padmanabhan for the 2020-22 Sarnoff Scholar Research Award for his project “a BRD4-GATA4 module regulates cardiomyocyte homeostasis”. This
#award
provides support to former Sarnoff Fellows committed to a career in cardiovascular research.
@SarnoffCardio
😎 Excited to welcome our 2023
#UCSFCardiology
fellows Drs. Richard Baylis, Roshni Bhatnagar, Cody Cichowitz, Jessica Holtzman, Diane Jeon, Davis Kimaiyo and Rawan Rumman. These photos were taken on an
#SF
summer day at the
@SFVAMC
. 😉We are glad to have you here!
@UCSF_CVfellows
Dr. Michelle Albert was awarded COVID-19 Cardiovascular Rapid Response Grant by
@American_Heart
. Dr. Albert,
@UCSFNURTURE
& Slone Epidemiology Center will be researching the cardiovascular effects of
#COVID19
on African-American women.
@UCSF
The
@czbiohub
has selected
#UCSFCardiology
fellow
@baik_alan
for the 2021 Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program. This two-year program provides an immersive experience in laboratory or computational
#biomedical
research. Congratulations, Alan!
Dr. Michelle Albert was quoted in
@TIME
magazine, The Future of Medicine, and featured in articles Where We Stand, Straight Talk & The Missing Link: Equity. She contributes insights from decades of research, most recently at
@UCSFNURTURE
, on the impact of healthcare disparities.
Congratulations to Dr. Rima Arnaout who was named one of the
@theNAMedicine
Emerging Leaders in Health & Medicine. Dr. Arnaout is a physician-scientist & PI of the
@arnaoutlab
which studies machine learning and computational imaging.
#WomenInCardiology
Congratulations to Dr. William Grossman on the one-year anniversary of the mayoral proclamation of December 15, 2021 as William Grossman Day in San Francisco. He was nominated by a
@UCSF
patient for his pioneering contributions to his institution, to medicine, and to society.
Congratulations 🎉 Dr. Michelle Albert on being inducted into the Association of American Physicians. Dr. Albert is the current
@American_Heart
President, she is an expert in preventive cardiovascular medicine and a respected leader in health equity research.
@UCSFNURTURE
Welcome Dr.
@SaateShakil
, who joins
@ZSFGCare
in September. Dr. Shakil completed her cardiology fellowship & research training at University of Wash. She spent the last year in Kenya as an
@NIH
Fogarty Global Health Fellow. She will help to lead global cardiology at ZSFG &
@UCSF
.
.
@MattRamsisMD
has been awarded the Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Dev. Award! This
@bmsnews
and
@gileadsciences
sponsored award aims to increase participant diversity in his current research with
@GeoffTison
:
Congratulations
@JonathanDavisHF
and team on receiving the SURF 4.0 grant which will support the HeartPlus Clinic- a unique collaboration between Congestive Heart Failure and Addiction Medicine.
@ZSFGCare
#ZSFGCards
@HsuePriscilla
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub selects
@UCSF_CVfellows
Dr.
@AmirZMunir
for 2022 Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program. 🧪 The program helps clinicians develop skills in laboratory or biomedical research & launch the next-gen of physician-scientists.
@czbiohub
Welcome back to
@UCSF
, Dr. Neal Yuan! Dr. Yuan will be providing care in clinical cardiology and echocardiography at the
@SFVAMC
, where he will also be directing the cardiac rehabilitation service. We're happy to have you on the team.
#UCSFCardiology
Dr. Nora Goldschlager is the recipient of the Founders' Lectureship Award from
@HRSonline
. Winners of this
#award
have made a significant and unique contribution to the field of cardiac pacing and electrophysiology, along with delivering high-quality lectures.
#UCSFCardiology
Dr. Nora Goldschlager was featured as a luminary leader in an
@HRSonline
article about the women presidents of Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Priscilla Hsue conducted Dr. Goldschlager's interview; you can hear their discussion below.
@ZSFGCare
#UCSFCardiology
We congratulate Dr. Vaikom Mahadevan on being selected to serve as a Member of NCDR IMPACT Registry Research & Publications Subcommittee by
@ACCinTouch
. IMPACT Registry accesses institutional clinical data sets to support evidence-based guidelines & quality improvement.
Congratulations Dr.
@GeoffTison
on receiving the New Innovator Award from the
@NIH
. Part of the High‑Risk, High‑Reward Research Program, the award supports early career investigators who propose
#innovative
, high‑impact projects in the biomedical field.
#UCSFCardiology
#AI
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Cheng and Dr. Harsh Agrawal for successfully implanting UCSF hospital’s first
#AccuCinch
, a device that could be revolutionary in treating
#heartfailure
.
Extending our congratulations to Dr. Zian Tseng on being nominated and awarded the 2021 Clinical and Translational Science Training CTST (
@CTSIatUCSF
) Resident Research Training Program Mentors of the Year Award🎉.
@SF_POSTSCD
#research
#mentorship
Congratulations
@LucasZierMD
, on being selected as a 2021/22 Kaizen Physician Fellow at
@ZSFGCare
. Dr. Zier will be advancing health equity by aligning predictive analytical efforts in Epic with cardiovascular performance improvement initiatives.
#ZSFGCards
.
@JamesSalazarMD
was nominated by
@jteerlinkmd
and awarded a Young Trialist Grant to attend the Global Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists (CVCT) Forum in December 2022. Congrats!
@UCSF_CVfellows
Announcing the 4th Annual
#WomeninCardiology
Career Development Event on October 7th. This year, we are excited to bring to you an esteemed guest speaker Dr.
@ditchhaporia
, President of American College of Cardiology. Click the link below to register.
Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Albert who has been inducted into the National Academy of Medicine. A NAM membership reflects the height of professional achievement and commitment to service for physicians at the top of their field.
@theNAMedicine
@UCSFNURTURE
#WomeninCardiology
.
@ZSFGCare
cardiology received an in-person visit from Dr. Melvin Cheitlin, former chief of cardiology at SFGH, Master of the American College of Cardiology, a legendary cardiologist, and a beloved educator.
#ZSFGCards
@ACCinTouch
Attention
#WomenInMedicine
come be part of the Women in Cardiology Trainee (undergrads to fellows) Event happening virtually on Oct. 21! Featuring discussion of diverse personal & professional journeys of a panel of women UCSF Cardiologists. Register here: