Experienced Interventional Cardiologist

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Board-certified interventional cardiologist with over 12 years of clinical experience specializing in structural heart interventions, transcatheter valve therapies, and complex coronary interventions. Director of the Advanced Cardiac Valve Center and Structural Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Virginia. Extensive experience in procedural decision-making, standard of care, and management of catheterization laboratory complications. Available for case review, deposition, and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense. Board Certifications Interventional Cardiology Cardiovascular Disease ACHD Internal Medicine Clinical Experience Structural Heart Interventions Over 3,000 structural heart procedures performed, including: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (MitraClip / TEER) Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement Left Atrial Appendage Closure (Watchman) Adult Congenital Heart Interventions Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure Coronary Interventions Over 1,000 complex percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) performed, including chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedures and high-risk PCI with mechanical circulatory support Current Position 2023 - Present Associate Professor of Medicine University of Virginia Health, Charlottesville, VA Director, Advanced Cardiac Valve Center Director, Structural Cardiology and Advanced Valve Fellowship Prior Experience 2022 - 2023 Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute / UMKC, Kansas City, MO 2021 - 2023 Associate Professor of Medicine, UMKC 2020 - 2023 Associate Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program 2018 - 2022 Associate Program Director, Structural Cardiology Fellowship 2017 - 2023 Structural and Interventional Cardiologist, Saint Luke's MAHI Areas of Expertise for Case Review Standard of care in interventional and structural cardiology Procedural decision-making and patient selection for transcatheter therapies Catheterization laboratory complications and their management Periprocedural anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy Vascular access complications (femoral, radial, transcarotid, transapical) Device malfunction and procedural technique evaluation Post-procedural care and surveillance Appropriate use criteria for coronary and structural interventions General cardiology management and heart failure