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Study Group: Physicians who Treat Hypertension (US)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 664

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Rohit Arora, MD
Professor of Medicine
Finch University of Health Science-Chicago Medical School

Rohit Arora, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASCI, FACP, is a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Chicago Medical School, Illinois. He is also the Chairman of Cardiology and Associate Chairman of Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Arora is also Chief of Cardiology at the North...

Howard Weintraub, MD
Clinical Director
NYU Medical Center

Howard Weintraub, MD, FACC, is the Clinical Director of Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Medical Center. He has been a consultant for several organizations and has been a Cardiologist for the National Football League. Dr. Weintraub has written textbook chapters on evaluation...

Harold Bays, MD, FACP, President and Medical Director, L-MARC Research CenterHarold Bays, MD, FACP
President and Medical Director
L-MARC Research Center

Harold Bays, MD, FACE, FACP, is Medical Director and President of Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center (L-MARC), a metabolic clinical research facility that has conducted over 400 phase I-IV clinical trials, including studies of all marketed lipid-altering drug treatments, as well...

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityHossein Ardehali, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Feinberg Cardiovascular Institute in Illinois. His specialties include lipid metabolism, preventive cardiology, electrophysiology and heart failure. Dr. Ardehali's basic science research interest is in the areas of reperfusion injury...

John Litton Jr., MD, Chief Executive Officer and President, Litton Family Medicine, PCJohn Litton Jr., MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Litton Family Medicine, PC

J. Scott Litton, Jr., MD, FAAFP, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Litton Family Medicine, PC in Pennington Gap, VA. He provides inpatient services and also serves as the Medical Director of the Center for Wound Care at Lee Regional Medical Center. Dr. Litton serves as a Faculty member...

Daniel Fisher, MD, FACC, FACP
Cardiologist
NYU Medical Center

Daniel Fisher, MD, FACC, FACP, is a Cardiologist at NYU Medical Center. He has a private practice in Cardiology and specializes in non-invasive cardiology. Dr. Fisher is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Nuclear Cardiology. He has lectured frequently on such topics as...

Joshua Feuer, MD
Owner
Joshua M. Feuer, MD

Joshua Feuer, MD, FACC, is a board certified Cardiologist in private practice in Santa Barbara, California. He also serves as a Consulting Cardiologist at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Dr. Feuer specializes in aggressive preventive cardiology and cardiovascular risk assessment, and reduction. He has...

Dan Streja, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Dan Streja, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is Co-Director of the Lipid Clinic, the Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic and Diabetes Clinic, and the Divisions of Cardiology and Endocrinology at VA Medical Center of West Los Angeles. Dr. Streja has...

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The trial that is all about hype | 08-28-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The general public hears the bullet that stents are no better than medications, but the reality that this trial (COURAGE trial) had major flaws, the main being that only 10% of the patients screened participated in the trial. 90% were excluded. Thus, the patients enrolled were not necessarily the typical...

A rough in the diamond | 08-27-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

If truly an association, this will alter the use of this drug.

Pancreatitis has the Potential to Kill (Byetta Sales) | 08-20-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

At first, it appeared that the reports linking Byetta and pancreatitis were likely due to an association between pancreatitis and the underlying pathology in patients receiving Byetta (obesity, diabetes, gall stones, and hypertriglyceridemia). However, the additional cases of (sometimes fatal)...

PCI numbers will not drop after Courage | 08-19-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

the impact will be small. The study is not a big surprise. No cardiologist thought he is saving lives stenting arteries in stable patients. The study required every one to get an angiogram if they had an abnormal stress test to qualify. We probably already not refer every abnormal test for cath using...

Bad News (but not new news) for stents. | 08-19-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Once again, we see that medications in most cases are as effective as stenting.  This is old news dating back to the CASS trial in the 1970's and 1980's. Every time we come up with a slick new device we test it against the standard of care and it comes up more expensive and no more effective. ...

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