Study Group: Volcano IVUS System Users (US)(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 24
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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...
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