Study Group: Warfarin Prescribers: Cardiologists(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 16
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Associate Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Michael Kim, MD, is an Associate Professor at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois. He has served as a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Health Partners and Regions Hospital in Minnesota and also as an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Kim has expertise in...
Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Wadsworth VA Medical Center
Ramin Ebrahimi, MD, is Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles. He is also Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Assistant Director of Nuclear Cardiology at the Wadsworth VA Medical Center. Dr. Ebrahimi’s clinical and research interests focus on interventional...
Bernard Chaitman, MDProfessor and Director
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Bernard Chaitman, MD, is Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Research at the St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. He is also the Director of the Core ECG Laboratory. Dr. Chaitman has research interests in anti-anginal drug therapies, including Ranolazine, Nicorandil,...
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