Editor in ChIEf

Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC 
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
Center for Diagnostic Imaging
St. Louis Park, Minnesota 

Advisory Board

Alfred A. Bove, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus)
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Christopher P. Cannon, MD, FACC
Editor in Chief, Cardiosource
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Suzanne Hughes, MSN, RN
Director, Patient and Community Education and Research
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Ravenna, Ohio

Richard P. Lewis, MD, MACC
Professor of Internal Medicine, Emeritus
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

With honor and great appreciation we remember Dr. Richard Lewis, MD, MACC, a master clinician and dedicated teacher of cardiovascular disease.

Content EditorS

Abdulla M. Abdulla, MD, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
Attending Cardiologist, University Hospital, Augusta, GA
Prior Chief of Cardiology and Creel Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
Prior Teaching Scholar, American Heart Association
Augusta, Georgia

R. Michael Benitez, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiology Fellowship; Director, Inpatient Cardiology
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Nancy C. Berg, RN, MA, CNP
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Park Nicollet Heart and Vascular Center
St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Jeffrey J. Cavendish, MD, FACC
Interventional Cardiology
Kaiser Permanente San Diego
San Diego, California

Roger D. Des Prez, MD, FACC
Clinical Cardiologist
Co-director of Cardiac CT
Oklahoma Heart Institute
Tulsa, Okalahoma

Paul A. Friedman, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, FACC, FASE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, Women’s Heart Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Rochester,  Minnesota

Robert C. Hendel, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASNC
Midwest Heart Specialists
Fox River Grove, Illinois

Glenn A. Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

David G. Hurrell, MD, FACC
Senior Consulting Cardiologist
Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sarver Heart Center
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Mark D. Kelemen, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
University of Maryland
University of Maryland Medical Systems
Baltimore, MD

Thomas M. Maddox, MD, SM, FACC
Staff Cardiologist, Denver VAMC
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC
Medical Director
Women's Guild Endowed Chair
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Women's Health Program
Los Angeles, California

Rick A. Nishimura, MD, FACC, FACP
Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of CV Diseases
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester,  Minnesota

John P. Reilly, MD, FACC, FSCAI  
Director, Cardiovascular CT
Associate Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Associate Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Linda Ruppert, RN, MSN, CRNP
Advanced Heart Failure
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

Karen Stout, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington    

Pierce Vatterott, MD, FACC
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
St. Paul Heart Clinic
St. Paul, Minnesota

R. Parker Ward, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois