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- Raed H. Abdelhadi, MD, FACC
- Peter B. Alden, MD, FACS
- Jason Q. Alexander, MD, FACS, RPVI
- Adrian K. Almquist, MD, FACC
- Shalini Bobra, MD
- M. Nicholas Burke, MD
- Durand Burns, MD
- Barry M. Cabuay, MD
- Ivan Chavez, MD, FACC
- Andrew H. Cragg, MD
- David S. Feldman, MD/PhD, FACC, FAHA
- Bjorn P. Flygenring, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
- Charles C. Gornick, MD
- John N. Graber, MD
- Kevin J. Graham, MD, FACC
- Elizabeth Z. Grey, MD
- Kevin M. Harris, MD, FACC, FASE
- Robert G. Hauser, MD, FACC
- Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC
- Desmond B. Jay, MD
- Randall K. Johnson, MD, FACC
- William T. Katsiyiannis, MD
- Thomas Knickelbine, MD, FACC, FSCAI
- Vib R. Kshettry, MD
- Casey M. Lawler, MD, FACC
- John R. Lesser, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FSCCT
- David Lin, MD
- Terrence F. Longe, MD, FACC
- Marc C. Newell, MD
- Barry J. Maron, MD
- Nader Moazami, MD
- Michael R. Mooney, MD, FACC
- Wesley R. Pedersen, MD
- Anil K. Poulose, MD, FACC
- Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD
- Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC
- Scott W. Sharkey, MD
- Timothy M. Sullivan, MD, FACS, FACC
- Norma Thiessen, MD
- Jay H. Traverse, MD
- Alexander S. Tretinyak, MD
- Robert A. Van Tassel, MD, FACC
- Yale Wang, MD, FACC, FSCAI
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Researchers
The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation has a group of highly trained, specialized research physicians who are making significant strides in combatting cardiovascular disease.
They work closely with research coordinators and RNs who have advanced clinical cardiovascular research experience. All of our research coordinators hold certification by the Associated Research Clinical Professionals.
In their clinical practice, our physicians work out of a 128 bed state-of-the-art heart hospital, admitting more than 3,000 patients annually and performing thousands of procedures as staff of the Minneapolis Heart Institute© at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Raed H. Abdelhadi, MD, FACC
Research interests: electrophysiology, heart rhythm management; Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Peter B. Alden, MD, FACS
Research interests: venous disease, wound care; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital; Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Program and Medical Director of the Wound Clinic, both at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
Jason Q. Alexander, MD, FACS, RPVI
Research interest: vascular/endovascular issues; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Adrian K. Almquist, MD, FACC
Research interest: implantable defibrillators; Director of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Pacemaker Department and a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Shalini Bobra, MD
MHIF research interests: women’s heart health, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography; Cardiologist at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
M. Nicholas Burke, MD
Research interest: interventional cardiology; Senior consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Durand Burns, MD
Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Barry M. Cabuay, MD
Research interests: heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support; Director of Pulmonary Hypertension and Co-director of Heart Failure/Transplant Programs at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Ivan Chavez, MD, FACC
Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Andrew H. Cragg, MD
Research interests: aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of Minnesota
David S. Feldman, MD/PhD, FACC, FAHA
Research interest: heart and lung transplantation; Director of heart failure, VAD and cardiac transplantation at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Bjorn P. Flygenring, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
Research interests: interventional cardiology and advanced imaging; Senior consulting cardiologist and Co-director of Cross-sectional Imaging at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Charles C. Gornick, MD
Research interest: cardiac electrophysiology; Director of cardiac electrophysiology at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern and Associate Professor of Medicine, cardiovascular division at the University of Minnesota
John N. Graber, MD
Research interest: vascular and endovascular issues; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Clinical Instructor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota
Kevin J. Graham, MD, FACC
Research interest: preventative cardiology; President of cardiovascular services division at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Z. Grey, MD
Research interests: clinical cardiology, women's cardiovascular health, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology; Associate cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Kevin M. Harris, MD, FACC, FASE
Research interests: valvular heart disease, aortic dissection, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart disease in athletes; Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory, Co-director of the Acute Aortic Dissection Program and Co-director of the Complex Valve Program at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Robert G. Hauser, MD, FACC
Research interests: cardiac arrhythmias, non-invasive and preventive cardiology, women's cardiovascular health, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pacemakers; Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Timothy D. Henry, MD, FACC
Research interests: interventional cardiology, acute myocardial infarction, novel therapies, including stem cell and gene therapy; Interventional cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Desmond B. Jay, MD
Research interests: echocardiography, nuclear cardiology; Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Randall K. Johnson, MD, FACC
Research interest: OPTIMIST Program; Cardiovascular physician at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
William T. Katsiyiannis, MD
Research interest: cardiac electrophysiology; Director of the Genetic Arrhythmia Center at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Thomas Knickelbine, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Research interest: cardiac imaging; Consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Vib R. Kshettry, MD
Research interests: valvular and aortic surgery, cardiac transplantation, coronary artery bypass, minimally invasive thoracic and cardiac procedures; Director of cardiovascular surgery and a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon and cardiac transplant surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Casey M. Lawler, MD, FACC
Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
John R. Lesser, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FSCCT
Research interest: advanced cardiac imaging; Director of Cardiovascular MRI and CT at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
David Lin, MD
Research interests: sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients, advanced cardiac imaging; Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Terrence F. Longe, MD, FACC
Research interest: advanced cardiac imaging: Attending and consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiology at the University of Minnesota
Marc C. Newell, MD
Clinical cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Barry J. Maron, MD
Research interests: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, sudden death in the young (including athletes), magnetic resonance/echocardiography imaging; Director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Nader Moazami, MD
Research interest: transplantation; Surgical Director of the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Cardiac Assist Program at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Michael R. Mooney, MD, FACC
Research interests: therapeutic hypothermia, new devices, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO closure, stroke prevention; Co-director of cardiovascular labs and Director, Interventional Cardiology at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Wesley R. Pedersen, MD
Research interests: interventional cardiology and treatment of valvular heart disease in the elderly; Director of the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Program at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Co-director of CV Laboratory and interventional and clinical cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Anil K. Poulose, MD, FACC
Research interest: interventional cardiology; Senior consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Adnan Z. Rizvi, MD
Research interests: arterial substitutes and outcomes from carotid surgery and after thoracic endovascular aortic repair; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Robert S. Schwartz, MD, FACC
Research interests: interventional cardiology and imaging; Senior consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Scott W. Sharkey, MD
MHIF researcher; Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Director of the Intensive Care Unit at St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Timothy M. Sullivan, MD, FACS, FACC
Research interests: aneurysm repair, aortic dissection, arterial disease; Chairman, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Co-director of the Vascular Center at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Norma Thiessen, MD
Research interests: echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, women's cardiovascular health; Consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Jay H. Traverse, MD
Research interests: cardiovascular stem cell therapy, mitigation of reperfusion injury; Senior cardiology associate at the Minneapolis Heart Institute/Abbott Northwestern Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Cardiology at the University of Minnesota
Alexander S. Tretinyak, MD
Research interests: aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease; Vascular surgeon at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of Minnesota
Robert A. Van Tassel, MD, FACC
Research interest: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Consulting cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Yale Wang, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
