华盛顿大学（圣路易斯）内科心脏科教授。心脏结构及病项目主任。圣路易斯大学理学博士，华盛顿大学解剖和神经生物学博士后。康奈蒂克州立大学医学博士。华盛顿大学Barnes-Jewish医院内科住院医生，耶鲁大学医学院心脏内科专科/心脏介入专科进修（FELLOW）。在华盛顿大学医学院心脏内科任教至今，心脏介入/导管室主任，进修培训项目主任。获得多种医学专科荣誉奖项和被评为2002~2011美国最佳医生奖， 美国心脏内科，心脏介入，心胸外科，高血压医学等多种杂志编委，为美国心脏病协会，美国心脏学院会员，美国心脏血管造影介入协会高级会员。发表临床医学及科研论文多篇，及国内外学术会议宣读论文，应邀做学术讲座和主持学术会议。
Qualifications and experience:
Professor of Medicine; Director, Structural Heart Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO Education and Training: Undergraduate: 1975 B.A. Drew University, Madison, NJ Graduate: 1979 Ph.D. St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 1983 M.D. University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT Postgraduate Education: 1979 Postdoctoral Fellow, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 1983 – 1986 Intern and Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis , MO 1986 – 1989 Fellow in Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven , CT 1989 - 1990 Interventional Fellow in Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 1990 - 1991 Private Practice, St. Louis, MO 1992 - 1997 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 1997 -2006 Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2006 Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 1993 - Present Director, Interventional Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 1994 - Present Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 2001- Present Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Washington University School of Medicine, Heart Care Institute, St. Louis, MO Honors and Awards: 1971 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award 1971 – 1975 Varsity Letter Baseball, Drew University 1975 Honors in Chemistry, Drew University 1975 New Jersey American Chemical Society Undergraduate, Research Award, Co-Winner 1975 –1978 Teaching Assistantship St. Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry 1980 March of Dimes, Medical Student Research Grant 1988 American Heart Association Research Fellowship 1998 Co-Chairman-Society: Cardiac Angiography & Interventional (SCAI) Meeting 2000 Outstanding Cardiology Alumnus Award 2000 Yale University School of Medicine 2000-2007 Best Doctors in America Award 2000-2007 Best Doctors in St. Louis Award 2002-2004 Board of Trustees: The Society for Angiography and Interventions 2002 Patent: Magnetically Navigable and/or Controllable Device for Removing Material from Body Lumens and Cavities. Stereotaxis, Inc. Patented August 6, 2002. 2003 Who’s Who in America 58th Edition 2009 Brien McMahon High School Hall of Fame 2011 American Heart Association: Hugh McCulloch Award Recipient Clinical Expertise: General Cardiology, women’s heart disease. Research Interests: Cardiac Catheterizations, coronary artery disease, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), myocardial infarction, coronary-artery stenting, structural heart disease. The treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis, percutaneous repair of mitral regurgitation and percutaneous replacement of aortic valve for aortic stenosis, percutaneous repair of congenital defects and ASD, PFO, VSD and PDA.