Federal Cardiology Council

Kreton Mavromatis, MD, FACC
Kreton Mavromatis, MD, FACC
Twitter: @KMavromatisMD
Chair

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Institution: Emory University School of Medicine & Atlanta VA Medical Center

Clinic/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Clip, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Valve Disease/repair

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Ali E. Denktas, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Ali E. Denktas, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Chair-Elect

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Institution: Baylor College of Medicine & Michael Debakey VA Medical Center

Clinic/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Valvular Heart Disease, Aortic and Mitral Valvuloplasty, Radiation Brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis

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Bhaskar Arora, MD, FACC
Bhaskar Arora, MD, FACC
Twitter: @BhaskarEchoVA
Council Member

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Institution: Staff Cardiologist, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR

Clinic/Research Interests: Valvular heart disease, structural echocardiography, strain echocardiography

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Jennifer Ballard-Hernandez, DNP, FACC
Jennifer Ballard-Hernandez, DNP, FACC
Council Member

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Institution: VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Clinic/Research Interests: Heart Failure/Heart Transplant, Critical Care Cardiology, Transitions of Care, Palliative Care in Heart Failure, Prevention

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Emilio Fentanes, MD, FACC
Emilio Fentanes, MD, FACC
Twitter: @Fentanes_MD
Council Member

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Institution: Brooke Army Medical Center

Clinic/Research Interest: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Primary Prevention, Sports Cardiology, Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy

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Robert Matthew Gallagher, MD, FACC
Robert Matthew Gallagher, MD, FACC
Council Member

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Title/Institution: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Clinic/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease

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Faith Kelly, MD, FACC
Faith Kelly, MD, FACC
Council Member

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Title/Institution: Medical Director for Outpatient Cardiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Clinic/Research Interests: Cardiac imaging, women's cardiovascular health, critical care medicine

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Elizabeth Le, MD, FACC
Elizabeth Le, MD, FACC
Twitter: @DrElizabethLe
Council Member

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Institution: Oregon Health & Science University and VA Portland Health Care System

Clinic/Research Interest: Noninvasive cardiology, Echocardiography, Contrast enhanced ultrasound, coronary physiology

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Samit Shah, MD, PhD, FACC
Samit Shah, MD, PhD, FACC
Twitter: @samitshahmd
Council Member

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Institution: Assistant Professor Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Clinic/Research Interest: Outcomes of cardiovascular interventions and the invasive assessment of coronary physiology

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Colleen Walsh-Irwin, NP, AACC
Colleen Walsh-Irwin, NP, AACC
Twitter: @walshirwin
Council Member

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Institution: Northport VA Medical Center

Clinic/Research Interests: Adult Cardiology, Heart Failure, Device, Evidence-Based Practice, Telemetry

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