Clinical Focus

• Cardiology (Heart)
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• valvular heart disease
• Heart Failure

Professional Education

Current Research Interests

I. Congestive Heart Failure
New Medical Therapies
Prognostic Evaluation
Selection for Cardiac Transplantation

II. Screening for Myocardial Necrosis
New ECG Monitoring Devices
New Serum Markers

III. Screening for CAD
Patients Who Have Received Radiation Rx
Diabetics Being Considered for Renal Transplantation.

Publications

• Characteristics and outcome after hospitalization for acute right heart failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Haddad F, Peterson T, Fuh E, Kudelko KT, de Jesus Perez V, Skhiri M, Vagelos R, Schnittger I, Denault AY, Rosenthal DN, Doyle RL, Zamanian RT. Circ Heart Fail. 2011; 4 (6): 692-9
• Dyssynchrony Assessment with Tissue Doppler Imaging and Regional Volumetric Analysis by 3D Echocardiography Do Not Predict Long-Term Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Kuppahally SS, Fowler MB, Vagelos R, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Hsia H, Liang D. Cardiol Res Pract. 2010: 2011 568918
• Measurement precision in the optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Turcott RG, Witteles RM, Wang PJ, Vagelos RH, Fowler MB, Ashley EA. Circ Heart Fail. 2010; 3 (3): 395-404
• Angina associated with left main coronary artery compression in pulmonary hypertension. de Jesus Perez VA, Haddad F, Vagelos RH, Fearon W, Feinstein J, Zamanian RT. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009; 28 (5): 527-30
• Worsening of left ventricular end-systolic volume and mitral regurgitation without increase in left ventricular dyssynchrony on acute interruption of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Kuppahally SS, Fowler MB, Vagelos R, Wang P, Al-Ahmad A, Paloma A, Liang D. Echocardiography. 2009; 26 (7): 759-65