Howard D Weinberger
MD, FACC
- Department of Medicine
- Head, Division of Cardiology
- Professor of Medicine
- Gender
- Male
Specialties
Adults
Cardiology
Cardiac Sarcoid, Dyspnea on Exertion, Heart Problems Secondary to Lung Diseases, Intracardiac Shunts (Patent Foramen Ovale)
Research
Cardiac Research, Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Dyspnea on Exertion, Exercise Induced Intracardiac Shunts
Affiliation with University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Teaching & Professional Positions
7/2004-6/2007: Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, University of Colorado Denver
5/2005-6/2007: Director, Clinical Research Echocardiography Imaging Core, University of Colorado Denver
7/1995-6/2007: Program Director, Cardiology Grand Rounds, University of Colorado Denver
4/1999-4/2004: Director, Research Echocardiography Imaging Core, University of Colorado Denver
Lecturer, Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Professional Memberships/Societies
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Member, American Society of Echocardiography
Member, American Heart Association – Basic Science Council
Fellow, American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine
Member, American Medical Association
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Clinical Interests
Echocardiography and Stress Echocardiography. Sarcoidosis in the heart, shortness of breath with exercise, diagnosis and management of diastolic dysfunction and diastolic heart failure.
Special Training
Visiting fellow with Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum, the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indianapolis, Indiana, May and June, 1995
Board Certified
Recertification, ABIM - Cardiovascular Disease, 2005-2015
Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2000-2010
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 1995-2005
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, 1990-2000
Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners, 1988
Service
Education & Training
Education
- Indiana University SOM (Indianapolis, IN)
- MD, 1983-1987
- Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
- BS, Biology, 1979-1983
Residencies
- University of Colorado Denver
- Chief Medical Resident, 1990-1991
- University of Colorado Denver
- Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988-1990
- University of Colorado Denver
- Internship, Internal Medicine, 1987-1988
Fellowships
- University of Colorado Denver
- Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1991-1995
Awards & Recognition
2008: Internal Medicine Clinician of the Year Award, National Jewish Health
2008: 5280 Magazine Top Docs in Cardiology
1994-95: Outstanding Research Fellow, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver
Genentech/American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cardiovascular Meeting Grant: 44th Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology
1/1993-12/1994: Bugher Physician-Scientist Training Fellowship Grant (AHA)
1987: K. K. Chen Department of Pharmacology Research Award, Senior Medical Student
1982-83: Mortar Board
1979-83: Arthur Metz Distinguished Scholarship
Recent or Important Publications
Weinberger HD. Diagnosis and treatment of diastolic heart failure. Hospital Practice 34(3):115-18, 121-22, 125-26, 1999.
Hodges YK, Weinberger HD, Stephens J, Horwitz MA, Horwitz, LD. Desferri-exochelin, a lipid-soluble iron chelator, effectively removes. J. Lab. Clin. Med. (in press, 2006).
Gurevich AK, Falk SA, Nemenoff RA, Weinberger HD, Summer SN, Riseq M, Bedigian MP, Schrier RW. Effect of angiotensin receptor blockade on hemodynamics and gene expression after myocardial infarction. Drugs in R & D 3(4):239-49, 2002.
Cadnapaphornchai MA, Gurevich AK, Weinberger HD, Schrier RW. Pathophysiology of sodium and water retention in heart failure. Cardiology 96:122-31, 2001.
Freeman K, Colon-Rivera C, Olsson MC, Moore RL, Weinberger HD, Grupp IL, Vikstrom KL, Iaccarino G, Kock WJ, Leinwand LA. Progression from hypertrophic to dilated cardiomyopathy in mice that express a mutant myosin transgene. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 280:H151-H159, 2001.
