Research Areas
- Cardiac Research, Other
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Dyspnea on Exertion
- Exercise Induced Intracardiac Shunts
- Gender:
- Male
Education & Training
Education
- 1979-1983
- Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), BS, Biology
- 1983-1987
- Indiana University SOM (Indianapolis, IN), MD
Residency
- 1987-1988
- University of Colorado Denver, Internship, Internal Medicine
- 1988-1990
- University of Colorado Denver, Residency, Internal Medicine
- 1990-1991
- University of Colorado Denver, Chief Medical Resident
Fellowship
- 1991-1995
- University of Colorado Denver, Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease
Biography
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
Special Interests
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.
Board Certification
2005-2015: Recertification, ABIM - Cardiovascular Disease
2000-2010: Recertification, American Board of Internal Medicine
1995-2005: Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
1990-2000: Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine
1988: Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners
Teaching or Professional Positions
Medical Director Echocardiography Laboratory, National Jewish Health
Board Member, Denver Echo Society
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
Affiliations with the University of Colorado Denver
Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Professional Memberships
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
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
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.
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