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Advances in Heart Failure: A Bridge to Transplant

Recorded on 2/17/2011
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EXPERTS & GUESTS:
Daniel Fishbein, M.D. Daniel Fishbein, M.D.
Medical Director, Congestive Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation Services, UW Medicine
Dr. Daniel Fishbein is medical director of congestive heart failure and cardiac transplantation services at the University of Washington.  Dr. Fishbein earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY followed by an internship at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.  He went on to a residency at the University of Washington in Seattle where he... more >

Nahush A. Mokadam, M.D. Nahush A. Mokadam, M.D.
Co-director of Heart Transplantation, UW Medicine
Dr. Mokadam is Co-director of heart transplantation and Program Director mechanical circulatory support (Ventricular Assist Devices) at UW Medical Center. He has interests in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass, endovascular aortic surgery, percutaneous valve surgery and complex mitral valve surgery, in addition to his dedication to the heart transplant and ventricular assist device programs.  Dr.... more >

Jon Wheeler Jon Wheeler,
Heart Transplant Recipient
In June of 2008, after experiencing extreme fatigue, Jon Wheeler was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.  Over a years time he received treatment with medication, and even a pacemaker, that failed to control his condition.  Jon was then referred to UW Medicine but he was not yet qualified for heart transplant due to ejection fraction.  In the meantime, he was... more >

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