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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a debilitating, chronic disease of the pulmonary vasculature that rapidly progresses and ultimately leads to right-sided heart failure and premature death. Untreated PH is associated with worsening symptoms and significant morbidity and mortality. Tune into the latest season of our CME-TV series where our leading experts share their insights on currently relevant topics for the management of patients with PH.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a debilitating, chronic disease of the pulmonary vasculature that rapidly progresses and ultimately leads to right-sided heart failure and premature death. Untreated PH is associated with worsening symptoms, and significant morbidity and mortality. Tune into the latest season of our CME-TV series where our leading experts share their insights on currently relevant topics for the management of patients with PH.
Season 6 Host
Sandhya Murthy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Season 6 Faculty
Rajan Saggar MD
Professor of Medicine
Director Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Co-Director Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
Lung & Heart-Lung Transplant and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Kim A. Eagle, MD, Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Chief Clinical Officer, Cardiovascular Services
University of Michigan Medical Group
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Michigan Medicine/University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Richard A. Krasuski, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Director of Hemodynamic Research
Medical Director, CTEPH Program
Director of the Duke University Collaborative Cardiovascular Society (DUCCS)
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Host
Charles P. Vega, MD
Clinical Professor, Family Medicine
Director
UC Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC)
Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
Season 5 Faculty
Sonja D. Bartolome, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Program Associate Director
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Richard N. Channick, MD
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Ioana Preston, MD
Associate Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director
Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Season 4 Faculty
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Kim A. Eagle, MD, Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Richard N. Channick, MD
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Ioana R. Preston, MD
Associate Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director
Pulmonary Hypertension Center
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Season 3 Faculty
Richard N. Channick, MD
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Nick H. Kim, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, California
Season 2 Faculty
Sandhya Murthy, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Victor F. Tapson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director Clinical Research
Women's Guild Research Institute
Associate Director
Pulmonary Critical Care
Lung Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Season 1 Faculty
Murali Chakinala, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Washington University & Barnes-Jewish Hospital Pulmonary; Co-Director, Hypertension Care Center; Washington University Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center of Excellence, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD
Kim A. Eagle, MD, Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan