Harold Ames Hatch Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Attending Physician
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Prevention of restenosis, intravascular ultrasound imaging of human cerebral arteries; aortic aneurysm

1976–1978
Clinical Cardiology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
1976–1978
Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
1974–1976
Visiting Fellow, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1975–1976
Medical Resident, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
1974–1975
Medical Intern, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
1974
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
1968
MA, Physics, Harvard University
1967
BS, Magna cum laude, City College of New York

1999–pres
Chief, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1999–pres
Harold Ames Hatch Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1994–1999
Associate Director, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1993–1999
Margaret Milliken Hatch Clinical Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1990–1999
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1990–1993
Clinical Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1987–1990
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1978–1987
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University

1990–pres
Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
1987–1990
Associate Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center
1978–1987
Assistant Attending Physician, Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1977)
Diplomate, Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases (1979)

Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
American College of Cardiology, Fellow
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American Heart Association, Member
New York State Society of Medicine, Member
Paul Dudley White Society, Member
American Heart Association—Council on Clinical Cardiology, Fellow
American Heart Association—Council on Circulation, Member

1993
Margaret Milliken Hatch Clinical Professorship, Medicine
1974
Robert F. Loeb Award (Medicine)
1974
Helen Sciarra Award (Neurology)
1974
Herbert J. Bartelstone Award (Pharmacology)
1974
Frederick F. Gay Award (Microbiology)
1974
Janeway Prize for top academic performance in P&S graduating class
1967–1968
Woodrow Wilson National Fellow

Scientific Papers

Simon AD, Yazdani S, Wang W, Schwartz A, Rabbani LE. Elevated plasma levels of interleukin 2 and soluble IL-2 receptor in ischemic heart disease. Clin Cardiol 2001; 24:253-256.

Warshofsky MK, Dominguez M, Eisenberg MS, Wasserman HS, Sciacca RR, Wang W, Simon AD, Morse JH, Schwartz A, Angles-Cano E, Rabbani LE. Elevated plasma tissue plasminogen activator and anti-THP-1 antibodies are independently associated with decreased graft survival in cardiac transplant recipients. Am J Cardiol 2001; 88:30-34.

Eisenberg MS, Chen HJ, Warshofsky MK, Sciacca RR, Wasserman HS, Schwartz A, Rabbani LE. Elevated levels of plasma C-reactive protein are associated with decreased survival in cardiac transplant recipients. Circulation 2000; 102:2100-2104.

Abstracts

Eisenberg MS, Sciacca RR, Chen HJ, Warshofsky MK, Schwartz A, Rabbani LE. Elevated levels of plasma C-reactive protein and tissue plasminogen activator antigen are associated with increased frequency of grade 3 rejection in cardiac transplant recipients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37(2) Supplement A:167A.

Pinney SP, Liang D, Chen HJ, Xiangyuan W, Schwartz A, Rabbani LE. Minocycline inhibits human aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration. Am J Cardiol 2000; Twelfth Annual Symposium-Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Oct. 16, 2000; 87I-88i.

Fard A, Pinney SP, Vest JA, DiTullio MR, Berglund L, Ginsberg HN, Rabbani LE, Schwartz A, Cannon P, Homma S. Independent association of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) with presence and severity of coronary artery disease. Circulation 2000; 102(18):II-757.

Lectures, Extended Learning Cassettes

Schwartz A. Intracoronary Radiation - the Next 5 Years. The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 22nd Annual Meeting, May 1999.

Topics for Speaking Engagements

MidCAB: A Cardiologist's Perspective
Restenosis: overview of angioplasty trial results
Intracoronary Radiation: The Next Five Years