Louis A. Wasserman, MD, FACC

EDUCATION

1970-1974 Georgetown University Medical School

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

Internship:
1974-1975 Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, Rl

Residency:
1975-1977 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship:
1977-1979 Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hahneman Medical College and Hospital Philadelphia, PA

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

• 1977 American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate

• 1979 Cardiovascular Disease Subspecialty, Diplomate,
  American Board of Internal Medicine

• 1986 Special Competency Examination in Cardiac Pacing, NASPE

• 1997 Diplomate in the subspectalty of Nuclear Cardiology by the
  Certification Council of Nuclear Cardiology

• 1998 Electrocardiography Examination (ECG EXAM),
  American College of Cardiology

• 1999 Special Competency Examination in Echocardiography,
  National Board of Echocardiography
  

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Clinical Instructor of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

• Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Community-General Hospital, Syracuse, NY

• Attending Physician, Department of Medicine/St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, NY

• Director, Exercise Electrocardiography Laboratory, Community-General Hospital, Syracuse, NY

• Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Community-General Hospital, Syracuse, NY

• Chief, Cardiology Section, Community-General Hospital, Syracuse, NY
  

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Member, American Medical Association

• Fellow, American College of Physicians

• Fellow, American College of Cardiology

• Member, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

• Member, American Society of Echocardiography
  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iskandrian AS, Wasserman L, Segal BL: Thallium-201 myocardial sctntigraphy. Archives of Internal Medicine 140: 320-326, 1980.

2. Iskandrian AS, Wasserman L, Segal BL: Thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy: Advantages and limitations. Practical Cardiology 5: 102-117, 1979.

3. Iskandrian AS, Wasserman L, Kimberis D, Bemis CE: Sudden death in severe aortic stenosis following cardiac catheterization. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 4: 419-425, 1978.

4. Wasserman LA, Segal BL: Acute bacterial endocarditis: A hypothetical case incorporating a management self-test. Postgraduate Medicine 67: 249-259,1980.

5. Wasserman LA, Eshaghpour E, Takahashi O, Iskandrian A, Kotler MN: The noninvasive assessment of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 5: 85-93, 1979.

6. Wasserman L, Iskandrian AS, Anderson G, Hakki H, Segal BL: Advantages of exercise imaging in patient with equivocal treadmill exercise tests. Am. J. Cardiology (abstract) 45: 421, 1980.

7. Iskandrian AS, Wasserman LA, Anderson GS, Hakki H, Segal BL, Kane S: Merits of stress thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with inconclusive exercise electrocardiograms: Correlations with coronary arteriograms. Am. J. Cardiology 46: 553-558, 1980.

8. Wasserman LA, Hoffman MS: Advantages of exercise imaging in patients with equivocal treadmill exercise tests. The Am. College of Cardiology ACCEL tape. Vol. 12, Oct. 1980.

9. Wasserman LA, Sauro L, Bertrand B: lmage of the Month. The Newisletter, ASNC, Oct. 1998.