Newswise — STONY BROOK, N.Y., August 24, 2011 – Allen Jeremias, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine and Peripheral Intervention for the Stony Brook University Heart Center has been named one of 10 national fellows for the inaugural Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) Program.
The mission of the SCAI ELM program, in partnership with the American College of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, is to help physicians facilitate their transition into the next generation of leaders in the field of interventional cardiology. The 10 fellows will be paired with accomplished mentors who will provide highly individualized resources, including dedicated training three times per year at major scientific conferences over the course of a two-year period.
Dr. Jeremias who is also Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Acute Care Unit at Stony Brook University Medical Center, is the only New York physician selected for this prestigious national honor.
Dr. Jeremias received his medical degree from Heinrich-Heine University School of Medicine in Dusseldorf, Germany. He completed his research fellowship with the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, and his residency in internal medicine at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. He completed fellowships in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology/peripheral vascular at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA. He is board certified in vascular medicine, interventional cardiology, cardiovascular medicine and internal medicine.
About Stony Brook University Heart Center:Stony Brook University Heart Center is located within Long Island's only university-based medical center. The Heart Center at Stony Brook offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The staff includes 50 full-time and community-based, board-certified cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons, as well as 350 specially trained anesthesiologists, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, operating room technicians, perfusionists, and other support staff. Their combined expertise provides state-of-the-art interventional and surgical capabilities in 24-hour cardiac catheterization labs and surgical suites. And while the Heart Center clinical staff offers the latest advances in medicine, its physician-scientists are also actively enhancing knowledge of the heart and blood vessels through basic biomedical studies and clinical research. http://stonybrookheartcenter.org/
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