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Office
100 East Ridge Road
Suite A
McAllen, TX 78503Phone+1 956-682-5665Fax+1 956-682-5567
Summary
- Cardiology fellow at UTMB/TMHS continuing training in Interventional Cardiology at UAMS in 2013. Most of my research involves the immune system and its role in heart failure.
Have a passion for the innovative use of emerging technologies in the field of medicine in order to improve the lives of patients and the approach taken by healthcare providers to get there.
Education & Training
- U Arkansas2012
- Singularity University: FutureMedMD, MedTech, 2012
- Methodist Hospital (Houston)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2010
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of MedicineFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2013 - 2014
- Singularity University: FutureMedMD, MedTech, 2011 - 2011
- University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
- Methodist Hospital (Houston)Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2006 - 2007
- Monterrey Inst TechClass of 2004
- Escuela de Medicina Ignacio A. SantosClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
- TX State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- EVIDENCE OF ANTI-CARDIAC ANTIBODY DEPOSITION IN END-STAGE FAILING MYOCARDIUM: A POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO DIESASE PROGRESSION Best International Research project Award: Annual Congress of International Interventional Cardiology 2012, 2012
- EVALUATION OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY IN HEART FAILURE: PLASMAPHERESIS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY 1st Place Research Presentation. The American College of Physicians 2009 Texas Meeting, 2009
- REVERSE REMODELING OF FAILING MYOCARDIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED DEPOSITION OF ANTI-CARDIAC ANTIBODIES: INITIAL RESULTS OF PLASMAPHERESIS AS A NOVEL THERAPY FOR HEART FAILURE 1st Place Research Presentation. The American College of Physicians, 2008
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 42 citationsHigh proportion of patients with end-stage heart failure regardless of aetiology demonstrates anti-cardiac antibody deposition in failing myocardium: humoral activatio...Keith A. Youker, Christian Assad-Kottner, Andrea M. Cordero-Reyes, Alejandro R. Trevino, Jose H. Flores-Arredondo
European Heart Journal. 2014-04-21 - 19 citationsThe use of continuous milrinone therapy as bridge to transplant is safe in patients with short waiting times.Christian Assad-Kottner, David Chen, Jama Jahanyar, Francisco Cordova, Nathan Summers
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2008-12-01 - 84 citationsCytokines and acute heart failure.David Chen, Christian Assad-Kottner, Carlos M. Orrego, Guillermo Torre-Amione
Critical Care Medicine. 2008-01-01
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- PLASMAPHERESIS AS TREATMENT MODALITY TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILUREORREGO C, MD, ASSAD-KOTTNER, C, MD, CHEN D, MD, CORDOVA, F, MD, KHALIL, N, YOUKER, K, PhD, TORRE-AMIONE, G, MD, PhD, Annual congress of International Interventional Cardiology CADECI 2011
- LEUCOCYTES AS PREDICTORS OF ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION SUBMITTED TO PHARMACOLOGICAL REPERFUSION. RESULTS FROM...Iturbe Orbe M, Jerjes-Sánchez C, García H, García Sosa A, Garza Ruiz A, Reyes Cerezo E, Assad C., XXIV National Congress of Cardiology and XX Interamerican Congress of Cardiology
- EFFICACY OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FACILITATED WITH REDUCED DOSE OF ALTEPLASE IN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION: REALSICA RESULTSJerjes-Sánchez C, Iturbe Orbe M, Assad C. , García H, García Sosa A, Garza Ruiz A, Reyes Cerezo E, XXIV National Congress of Cardiology and XX Interamerican Congress of Cardiology
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Lectures
- VIDENCE OF ANTI-CARDIAC ANTIBODY DEPOSITION IN END-STAGE FAILING MYOCARDIUM: A POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO DIESASE PROGRESSIONCADECI Annual congress of International Interventional Cardiology 2012 Meeting
Other
- EVIDENCE OF ANTI-CARDIAC ANTIBODY DEPOSITION IN END-STAGE FAILING MYOCARDIUM: A POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO DIESASE PROGRESSIONChristian Assad-Kottner, MD1, 2; Andrea M Cordero-Reyes, MD2; Alejandro R Trevino, MD2; Jose H Flores-Arredondo, MD2; Evaristo Fernandez2, MD; Roberto Barrios, MD2; ...
Mexico
Committees
- Member of organizing committee, American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Innovation and Educational Forum 2012 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish, German
External Links
- TheMedbonsaihttp://medbonsai.wordpress.com/
- Medical Technologyhttp://zeen.com/futuremed
- Medhackerhttp://medhacker.com
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