GarySNiessMD

Cardiology • Charlotte, NC

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Novant Health heart and vascular Institute

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Office
1718 E 4th St
Ste 501
Charlotte, NC 28204
Phone+1 704-343-9800

Fax+1 704-347-2011

Summary

I am a board certified interventional cardiologist. I am currently the Senior Vice President for the Novant Heart & Vascular Institute. I am now full time administration with responsibilities over Novant’s 4 state, 16 hospital cardiovascular footprint. This includes cardiovascular surgery, cardiology, vascular surgery and wound care.

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Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1976 - 1978
University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1973
Dartmouth CollegeB.A., Psychology, With honors, 1965 - 1969

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1973 - 2025
AL State Medical License 1974 - 1984
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FSCAI) Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2013
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

578 citations
Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization
Matthew T. Roe, Paul W. Armstrong, Keith A.A. Fox, Harvey D. White, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2012-10-03
53 citations
Usefulness and limitations of thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy in delineating location and size of prior myocardial infarction
Gary S. Niess, Joseph R. Logic, Richard O. Russell, Charles E. Rackley, William J. Rogers
Circulation. 1979-05-01
31 citations
Transient electrocardiographic changes in patients with unstable angina: Relation to coronary arterial anatomy☆
Silvio E. Papapietro, Gary S. Niess, Thomas D. Paine, John A. Mantle, Charles E. Rackley
The American Journal of Cardiology. 1980-07-01

Journal Articles

Ventricular Septal Rupture with Normal Coronary Arteries
Richardson, J.V., Niess, Gary S., Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1/1/1984
Transient Electrocardiographic Changes in Patients with Unstable Angina
Silvio E. Papapietro, Gary S. Niess, Thomas D. Paine, John A. Mantle, Charles E. Rackley, Richard O. Russell, William J. Rogers, American Journal of Cardiology, 1/1/1980
Usefulness and limitations of thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy in delineating location and size of prior myocardial infarction
Gary S. Niess, Joseph R. Logic, Richard O. Russell, Jr., Charles E. Rackley, William J. Rogers, Circulation, 1/1/1979

Abstracts/Posters

Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC, USA. Do Proximal LAD Lesions in Acute Myocardial Infarction Benefit from Stenting? The PAMI Stent Randomized ...
David A Cox, Gregg W. Stone, Cindy L. Grines, Gary S. Niess, Bruce Brodie, Eulogia Garcia, Luis Mattos, Alexandria J. Lansky, William W. O'Neill, Ma..., Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/1/1999
Does "Stent-like" Primary PTCA in Acute Myocardial Infarction Confer Long-Term Freedom From Restenosis Similar to Primary Stenting? Analysis From the PAMI ...
David A. Cox, Gregg W. Stone; Gary S. Niess, Bruce Brodie, Eulogia Garcia, Luis Mattos, Alexandria J. Lansky, Roxana Mehran, William W. O'Neill, Martin B. Leon, Ma..., Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1/1/1999
Evaluation of Pre and Post operative myocardial perfusion by thallium-201 graded exercise testing
James M. Jones, Gary S. Niess, James L. Taylor, Santosh Kansal, David L. Roitman, L. T. Sheffield, Joseph R. Logic, Nicholas Kouchoukos, Robert B. Karp, Clinical Research; American College of Cardiology, Houston, TX, 1/12/1980
Resting thallium-201 scintigraphy for localizing and sizing myocardial infarction
Gary S. Niess, Joseph R. Logic, Richard O. Russell, Jr., Charles E. Rackley, William J. Rogers, Clinical Research, 1/1/1978
Usefulness and limitations of resting thallium-201 scintigraphy in detecting location and size of myocardial infarction
Gary S. Niess, Joseph R. Logic, Richard O. Russell, Jr., Charles E. Rackley, William J. Rogers, American Journal of Cardiology, 1/1/1978
Spontaneous ECK changes during unstable angina, relation to coronary anatomy
Gary S. Niess, Silvio Papapietro, Thomas D. Paine, John A. Mantle, Charles E. Rackley, William J. Rogers, Circulation, 1/1/1978
Evaluations of pre and post operative myocardial perfusion by thallium-201 graded exercise testing
James M. Jones, Gary S. Niess, James L. Taylor, Santosh Kansal, David I. Roitman, Thomas Sheffield, Joseph R. Logic, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Robert B. Karp, UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
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Press Mentions

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