George Jabbour MD FACC FSCAI
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Chair, Clinical Department of Cardiology, Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, UPMC Altoona
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1414 9th Ave# StationAltoona, PA 16602
Phone+1 814-946-1655
Fax+1 814-949-7616
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Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2008 - 2009- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005 - 2008
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Lebanese University School of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2009 - 2011
CT State Medical License 2008 - 2009
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2009
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- AHA Hall of Fame American Heart Association, 2015
- FSCAI SCIA, 2014
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Combined left atrial appendage occlusion and catheter ablation procedure for left atrial arrhythmias: A real-world, propensity-matched analysis.Stefan Preisendörfer, Muhammad T Ayub, Aakash Sheth, George Y Jabbour, Madhurmeet Singh
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2024-12-01 - 4 citationsPersistent and Recurrent Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes.Jules Mesnier, Trevor Simard, Richard G Jung, Kyle R Lehenbauer, Kerstin Piayda
JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023-11-27 - 144 citationsPredictors of Device-Related Thrombus Following Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage OcclusionTrevor Simard, Richard G. Jung, Kyle Lehenbauer, Kerstin Piayda, Radosław Pracoń
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021-07-27
Press Mentions
Coaches Save High School Football Player from Cardiac Arrest After Near-Fatal HitFebruary 1st, 2025- UPMC Altoona’s Heart-Saving Cath Lab Is a Team EffortOctober 30th, 2020
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Other Languages
- French, Arabic
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