MassoudAnsariLeesarMD
Cardiology • Birmingham, ALInterventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology
Professor, Medicine, U of AL Sch of Med
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Office
2000 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 205-934-9999Fax+1 513-475-7327
Summary
- Baker-Dean Endowed Professor in Interventional Cardiology
Education & Training
University of Louisville School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1992 - 1994
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1990 - 1992
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1989 - 1990
Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1989
Mashhad University of Medical SciencesClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
CO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2012 - 2024
OH State Medical License 2006 - 2015
KY State Medical License 1992 - 2011
CT State Medical License 1988 - 1989- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Measurements to Assess Severity of Epicardial Stenoses Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
- ABSORB III Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
- Ticagrelor and Eptifibatide Bolus-Only Versus Ticagrelor and Eptifibatide Bolus Plus Abbreviated Infusion Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 716 citationsAngiographic Versus Functional Severity of Coronary Artery Stenoses in the FAME Study: Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography in Multivessel EvaluationPim A.L. Tonino, William F. Fearon, Bernard De Bruyne, Keith G. Oldroyd, Massoud A. Leesar
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2010-06-22 - 93 citationsSCAI Expert consensus statement: Evaluation, management, and special considerations of cardio-oncology patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (endorsed by ...Cezar Iliescu, Cindy L. Grines, Joerg Herrmann, Eric H. Yang, Mehmet Cilingiroglu
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016-04-01 - 195 citationsVascular Toxicities of Cancer Therapies: The Old and the New--An Evolving Avenue.Joerg Herrmann, Eric H. Yang, Cezar Iliescu, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Konstantinos Charitakis
Circulation. 2016-03-29
Press Mentions
UAB First in Alabama to Implement New FDA-Approved PFO OccluderFebruary 8th, 2017
Structural Heart Program Continues to Build Upon Minimally Invasive TechniquesOctober 28th, 2015
Breakthrough MitraClip Procedure Repairs One Heart Structurally, Another EmotionallyJuly 10th, 2014- Join now to see all
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