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Office
3300 Gallows Rd
Heart Failure/Transplant
Falls Church, VA 22042Phone+1 703-776-7231Fax+1 703-776-2797
Education & Training
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997 - 2000
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
- University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
- PA State Medical License 1995 - 2006
- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Standard-dose Versus High-dose Flu Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant. Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
- PREVENtion of HeartMate II Pump Thrombosis Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 115 citationsHepatitis C virus seropositivity in organ donors and survival in heart transplant recipients.Leanne B. Gasink, Emily A. Blumberg, A. Russell Localio, Shashank S. Desai, Ajay K. Israni
JAMA. 2006-10-18 - 296 citationsStandardized Team-Based Care for Cardiogenic ShockBehnam Tehrani, Alexander G. Truesdell, Matthew W. Sherwood, Shashank Desai, Henry A. Tran
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019-04-09 - 1098 citationsThe International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipientsMaria Rosa Costanzo, Anne I. Dipchand, Randall C. Starling, Allen S. Anderson, Michael Chan
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2010-08-01
Press Mentions
- New Regional Medical Leadership Assures Consistency of Care at InovaApril 22nd, 2023
- Inova Experiences Significant Growth in Heart TransplantsApril 14th, 2023
- Subxiphoid Hybrid Epicardial-Endocardial Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and LAA Ligation Initial Sub-X Hybrid MAZE Registry ResultsSeptember 16th, 2020
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- International Society of Heart & Lung TransplantationMember
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