
Overview
Dr. Bittencourt, MD, is the Director of Cardiac Computed Tomography at the Heart and Vascular Institute from UPMC Presbyterian and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Bittencourt is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, High Cholesterol, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 297 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Heart Bypass Surgery.
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Locations
200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian 5B Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
HVI Outpatient Cardiology Center At PUH
Catalin Toma, MD, is an interventional cardiologist and is certified in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He currently serves as director of interventional cardiology for the Heart and Vascular Institute and director of the Interventional Fellowship at UPMC. He is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi, Romania. Following a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, he completed an internal medicine residency at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at UPMC. Dr. Toma joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 2007. He currently leads the Chronic Total Occlusion Program as well as the Pulmonary Vascular Interventional Program at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He is an integral part of the Structural Heart Program with interests in the aortic and tricuspid space. Additional interests include intracoronary imaging and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Toma has had an extensive amount of publications and presentations over his career, has several invention patents, and serves as a clinical study leader at local and national levels. View Dr. Toma's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Toma is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
University Of Pittsburgh Physicians
Oscar Marroquin is a Cardiologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Marroquin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental Retardation, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.
UPMC Heart And Vascular Institute
Dustin Kliner, MD, is an interventional cardiologist and is certified in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is Co-Director of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside and serves as the director of the cardiac cath lab at UPMC Shadyside. He is a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Kliner received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, OH and completed residency as well as fellowships in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and advanced interventional cardiology at UPMC. Dr. Kliner is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Heart Bypass Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- AtherosclerosisDr. Bittencourt isElite. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Bittencourt isElite. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Distinguished
- Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH)Dr. Bittencourt isDistinguished. Learn about Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).
- High CholesterolDr. Bittencourt isDistinguished. Learn about High Cholesterol.
- Advanced
- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic SyndromeDr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.
- Carotid Artery DiseaseDr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Carotid Artery Disease.
- Defective Apolipoprotein B-100Dr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Defective Apolipoprotein B-100.
- EndocarditisDr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Endocarditis.
- HypertensionDr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Hypertension.
- Infective EndocarditisDr. Bittencourt isAdvanced. Learn about Infective Endocarditis.
- Experienced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- AnginaDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Chagas DiseaseDr. Bittencourt isExperienced. Learn about Chagas Disease.


