Dr. Dennis M. Mcnamara
Overview
Dennis M. McNamara, MD, MS, is a cardiologist and is certified in both cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the director of the Center for Heart Failure Research at UPMC and is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. McNamara joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 1994. His clinical interests include the management of myocarditis and other forms of cardiomyopathy, and he is known nationally and internationally for his expertise in the management of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Dr. McNamara has published more than 150 manuscripts and book chapters and is a member of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America. View Dr. McNamara's full list of publications from PubMed.
Dr. Mcnamara is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 101 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 50 articles and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of Heart Failure.
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Locations
200 Lothrop Street, UPMC Presbyterian 5B Cardiology, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1100, Bethel Park, PA 15102
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.
1 Clinical Trials
UPMC Heart And Vascular Institute (Congestive Heart Failure Clinic)
Gavin W. Hickey, MD, is an advanced heart failure and transplant, pulmonary hypertension cardiologist and is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplant, and echocardiography by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Hickey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Heart Transplant.
UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute - Mercy
Samir Saba, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist and is certified in cardiovascular diseases, cardiac electrophysiology, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is division chief of cardiology, co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, and a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in 1993 and completed his residency at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston in 1996 followed by a fellowship in cardiology and cardiac EP at the same hospital in 2000. Dr. Saba is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Block, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
West Virginia University Medical Corporation
George Sokos is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Sokos is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Sokos is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- CardiomyopathyDr. Mcnamara isElite. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Peripartum CardiomyopathyDr. Mcnamara isElite. Learn about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
- Distinguished
- Heart FailureDr. Mcnamara isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart TransplantDr. Mcnamara isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Transplant.
- Advanced
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)Dr. Mcnamara isAdvanced. Learn about Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
- Eisenmenger SyndromeDr. Mcnamara isAdvanced. Learn about Eisenmenger Syndrome.
- Experienced
- ApoplexyDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Mcnamara isExperienced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.