Overview
Joon Lee is a Cardiologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Heart Failure.
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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.
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.
UPMC Heart And Vascular Institute (Congestive Heart Failure Clinic)
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.
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.
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- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Experienced
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- ApoplexyDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.


