Cardionerds: A Cardiology Podcast

Cardionerds (Daniel Ambinder and Carine Hamo) chat with Dr. Virginia Hahn about her work profiling HFpEF patients via endomyocardial biopsy only to find a significant proportion of patients with unsuspected cardiac amyloid. This is followed by a high yield discussion with Dr. Joban Vaishnav about ATTR cardiac amyloid treatment and management options. Flutter moment by David Ambinder (MS IV). On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, and so much more. Take me to the Amyloid Topic PageTake me to episode topics pageCardiac imaging for Amyloid – Youtube  Dr. Virginia Shalkey Hahn is a fourth-year Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. She earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she stayed for residency. She moved to Johns Hopkins for Cardiology fellowship (after a 1 year hiatus as an ICU hospitalist). During fellowship, she completed 2 years on the NIH T32 Training grant and one year as chief fellow. She feels passionate about translational heart failure research and mothering her 2 young children. Dr. Joban Vaishnav completed her undergraduate and medical school training at St. Louis University. She has since been at Johns Hopkins for residency, cardiology fellowship, and advanced heart failure fellowship. Her early research pursuits were in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. From this, and from her advanced heart failure training, she developed a strong clinical interest and research interest in early diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis. In addition to the great discussion on Cardiac Amyloid ATTR treatment, we are excited to have Dan’s brother, David, join the Cardionerds cardiology podcast to share a special flutter moment! David Ambinder is a 4th year medical student at the University of Maryland and will be starting urology residency this coming July at Westchester Medical Center. He grew up in New York and graduated from Touro College before heading to Baltimore for medical school. He enjoys spending time with his wife Samantha and 3 lovely children. Carine Hamo, MD Daniel Ambinder, MD

Amit and Dr. Zach Il’Giovine learn about multimodality imaging in amyloid from Dr. Paul Cremer at the Cleveland Clinic. On their way to Dr. Cremer’s office, they run into Dr. Eoin Donnellan and discuss some incredible fellow research related to cardiac amyloid from an electrophysiologic perspective. On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, and so much more. Take me to the Amyloid Topic Page Take me to episode topics page Cardiac imaging for Amyloid – Youtube  Dr. Paul Cremer earned a Bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Following completion of his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, he worked as a physician for two years at the Navajo IHS Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Chinle, Ariz. He then continued his postdoctoral training with a three-year fellowship in cardiovascular medicine and a subsequent two-year fellowship in advanced cardiovascular imaging, both at Cleveland Clinic. He joined the Cleveland Clinic staff in 2017. He is the director of the Cleveland Clinic CCU.  He enjoys swimming and reading fantasy books with his daughters. He joins the cardionerds cardiology podcast to shed insight on cardiac amyloid imaging. Dr. Eoin Donnellan is a 3rd year Cardiology Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic and all-around nice guy. He received his medical degree from University College Cork in Ireland before heading to the big city to continue his training at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Cleveland Clinic and will start EP Fellowship this July. Outside of the hospital he enjoys long nature walks, whispering sweet nothings, searching for the deeper meaning in little things, and watching thought-provoking and highly entertaining television programs such as This is Us and The Bachelor. Dr. Zachary Il’Giovine is a general cardiology fellow at the Cleveland Clinic. He received his medical degree from the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine before completing internal medicine training at Duke University. He has clinical interests in advanced heart failure and cardiac critical care. Outside of the hospital he loves playing soccer and spending time with his wife Clare and son Luca.

A new case of congestive heart failure due to cardiac amyloid is presented by Yuxuan Wang and discussed by Carine, Heather, Dan and Amit. Guest oncology star: Jackie Zimmerman. Flutter moment by Mark Heslin. On the CardioNerds Cardiac Amyloid Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, and so much more. Take me to the Amyloid Topic Page Take me to episode topics page Cardiac imaging for Amyloid – Youtube  Dr. Yuxuan Wang completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She then received her MD and PhD degrees through the Medicine Scientist Training Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She trained under Bert Vogelstein, focusing on the early detection of cancer. She is currently finishing the last year of residency and fast-tracking into fellowship in Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Jackie Zimmerman completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at University of Alabama School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine training and served as assistant chief resident (ACS) for the Longcope firm at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is currently a medical oncology fellow at Johns Hopkins and investigating tumor-stromal interactions in pancreatic cancer in the lab of Dr Elizabeth Jaffee. Mark Heslin is a current 3rd year medical student at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey. He completed his undergraduate studies at James Madison University with a degree in biology. Mark will be applying to internal medicine residency programs this upcoming fall with the hope of applying for a cardiology fellowship in the future. His clinical interests include clinical reasoning and the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Outside of medical school, Mark enjoys spending time on Long Beach Island with his friends and family.

Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy therapy and septal reduction therapy via alcohol septal ablation and surgical myectomy is discussed by interventional cardiologist Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy and surgical perspective from cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Per Wierup.  Amit joins Dr. Laura Young to take a pulse check with these great experts. Flutter moment by Crystal Silbak, RN. On the CardioNerds Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, infographic, youtube videos, references, guest contributors, flutter stars, and so much more. Take me to the HCM series topic page Take me to episode topics page Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy earned his medical degree at Yale University. He completed his internal medicine residency training at the Osler Program at Johns Hopkins where he remained to serve as the assistant chief of service (ACS) of the Barker Firm. His general cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships were completed at the Cleveland Clinic where he remained as staff. He is the program director of the interventional cardiology training program and the section head of the division of interventional cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Per Wierup received his graduate education and residency training at Lund University in Sweden and completed his advanced cardiac surgery training at the Cleveland Clinic. He then returned to Europe where he worked hard to become the world class surgeon he is today. He returned to the Cleveland Clinic where he continues to take incredible care of his patients.  Dr. Wierup is a talented pianist and enjoys alpine skiing and show jumping! In addition to our great discussion on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  with regards to septal reduction therapy, we are so lucky to have Crystal join the cardionerds podcast to share a flutter moment. Crystal is a cardiac nurse at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Cardionerds isa Cardiology Podcast that Brings the high-yield, guideline and evidence-based cardiology educational experience to everyone, everywhere, anytime! Learn more at www.cardionerds.com 

Dr. Edward Kasper, director of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, offers a fascinating historical perspective on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). He highlights the evolution of medical understanding of HCM since 1958, emphasizing the role of genetic research and collaboration among healthcare providers. Dr. Kasper also discusses the benefits of rinolazine for managing angina, and the importance of personalized patient care. His passion for fostering long-term patient relationships showcases the rewarding nature of practicing medicine.

Clinical and echo expert Dr. Jose Madrazo discusses a high yield and practical approach to diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Flutter moment by Dr. Saman Nematollahi (Infectious Disease). On the CardioNerds Podcast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more. Take me to the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy series topic page Take me to episode topics page Dr. Jose Madrazo is a top notch cardiologist in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. He completed his cardiology and advanced echo fellowship at the Washington University in STL School of Medicine before joining the Hopkins faculty. In addition to this practical Approach to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, we have just the cutest Cardionerds Flutter provided by Saman Nematollahi and his son! Saman grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He completed his undergrad at the University of Arizona with dual degrees in Physiology and Spanish Literature. He spent some time after undergrad working in a neuroscience lab before starting med school at the University of Arizona. He then moved to NYC where he completed residency at Columbia. His clinical interests include management of immunocompromised hosts, and his research interest is in medical education. He loves to play soccer with his wife and son. He is master educator, appeared on and has authored many important tweetorials (links on the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy series page). He has also appeared on the hit medical podcast, The Clinical Problem Solvers. 

The CardioNerds discuss a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy teaching a comprehensive approach to pathophysiology, diagnosis, imaging, and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Guest host, Dr. Fatimah Alkhunaizi. Flutter moment by Dr. Virginia Hahn (Cardiology). On the CardioNerds Podcast Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more. Take me to this series topic pageTake me to episode topics page Dr. Alkhunaizi completed her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, medical school at Columbia University and she returned to the Johns Hopkins Hospital for Internal Medicine residency. She enjoys reading and taking long cathartic runs. Dr. Virginia Shalkey Hahn is a fourth-year Cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. She earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she stayed for residency. She moved to Johns Hopkins for Cardiology fellowship (after a 1 year hiatus as an ICU hospitalist). During fellowship, she completed 2 years on the NIH T32 Training grant and one year as chief fellow. She feels passionate about translational heart failure research and mothering her 2 young children. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy series. Episode 4: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy part 2: Pulse check with Dr. Jose Madrazo​  Clinical and echo expert Dr. Jose Madrazo discusses a high yield and practical approach to diagnosis and management of HCM. Episode 5: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy part 3: Pulse check with Dr. Edward Kasper​ Dr. Edward Kasper shares a unique historical perspective on how the field evolved as Medicine learned more about HCM. He shares so many life lessons and clinical pearls that apply to HCM and the practice of medicine in general. Episode 6: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy part 4: Pulse check with Drs. Amar Krishnaswamy & Per Wierup​ Amit joins Dr. Laura Young to take a pulse check with experts, and learn more about the structural management of obstructive HCM. They discuss the interventional perspective with interventional cardiologist Dr. Amar Krishnaswamy and surgical perspective from cardiothoracic surgeon

Imaging and structural heart considerations for TAVR for the diagnosis and treatment of aortic stenosis are discussed by experts, cardiac imager, Dr. Sneha Vakamudi from the Cleveland Clinic and structural cardiologist, Dr. Rani Hasan from The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Don’t forget to check out CardioNerds episode 1 for a case of aortic stenosis teaching a comprehensive approach to aortic stenosis diagnosis, surveillance, imaging, management and followup. This episode dovetails with our discussion here on imaging and TAVR in aortic stenosis On the CardioNerds Podcast Aortic Stenosis Topic Page you will find podcast episodes, an infographic, references, guest contributors and so much more. Take me to the Aortic Stenosis Series PageTake me to the Episode Topics Page   Dr. Sneha Vakamudi is a cardiovascular imaging fellow  at the Cleveland Clinic. She earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern and completed internal medicine residency at Duke.  She went to Cleveland Clinic for general cardiology fellowship where she stayed on for advanced training in advanced imaging. During her time as a fellow, she also obtained a masters degree in clinical research at CWRU. She has an interest in multimodality cardiovascular imaging and its application in the management of structural heart disease. Dr. Rani Hasan is an interventional cardiologist at John’s Hopkins Hospital, assistant professor of medicine, and assistant program director of the interventional fellowship. Most recently, he was named the director of the Structural program at Suburban Hospital. He obtained his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University, completed residency at the University of Pennsylvania and came back to Hopkins to complete his cardiology fellowship. During his fellowship, he earned an MHS in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Carine Hamo, MD Daniel Ambinder, MD Amit Goyal, MD

Dr. Heather Kagan, an internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins with a focus on cardiology, joins the discussion on aortic stenosis. She dives into a 57-year-old woman's case, examining her dyspnea and the complex cardiac causes. The conversation highlights crucial aortic stenosis metrics from echocardiograms and the challenges of low flow, low gradient cases. They also navigate the evolving landscape of aortic valve replacement options and discuss comprehensive management strategies, balancing humor with serious insights into patient care.

Amit Goyal, Daniel Ambinder, and Clinical Problem Solver host Reza Manesh introduce The CardioNerds podcast and the CardioNerd mission. The CardioNerds is a Cardiology Podcast that Brings the high-yield, guideline and evidence-based cardiology educational experience to everyone, everywhere, anytime! Take me to episodes by topic Learn more about the CardioNerds