Ron Waksman

Ron Waksman is a cardiologist. He is the Associate Director, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center (WHC) and professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University.^[1]

Areas of interest

His current research interests include brachytherapy for restenosis prevention bioabsorbable/ biodegradable stents, HDL therapy, intracoronary imaging, valvular heart disease and catheter-based treatment of renal denervation. He is also the author/co-author of more than 20 book chapters and the editor/co-editor of six books in the field of cardiology. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine (Including Molecular Interventions).

Education

Ron Waksman earned his medical degree from the Ben Gurion University in Israel and completed residencies in medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology at Hadassah University in Jerusalem, Israel. Subsequently Waksman completed his fellowship in interventional cardiology in 1994 at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA under Spencer B. King, III.^{[citation needed]}

Certifications

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Israeli Board in Internal Medicine
Israeli Board in Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology (Emory)
American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional societies

Israel Cardiac Society
American College of Cardiology (Fellow of the American College of Cardiology)
Radiation Vascular Investigative Protocol Group
The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Board of Trustees
AHA Council on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

References

^ "Ron Waksman". Medstar Health. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

External links

[1] "Ron Waksman". Medstar Health. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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