Welcome Letter
Welcome to the Albany Medical Center Cardiovascular Fellowship!
Albany Medical College was founded in 1839 and since that time boasts a rich history in medical education. Our Cardiovascular Fellowship Program has been in place for over 50 years and has produced many successful academic and clinical cardiologists. I am proud to tell you that I, and many of my colleagues are graduates of this program!
We are collectively committed to the education of our fellows, house staff, and medical students. As an applicant, you have many fellowship programs to consider.
Our goal is to provide you with a superior training experience while also giving mentorship and support as needed. We recognize that during the next three years, life will throw you certain challenges, and we are here for you! I can promise that our fellows have a remarkable sense of camaraderie, which I feel only enhances the training program and allows you to have an experience that will be tremendously rewarding. Our fellows are the heart of our Division of Cardiology and their education and experience coupled with excellent patient care is our priority. We look forward to meeting you!
Sulagna "Suzie" Mookherjee, MD, FACC
Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program
About Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical Center is a 766-bed tertiary referral center serving the greater Albany area. With referrals and transfers from over a 100-mile radius, including Western New England, southern Vermont, and up to the Canadian border, there is a wide-spectrum of cardiovascular disease. The hospital boasts multiple dedicated cardiovascular telemetry floors, in addition to a large 18-bed dedicated CCU and 18-bed cardiovascular surgery ICU (CPS). Active heart failure, electrophysiology, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease, and cardiothoracic surgery programs are available at Albany Medical Center.
Albany Medical Center is the cornerstone of the Albany Med Health System, the largest and only regionally governed, not-for-profit health system in northeastern New York and western New England. We offer our communities the most medical specialties.
VA Training
The Stratton Veteran's Administration Hospital is a 156-bed acute and chronic care facility located directly across the street. It’s diverse faculty staffs the cardiology division, including interventional cardiology. Fellows spend two months of each year at the VA Hospital and experience unique advanced pathology in addition to standard cardiac pathology often seen at VA centers.
Research
A minimum of four weeks per year of dedicated research elective time is given to each fellow yearly to pursue either clinical research or quality improvement projects. All fellows are expected to complete their own research/scholarly project with attending guidance and mentorship by the end of fellowship and submit their scholarly work as both an abstract and manuscript to regional or national conferences and peer reviewed journals respectively. We have access to national AHA GWTG Heart Failure and Mission Lifeline STEMI databases.
Albany Medical Center’s Faculty in the Division of Cardiology is proud to participate in research and scholarly activity in the cardiovascular clinical sciences alongside our fellows, residents and students to learn and advance the field for improved treatments in cardiovascular care for our patients. Fellow research is critical to understanding diseases and improving therapies in cardiovascular medicine and fellows are mentored throughout their three years with our faculty to design and undertake a fellows scholarly project based on their interests. Clinical research studies led by fellows with close faculty mentorship strive to uncover answers needed and focus on the care of the patient and to seek to improve quality of life as well as the patient experience.
2024:
Daghstani, Omar, Derakhshesh, Matthew, Ghazal, Mohamad, Lyubarova, Radmila. Navigating Aspirin Allergy with Rapid Desensitization In A Patient Requiring Urgent Coronary Intervention. 150 10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4123480 Circulation; 2024/11/12.
Fordham Matthew, Ghazal Mohamad, Derakhshesh Matthew, Daghstani Omar, Nappi Anthony, Lyubarova Radmila, Belov, Dmitri. Stealing from the Heart: A Case of Angina due to Coronary-Bronchial Artery Fistula after Pulmonary Embolism. Circulation. 150. 10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4144097; November 2024.
Mohamad Ghazal, Abhinay Gajjala, Omar Daghstani, Issam Halasa, Mikhail Torosoff. Chronic Thrombo-Embolic Pulmonary Hypertension Presenting with Prominent Chest Pulsations and Parasternal Heave Due to Pulmonary Artery Dilation. CHEST, Vol. 166, Issue 4, Supplement A5731–A5732, Published in issue: October 2024.
Mustafa M, White C, Harris E, Tawfellos G, Oredegbe AA, Torosoff M. Electrocardiographic abnormalities attributable to infiltrative cardiomyopathies: review and prevalence in patients with congestive heart failure. Clin Res Cardiol. 2024 Oct 28. doi: 10.1007/s00392-024-02568-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39466445.
Mohamad Ghazal, Abhinay Gajjala, Omar Daghstani, Issam Halasa, Mikhail Torosoff. Chronic Thrombo-Embolic Pulmonary Hypertension Presenting with Prominent Chest Pulsations and Parasternal Heave Due to Pulmonary Artery Dilation. CHEST, Vol. 166, Issue 4, Supplement A5731–A5732, Published in issue: October 2024.
Tarar, N, Babar, N, Saba, S. Case of Concurrent Anomalous Right Coronary Artery and Partial Pericardial Agenesis in a Patient Presenting with Miled Exertional Dyspnea. JACC. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 4300. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(24)06290-9
Olsen, P, Schulman-Marcus, J. Management of Right Atrial Mass in Pregnancy. JACC. 2024 Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 4503. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(24)06493-3.
Oredegbe, Al-Ameen & Yoo, Jeanwoo & Miller, Kyle & Waqar, Hafiza & Tremblay, John & Kimball, Zachary & Tawfellos, George & Adelstein, Evan & Torosoff, Mikhail. (2024). Left Atrial Myopathy As Assessed On Echocardiography Is Predictive Of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 30. 172. 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.10.134.
Phillip Olsen, Joshua Schulman-Marcus. Management of Right Atrial Mass in Pregnancy. JACC, 2024 Apr, Vol. 83, Issue No. 13_Supplement, pp 4503-4503.
Matthew Fordham, Nosheen Reza, et. al. Real World Experience of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopahy. JACC, 2024 Apr, Vol. 83, Issue No. 13_Supplement, pp 561-561.
Gier C, Gilchrist I, Fordham M, Riordan L, Milchan E, Patel N, Mohedi A, Choudhury S, Kits T, Cohen R, Doughtery J, Reilly JP, Kalogeropoulos A, Rahman T, Chen O. The role of structured inpatient lipid protocols in optimizing non-statin lipid lowering therapy: a review and single-center experience. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Jan 25;11:1284562. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1284562. PMID: 38333418; PMCID: PMC10851935.
2023:
Cyr AM, Anzenberg P, Nazeer H, Torosoff M. Clinical Variables Affecting the Diagnostic Yield of Continuous Telemetry Monitoring in Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Embolic Stroke. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Nov 1;206:67-69. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.071. Epub 2023 Sep 6. PMID: 37683580.
Tawfellos, D. Gulko, G. Petrossian, J. Kenitz, C. Beegle, J. Yoo, M. Torosoff. Importance of Resting Heart Rate Assessment in Autonomic Dysfunction Evaluation in Congestive Heart Failure Patients. AHA/ASA Journals, Volume 148, Issue Suppl_1. November 2023.
Beegle, D. Gulko, J. Kenitz, G. Petrossian, M. Torosoff. Effects of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and NYHA CHF Class on Baroreceptor Function in Congestive Heart Failure. AHA/ASA Journals, Volume 148, Issue Suppl_1. November 2023.
Khan, J. Tremblay, M. Torosoff. Co-Morbidities Clustering According to Imaging Diagnostic Criteria in Cardiac Sarcoidosis. AHA/ASA Journals, Volume 148, Issue Suppl_1. November 2023.
Ropri, J. Yoo, M. El-Hajjar, A. Sah, B. Shkolnik, D. Belov. To Close or Not to Close: A Case of Multisystem Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicity and PFO. AHA/ASA Journals, Volume 148, Issue Suppl_1. November 2023.
Cleary, A. Salgado, J. Tremblay, B. Bernier. A Rare Case of Hepatic Hydrothorax Without Ascites. American College of Gastroenterology, Vancouver, BC. October 2023.
Miller, J. Yoo, M. Hamza, A. Oredegbe, H. Hareem Waqar, J. Tremblay. Effects of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction Following Implantable Cardio Defibrillator Placement. CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement, A345–A43 Published in issue: October 2023.
Kimball, J. Yoo, Al Oredegbe, K. Miller, H. Hareem Waqar, J. Tremblay. Anti-Arrhythmic and Thromboprophylactic Treatment of Acute Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement, A338. Published in issue: October 2023.
Kimball Z, Yoo J, Oredegbe A, Miller K, Waqar H, Tremblay J, Tawfellos G, Adelstein E, Torosoff M. AntiArrhythmic and Thromboprophylactic Treatment Of Acute Post-Procedural Atrial Fibrillation And Flutter In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Chest 2023, Oct 8-11. 2023, 4, A338
Oredegbe A, Kimball Z, Yoo J, Miller K, Waqar H, Tremblay J, Tawfellos G, Adelstein E, Torosoff M. Left Atrial Myopathy as Assessed on Echocardiography Is Predictive of Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. HFSA Oct 2023, JCF 2024:30 (1) p172, A124
Yoo J, Oredegbe A, Kimball Z, Miller K, Waqar H, Tremblay J, Tawfellos G, Adelstein E, Torosoff M Echocardiographic Evidence Of Diastolic Dysfunction And Post-CABG Acute And Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation And Flutter HFSA Oct 2023, JCF 2024:30 (1) p252, A312
Hareem Waqar, J. Yoo, A. Oredegbe, K. Miller, J. Tremblay, Z. Kimball. Echocardiographic Evidence of Diastolic Dysfunction and Post-CABG Acute and Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter. CHEST Vol. 164 Issue 4 Supplement, A323. Published in issue: October 2023.
Ahsan L, Zheng WQ, Kaur G, Kadakuntla A, Remaley AT, Sampson M, Feustel P, Nappi A, Mookherjee S, Lyubarova R. Association of Lipoprotein Subfractions with Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Sep 15;203:212-218. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.107. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37499601.
Ahsan L, Zheng WQ, Kaur G, Kadakuntla A, Remaley AT, Sampson M, Feustel P, Nappi A, Mookherjee S, Lyubarova R. Association of Lipoprotein Subfractions With Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Sep 15;203:212-218. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.107. Epub 2023 Jul 25. PMID: 37499601.
Oredegbe AA, Derakhshesh M, Waqar HH, Alderisio W. Migrated Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Presenting as Tricuspid Valve Mass, Right-Sided Heart Failure, and Parodoxical Emboli. Cureus. 2023 Jun 27;15(6):e41046. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41046. PMID: 37383301; PMCID: PMC10298831.
Ahsan, W.Q. Zheng, G. Kaur, A. Kadakuntla, A. Remaley, M. Sampson, P. Feustel, A. Nappi, S. Mookherjee, R. Lyubarova. Association of Lipoprotein Subfractions with Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography. American Journal of Cardiology; June 2023. https//doi.org/10.1016/jamjcard.2023.06.107.
Yoo J, Hamza M, Miller K, Oredegbe A, Waqar H, Tremblay J, Alam W, Kimball Z, White C, Harris E, Torosoff M, Adelstein E, Loka A. Outcomes of Rate VS. Rhythmn Control in ICD Recipients, with Congestive Heart Failure. Heart Rhythm Journal, May 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.03.1544. SN-1547-5271.
Harris Erin, White Casey, Oredegbe Al-Ameen, Tawfellos George, Mustafa Mohammed, Torosoff Mikhail. Electrocardiographic Features Consistent with Pulmonary Hypertension and Clinical Outcomes in Congestive Heart Failure Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Mar, 81 (8_Supplement) 449. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(23)00893-8.
Jeanwoo Yoo, Al-Ameen Oredegbe, Kyle J. Miller, Hafiza Hareem Waqar, John Tremblay, Zachary Kimball, George Tawfellos, Evan, C. Adelstein, Mikhail Torosoff. Prevalence, Clinic Determinants, and Outcomes of Recurrent Post-Procedural Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in CABG Patients. ACC.23, New Orleans, LA; March 4-6, 2023.
Wen Qian Zheng MD, Jacob Kolenda, Radmila Lyubarova MD, Joshua Schulman-Marcus MD. Apical Sparing Strain Pattern is More Prevalent Among Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. ACC.23, New Orleans, LA; March 4-6, 2023.
Harris E, Tawfellos G, Oredegbe A, Mustafa M, White C, Torosoff M Electrocardiographic Features Consistent with Pulmonary Hypertension and Clinical Outcomes in CHF Patients. ACC.23/WCC New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023. JACC 2023 Mar 81 8(s) 449.
Gulko D, Kenitz J, Petrossian G, Tawfellos G, Beegle C, Torosoff M Bedside Breathlessness and Baroreceptor Function Assessment in Congestive Heart Failure ACC.23/WCC New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023. JACC 2023 Mar 81 8(s) 587.
Leso J, Hamza M, Oglat H, Torosoff M Reduced Prevalence of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients With Rheumatological Diseases Treated With IL-1 Inhibitor. ACC.23/WCC New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023. JACC 2023 Mar 81 8(s) 389.
Tawfellos G, Oredegbe A, Mustafa M, White C, Harris E, Torosoff M Epidemiology of Electrocardiographic Features Consistent with Hemochromatosis in Congestive Heart Failure Patients. ACC.23/WCC New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023, A10284. JACC 2023 Mar 81 8(s) 444.
Cyr A, Nazeer H, Lu C, Anzenberg P, Torosoff M Clinical Variables Affecting Diagnostic Yield of Continuous Telemetry Monitoring In Detection of Atrial Fibrillation In Cryptogenic Embolic Stroke. ACC.23/WCC New Orleans, March 4-6, 2023, A9928. JACC 2023 Mar 81 8(s) 1777.
Heaney C, Knisel A, Vuthoori R, Golombeck D, Fernandez H, Lima B, Taylor J, Davidson K, Kennedy K, Nursey V, Miller E, Maybaum S. Subjective Assessment Underestimates Fraility in Patients With Heart Failure Referred for Advanced Therapies. ASAIO J. 2023 Jun 1;69(6):588-594. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001894. Epub 2023 Feb 20. PMID: 36804288.
Oweis J, Leamon A, Al-Tarbsheh AH, Goodspeed K, Khorolsky C, Feustel P, Naseer U, Albaba I, Parimi SA, Shkolnik B, Tiwari A, Chopra A, Torosoff M. Influence of right ventricular structure and function on hospital outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Heart Lung. 2023 Jan-Feb;57:19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.08.007. Epub 2022 Aug 11. PMID: 35987113; PMCID: PMC9365873.
2022:
Jeanwoo Yoo. "Prevalence, Clinic Determinants, and Outcomes of Recurrent Post-Procedural Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in CABG Patients.” New York Chapter-American College of Cardiology; December 9, 2022.
Peterson KA, Kaur G, Gianos E, Mookherjee S, Poli KA, Sidhu MS, Lyubarova R. Challenges in Optimizing Lipid Management in Women. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 Dec;36(6):1197-1220. doi: 10.1007/s10557-021-07273-0. Epub 2021 Oct 18. PMID: 34661802.
Wen Qian Zheng, Lusana Ahsan, Gurleen Kaur, Anusri Kadakuntla, Alan T. Remaley, Maureen Sampson, Paul Feustel, Anthony Nappi, Sulagna Mookherjee, Radmila Lyubarova. "Association of Lipoprotein Subfractions with Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography." Presented at New York State ACC Young Investigators Awards Competition, 12/09/2022.
Dyer Pettijohn, Ciril Khorolsky, Riju Banerjee, Neil Yager, Radmila Lyubarova. Recurrent Multivessel Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Associated With Hyperthyroidism Due To Excessive Thyroid Replacement Therapy. New York State ACC Young Investigators Awards Competition, 12/09/2022.
Azar I, Wang S, Dhillon V, Kenitz J, Lombardo D, Deano R, Mahmood S, Mamdani H, Shields AF, Philip PA, Stellini M, Schulman-Marcus J. Preferences and Attitudes of Cardiologists in Management of Patients with Cancer. Palliat Med Rep. 2022 Nov 21;3(1):279-286. doi: 10.1089/pmr.2022.0014. PMID: 36479547; PMCID: PMC9712055.
Tremblay J, Judson M, Torosoff M Contribution of Echocardiographic Abnormalities to Cardiac Sarcoidosis Diagnosis According To Past And Contemporary Diagnostic Criteria AHA Nov 5-7 2022 Chicago, IL Circulation 2022, 146 Suppl 1 A9231.
Oredegbe A, Mustafa M, Tawfellos G, White C, Harris E, Torosoff M Prevalence of ECG Criteria Suggestive of Fabry’s Disease in Heart Failure Patients. AHA Nov 5-7 2022 Chicago, IL Circulation 2022, 146 Suppl 1 A9710.
Mustafa M, Tawfellos G, White C, Harris E, Oredegbe A, Torosoff M Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Low Voltage 12-lead ECG. AHA Nov 5-7 2022 Chicago, IL Circulation 2022, 146 Suppl 1 A9814.
Papamanoli A, Muncan B, Yoo J, Psevdos G, Kalogeropoulos AP. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection-Associated Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure. J Pers Med. 2022 Oct 24;12(11):1760. doi: 10.3390/jpm12111760. PMID: 36573732; PMCID: PMC9695202.
Tremblay J, Judson M, Torosoff M Gender Differences in Cardiac Sarcoidosis Diagnosis Utilizing ECG and Imaging Criteria. CHEST October 16-19 2022 Nashville, TN CHEST 2022 162: Supplement A130.
Tremblay J, Judson M, Torosoff M Gender Disparities in The Echocardiographic Presentation of Cardiac Sarcoidosis. CHEST October 16-19 2022 Nashville, TN CHEST 2022 162; 4: Supplement A179.
Tremblay J, Judson M, Torosoff M Effects of Imaging Studies and Revised Cardiac Sarcoidosis Diagnostic Criteria on Frequency of Cardiac Sarcoidosis Diagnosis. CHEST 27-29 June 2022, Bologna, Italy
Tremblay J, Kim S, Philbin E, Beers K, Lightle A, Belov D. Late-onset Fabry disease: the cardiac sequela. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jun 9;15(6):e247917. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247917. PMID: 35680278; PMCID: PMC9185384.
Peterson K., Torosoff M. Comparison of BNP, Left Atrial Volumes and Function in Predicting Heart Failure Readmissions. American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Scientific Sessions; Seattle, WA; June 10-13, 2022.
Ehtesham M, Oweis J, Leamon A, Al-Tarbsheh A, Goodspeed K, Khorolsky C, Nasser U, Albaba I, Parimi A, Shkolnik B, Tiwari A, Chopra A, Torosoff M. Body Mass Index Is A Predictor Of Mortality And Adverse Cardiorespiratory Outcomes In Patients Hospitalized For SARS-COV-2 Infection. AHA QCOR 2022 May 2022 Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Volume 15, Issue Suppl 11 A53 2022
Kenitz, J., El Halbi I., Hagenbuch K., Elmanaseer O., Farrell M., Schwabkey Z., Shabbir M., Leso J., Gjyriqi G., Lee J. Likelihood of Physician Renewal of Chronically Prescribed Controlled Substances Based on Urine Drug Test Results, After Presenting Physicians with Their Previous Prescribing Habits. Society of General Internal Medicine; Orlando, FL; April 6-9, 2022.
Joye E, Torosoff M One Woman’s Resolve: Four Prosthetic Valves and A Paravalvular eak. ACC 2022, Apr 2-4, 2022, JACC 2022, 79:9, 3227.
Tremblay J, Judson M, Torosoff M Evolution of Diagnostic Criteria and Gender Effects On The Prevalence Of Cardiac Sarcoidosis ACC 2022, Apr 2-4 2022, JACC 2022, 79:9, 527.
Khorolsky C., Drzymalski K. Ventricular Electrical Storm Secondary to Kinking of Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Graft. ACC 71st Annual Scientific Session; Washington DC; April 2-4, 2022.
White C. Recognizing the Unrecognizable: Eosinophilic Myocarditis. American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting 2022; Washington DC; April 1-2, 2022.
White C, Torosoff M Watching The WatchmanTM ACC 2022, Apr 2-4 2022, JACC 2022, 79:9, 2882.
White C, Torosoff M Incidental Discovery and Management Of Large Vessel Arterial Thrombi-In-Situ In SarsCov-2. ACC 2022, Apr 2-4 2022, JACC 2022, 79:9, 2331.
Zheng W, Laidlaw T, Lyubarova R, et al. Malignant ventricular arrhythmia due to aspirin induced eosinophilia associated coronary artery vasospasm. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Mar, 79 (9_Supplement) 2719.
Wang SC, Kaur G, Schulman-Marcus J, Purga S, Mookherjee S, Miller C, Sidhu MS, Rosenson RS. Implementation of Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Persons Living with HIV. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 Feb;36(1):173-186. doi: 10.1007/s10557-020-07085-8. Epub 2020 Sep 26. PMID: 32979175.
Joseph T. Doyle, MD, Endowed Prize in Cardiology
Dr. Joseph T. Doyle graduated from Harvard College (1935) and Harvard Medical School (1943). He completed his internship at Boston City Hospital and then entered the United States Army Medical Corps. Following the war, he returned to Boston to complete his training in medicine, serving as chief resident at Boston City Hospital from 1948-1949. He completed his postgraduate training as the Whitehead fellow in physiology from 1949-1950 at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He later had teaching appointments at Emory and Duke University. Dr. Doyle was recruited to Albany in 1952 to create and direct the Cardiovascular Health Center (CHC). The CHC was one of the pivotal cardiovascular epidemiology projects that led to much of our current understanding of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Doyle was the dean of Albany's cardiology community, having served on the Albany Medical College faculty since 1952 and achieving the rank of full professor in 1961. From 1960 through 1984, he served as head of the division of cardiology for the college and Albany Medical Center.
Dr. Doyle served as president of the Medical Society of Albany County, as president of the Heart Association of Eastern New York, as a member of the cardiac advisory committee of the New York State Health Department and the committees on cardiovascular disease and medical school relationships for the Medical Society of the State of New York. He served as the committee chair of the committee on conduct of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct. He was a former governor of Upstate New York for the American College of Cardiology.
He served as chair of the American Heart Association's council on epidemiology and as a member of the committee on smoking. He was a consultant to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Dr. Doyle was the author of over 130 publications, many of the products of his research as the director of the CHC. His landmark articles in the New Eng1and Journal of Medicine in 1962 and in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1964 first alerted the world to the association between cigarette smoking and coronary heart disease. His publications using the combined data from the CHC and Framingham Heart studies resulted in our knowledge of the risk factors associated with sudden cardiac death, of the risk associated with a low HDL level, and of the perceived health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on raising HDL levels. For 55 years, Dr. Doyle was a tireless servant to the people of the Capital Region, the State of New York, the nation, and, through his landmark research, the world.
Theodore L. Biddle, MD, Endowed Prize in Cardiology
Dr. Theodore L. Biddle was born in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., and Temple Medical School in Philadelphia. Following graduation from medical school, he completed an internship at Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, Pa. He was then commissioned in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant and served as a medical officer in Vietnam and Japan. After military service, he completed three years of residency training in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, and a two-year fellowship in cardiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y. where he continued on as a member of the faculty in the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Coronary Care Unit. He left Rochester in 1984 to accept appointments at Albany Medical Center and the Albany College of Medicine as professor of medicine and head of the Division of Cardiology succeeding Dr. Joseph T. Doyle.
Under Dr. Biddle’s leadership, the cardiology fellowships of the Albany Veteran’s Hospital and Albany Medical Center were combined. He was instrumental in expanding the full-time faculty and the clinical capabilities of the division in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and non-invasive testing. Dr. Biddle will be most remembered for his devotion to detailed physical examination and bedside teaching and especially for his caring, humanistic and sensitive approach to medicine and patient advocacy. Dr. Biddle retired in 2002 and was awarded the distinguished faculty title of Emeritus Professor of Medicine prior to his untimely death in 2003.
2022 Award Recipient
Theodore L. Biddle, MD, Endowed Prize in Cardiology: Casey White, MD
Joseph T. Doyle, MD, Endowed Prize in Cardiology: Casey White, MD
