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Robert Biederman, MD

Dr
Allegheny General Hospital



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME
Robert W.W. Biederman, FACC, FAHA POSITION TITLE
Professor of Medicine
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE
(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
The Citadel / Baptist College at Charleston, SC. BS.C (Hons) 1985 Biology
Medical University of South Carolina, SC M.D. 1989 Medicine

B. Professional Statement
As one of the few NIH (UAB) trained Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) imaging specialist, Director of the CMR facility at AGH, Director of a CMR Core Laboratory that has served several major international trials, and a physician who routinely performs and reads echocardiography examinations, I have developed a clinical and research insight into the utility of advanced imaging as applied towards the solution of a number of vexing problems. Via such application, CMR has been utilized by our lab to answer important physiologic questions regarding aortic stenosis (AHA), the NHLBI sponsored STICH Trial of heart failure; the largest NHLBI initiative to date, the LIFE trial evaluating hypertensive heart disease and the NHLBI-WISE trial. Working with Dr. Mark Doyle for almost 15 years, we have sought to apply rarified uses of imaging technologies, including CMR for ever expanding clinical indications. Imaging has afforded opportunities to consider applying alternative strategies to minimize certain inefficiencies and inexactudes in treating the patient. I have considerations applied in a manner seeking to redefine the clinical pathway; aiming to craft a more robust and dynamic decision making which will be more responsive and flexible to benefit the patient.

A. Positions and Honors.
Positions and Employment
Year Rank/Title Institution
2001-present Director, Cardiovascular MRI Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA/
Drexel University School of Medicine, PA
2010-present Adjunct Associate Professor Dept of Bioengineering, Carnegie Mellon University
2008-present Associate Professor Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA/
Drexel University School of Medicine, PA
2000-2007 Assistant Professor Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA/
Drexel University School of Medicine, PA
1999-2000 Chief Cardiology Fellow University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

Other Experience and Professional Memberships
Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Founding Member
Heart Valve Society of America Founding Member
American College of Cardiology First Alabama Affiliate Council Member
American Society of Chest Physicians Affiliate member
American Heart Association Council member in Cardiovascular Radiology
American College of Cardiology Fellow
American Medical Association Member

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