Professor Emeritus, Internal Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine

Cardiology

Melvin Cheitlin practices Cardiology. He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine. He over the years received 33 awards: "The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award", "Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award", "John J. Sampson Award for Distinction in Cardiology", "Cardiology Faculty Special Award", "Cardiology Faculty Special Award", "Special Recognition Award", "Awarded the title Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC)", "Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC)", "Outstanding Teacher Award", "Outstanding Teacher Award 1998-1999", "Cited among Bay Area's best physicians", "Master Award", "Bay Area's Best Physicians", "Nominee", "Excellence in Teaching Award for 1994-1995", "Gifted Teachers Award", "Nominee, for Teaching Award", "Excellence in Teaching Award for 1994-95", "Nominee, for Outstanding Lecture Series, 1994", "Nominee, for Stimulating Lecture Series and for Outstanding Lecture", "Laureate Award", "Nominee, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching", "Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award", "Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Senior Students", "Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award", "Legion of Merit Medal", "Certificate of Achievements", "Meritorious Service Medal", ""A" Prefix in Cardiology", "Commendation Medal", "Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)", "Distinguished Fellow" and "Fellow (FACP)". Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 25 publications published. The latest was: Medical technology--still an adjunct to clinical skills in making a diagnosis.

Publications

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• Medical technology--still an adjunct to clinical skills in making a diagnosis.
• Pulmonary Artery catheterization in the intensive care unit: just numbers floating by?
• Pulmonary Artery rupture from invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
• Finding asymptomatic people with a Coronary artery arising from the wrong sinus of valsalva: consequences arising from knowing the anomaly to be familial.
• Cardiovascular safety of sildenafil citrate (Viagra): an updated perspective.
• Sexual activity and cardiac risk.
• Task Force 3: valvular heart Disease.
• Asymptomatic adult patients with Aortic stenosis: should they ever have Aortic valve replacement?
• Task force 5: Expert testimony and opinions.
• Stress echocardiography in Mitral stenosis: when is it useful?
• Erectile dysfunction: the earliest sign of generalized vascular Disease?
• Sexual activity and cardiovascular Disease.
• Roundtable discussion: tadalafil study group.
• ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Asso...
• Proflies in Cardiology. Elliot Rapaport.
• Pathophysiology of valvular Aortic stenosis in the elderly.
• Cardiovascular physiology-changes with aging.
• Should the patient with Coronary artery disease use sildenafil?
• Can clinical evaluation differentiate diastolic from systolic Heart failure? If so, is it important?
• A Primary reader for the initiate to molecular cardiology (molecular cardiology for dummies).
• Treatment of High Blood Pressure in the Elderly: A Position Paper from the Society of Geriatric Cardiology.
• Integration of Geriatrics into Cardiology Fellowship Training Programs: A Joint Position Paper from the American Geriatrics Society and the Society of Geriatric Cardio...
• Risk Stratification in the Elderly Patient With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Is it Useful; Who Should Have it?
• Management of Valve Disease in the Elderly.

Schools

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• Temple University

• Walter Reed Genl Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
• Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)

Conditions Treated

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• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
• Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
• John J. Sampson Award for Distinction in Cardiology
• Cardiology Faculty Special Award
• Cardiology Faculty Special Award
• Special Recognition Award
• Awarded the title “Master of the American College of Cardiology” (MACC)
• “Master of the American College of Cardiology” (MACC)
• Outstanding Teacher Award
• Outstanding Teacher Award 1998-1999
• Cited among Bay Area's best physicians
• Master Award
• Bay Area's Best Physicians
• Nominee
• Excellence in Teaching Award for 1994-1995
• Gifted Teachers Award
• Nominee, for Teaching Award
• Excellence in Teaching Award for 1994-95
• Nominee, for Outstanding Lecture Series, 1994
• Nominee, for Stimulating Lecture Series and for Outstanding Lecture
• Laureate Award
• Nominee, Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Senior Students
• Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award
• Legion of Merit Medal
• Certificate of Achievements
• Meritorious Service Medal
• "A" Prefix in Cardiology
• Commendation Medal
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
• Distinguished Fellow
• Fellow (FACP)

Education

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• Temple University School of Medicine
• Temple University

Hospital

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• San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
• UCSF Medical Center

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