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Dan Gutfinger
Dan Gutfinger, M.D., Ph.D.
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Background
University of California - Irvine (B.S. 1983)
University of California - Irvine (M.S. 1986)
University of California - Irvine (Ph.D. 1990)
University of California - Irvine (M.D. 1996)
Allegheny General Hospital - Pittsburgh (General Surgery Residency 1996-2001)
University of Arizona - Tucson (Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency 2001-2003)
Private Practice - Southern California (2003 - 2010)
Medical Device Industry - St. Jude Medical (2004 - 2016); Abbott (2017 - Present)
Other Interests
Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring
Structural Heart Disease (PFO/ASD/VSD/PDA Closure & Percutaneous Valve Interventions)
Medical Device Technology Research & Development
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting & Valve Repair/Replacement
Heart Failure Management & Mechanical Cardiac Assistance & Cardiac Transplantation
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Thoracic