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Freeman, Rosario

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ROSARIO FREEMAN, MD, MS, FACC

Professor of Medicine

Director, Coronary Care Unit

Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellowships in Clinical Cardiology/ Echocardiography, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
MS, Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995-1998
MD, Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1995
BS, (cum laude), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1991

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1998

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Clinical Cardiology, Valvular Heart Disease
Echocardiography
Women and Heart Disease

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Selected Publications

Freeman RV, Otto CM "Spectrum of calcific aortic valve disease: pathogenesis, disease progression, and treatment strategies." Circulation 2005 Jun; 111; 24; 3316-26

Freeman RV, Crittenden G, Otto C "Acquired aortic stenosis." Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2004 Jan; 2; 1; 107-16

Freeman RV, Mehta RH, Al Badr W, Cooper JV, Kline-Rogers E, Eagle KA "Influence of concurrent renal dysfunction on outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes and implications of the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003 Mar; 41; 5; 718-24

Freeman RV, Otto CM "Management of asymptomatic valvular aortic stenosis." Indian heart journal 2002 Jan-Feb ; 54; 1; 31-8

Freeman RV, O'Donnell M, Share D, Meengs WL, Kline-Rogers E, Clark VL, DeFranco AC, Eagle KA, McGinnity JG, Patel K, Maxwell-Eward A, Bondie D, Moscucci M "Nephropathy requiring dialysis after percutaneous coronary intervention and the critical role of an adjusted contrast dose." The American journal of cardiology 2002 Nov; 90; 10; 1068-73