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FLORENCE H. SHEEHAN, MD

Research Professor of Medicine

Director, Cardiovascular Research and Training

University of Washington Medical Center

1959 N.E. Pacific Street

Box 356422

Seattle, WA 98195-6422

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Cardiology Research Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1982
Clinical Associate, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 1980
Internship and Residency, Medical College of Virginia Richmond, VA, 1977
MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL, 1975
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1971

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1978

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Cardiac Imaging and Image Analysis for Patient Care
Clinical Trials

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Patents: 7

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Simulation for training and assessment
The right ventricle

Selected Publications

Skinner A, Sheehan FH, Freeman R. Quantitative feedback facilitates acquisition of skills in focused cardiac ultrasound. Sim Hlthcare 2016;(in press).

Chen SSM, Dimopoulos K, Sheehan FH, Gatzoulis MA, Kilner PJ. Physiologic determinants of exercise capacity in patients with different types of right-sided regurgitant lesions: Ebstein's malformation versus repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Intl J Cardiol 2016;(in press).

Goleski PJ, Sheehan FH, Chen SSM, Kilner PJ, Gatzoulis MA. The shape and function of the left ventricle in Ebstein's anomaly. Int J Cardiol 2014; 171: 404-412.

Morcos M, Sheehan FH. Regional right ventricular wall motion in Tetralogy of Fallot: A three dimensional analysis. Intl J Cardiovasc Imag 2013; 29:1051-1058.

SheehanFH,Otto CM, Freeman RV. Echo simulator with novel training andcompetencytesting tools. Stud Health Technol Inform 2013;184:397-403.

Lee CM, Sheehan FH, Bouzas B, Chen SSM, Gatzoulis MA, Kilner PJ. The shape and function of the right ventricle in Ebstein's anomaly. Int J Cardiol 2013;167:704-710.

SheehanFH, Kilner PJ, Sahn DJ et al.Accuracy of knowledge based reconstruction for measurementof right ventricularvolume and function in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. AmJ Cardiol2010;105:993-999.

Sheehan FH, Ricci MA, Murtagh C, Clark H, Bolson EL. Expert visual guidance of ultrasound for telemedicine. J Telemed Telecare (PMCID PMC3016155) 2010;16:77-82

Sheehan FH, Bolson EL, Dodge HT, Mathey DG, Schofer J, Woo HW. Advantages and applications of the centerline method for characterizing regional ventricular function. Circulation 1986;74:293-305

Sheehan FH, Mathey DG, Schofer J, Dodge HT, Bolson EL. Factors determining recovery of left ventricular function following thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1985;71:1121-1128.