Introduction and Basics to LVAD – Dr. Anil Jotwani – June 23, 2017

By Nathan Nielsen / July 7, 2017

Clinical Pearls

Early recognition for potential LVAD candidates is key
LVAD can improve quality of life, improve survival and bridge to transplant
Blood pressure management is of the utmost importance
Understand the basic parameters and the physiologic effects

Dr. Jotwani is currently a Pulmonary Diseases/Critical Care Medicine Fellow at Tulane University Medical School. He achieved his MD at Ross University School of Medicine and did his residency at New York Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Karin Halvorson earned her medical degree from the University of Hawaii. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Subsequently she attended Brown University for her Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. While at Brown she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and earned the 2014 Fellow Teaching Award. She served as the liaison between the emergency department and the intensive care unit during her time at Brown.

Dr. Halvorson is the Medical Director of Critical Care at Tulane University Medical Center where she splits her time between the MICU and the ED. Dr. Halvorson’s research interests are on ED to ICU transitions and optimizing early critical care. She is also invested in medical education and works with Housestaff on Quality Improvement Projects for Tulane University Medical Center.

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