Nelson Schiller, MD, FACC

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Education

Union College, Schenectady, New York, BS, 1962
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, MD, 1966
Medical Intern, Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 1966-1967
Medical Resident, University of California at San Diego, CA, 1967-1971
USPHS Clinical Cardiology Trainee, University of California at San Francisco, CA, 1971-1973

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Professional Experience

• 1973-1975
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, UCSF
• 1973
  Founder and Director, Cardiac Noninvasive Laboratories, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF
• 1978-1997
  Co-Director and Director, Cardiac Noninvasive Laboratories, Dept. of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF
• 1975-1978
  Assistant Professor of Medicine-in-Residence, UCSF
• 1978
  Assistant Professor of Radiology-in-Residence, UCSF
• 1977-1981
  Scientific Staff, Cardiovascular Research Institute
• 1980-1986
  Associate Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF
• 1985-1997
  Founder and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic, UCSF, Ambulatory Care Center
• 1986-present
  Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF
• 1986-present
  Professor of Radiology in Residence, UCSF
• 1992-present
  Professor of Anethesia in Residence, UCSF
• 1997-1998
  Preceptor to Physcian Assistant/Nurse Practitioner students, Stanfod Unviersity School of Medicine Primary Care Association Program and the Division of Family and Community Medicine
• 1977-present
  UCSF Faculty Association Board of Directors
• 1997-2002
  Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• 2002-present
  Director of Echocardiography Research, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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Honors & Awards

• 1966
  Thesis Honors, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine
• 1981
  Honorary Member, Venezuelan Society of Cardiology, Elected May 29, 1981
• 1982
  Gustav Nylin Lecturer, Swedish Society of Medical Sciences, Stockholm
• 1/21/1983
  Commendation by UC President Saxon and by UCSF Chancellor Krevans for Development of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in "A Report to the Regents"
• 4/5/1991
  Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Thesis opponent
• 1994-1998
  The Best Doctors in America (Pacific Region)
• 1997, 1998, 1999
  The Best Doctors in San Francisco, San Francisco Focus Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner
• 1997-98
  UCSF Clinical Cardiology Fellows Award for Outstanding Teacher

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Selected Publications

1. Schiller NB, Ristow B. Doppler under Pressure: It's Time to Cease the Folly of Chasing the Peak Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 May; 26(5):479-82.
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2. Singh KJ, Cohen BE, Na B, Regan M, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Alcohol Consumption and 5-Year Change in Left Atrial Volume Among Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Results From the Heart and Soul Study. J Card Fail. 2013 Mar; 19(3):183-9.
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3. Beatty AL, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Moderate exercise for improvement in 6-minute walk test performance in stable coronary heart disease-reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Jan 28; 173(2):168-9.
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4. Cabarrus M, Yang B, Schiller N, Miller DC, Ordovas K. Iatrogenic giant coronary artery pseudoaneurysm with "daughter aneurysm" formation: serial imaging findings and natural history. J Thorac Imaging. 2012 Nov; 27(6):W185-7.
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5. Beatty AL, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Six-minute walk test as a prognostic tool in stable coronary heart disease: data from the heart and soul study. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jul 23; 172(14):1096-102.
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6. Schiller NB. Gaining respect for echocardiographic volumetric quantitation: observations on a study of the baseline echocardiography data from the STICH echocardiography core laboratory. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012 Mar; 25(3):337-40.
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7. Welles CC, Ku IA, Kwan DM, Whooley MA, Schiller NB, Turakhia MP. Left atrial function predicts heart failure hospitalization in subjects with preserved ejection fraction and coronary heart disease: longitudinal data from the Heart and Soul Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Feb 14; 59(7):673-80.
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8. Beatty AL, Zhang MH, Ku IA, Na B, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Adiponectin is associated with increased mortality and heart failure in patients with stable ischemic heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Feb; 220(2):587-92.
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9. Ristow B, Schiller NB. Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med. 2011 Oct 27; 365(17):1645-6; author reply 1648-9.
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10. Schiller NB, Ren X. Water doesn't run uphill (by itself). JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Sep; 4(9):955-7.
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11. Teerlink JR, Clarke CP, Saikali KG, Lee JH, Chen MM, Escandon RD, Elliott L, Bee R, Habibzadeh MR, Goldman JH, Schiller NB, Malik FI, Wolff AA. Dose-dependent augmentation of cardiac systolic function with the selective cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil: a first-in-man study. Lancet. 2011 Aug 20; 378(9792):667-75.
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12. Welles CC, Whooley MA, Na B, Ganz P, Schiller NB, Turakhia MP. The CHADS2 score predicts ischemic stroke in the absence of atrial fibrillation among subjects with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study. Am Heart J. 2011 Sep; 162(3):555-61.
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13. Caleshu C, Sakhuja R, Nussbaum RL, Schiller NB, Ursell PC, Eng C, De Marco T, McGlothlin D, Burchard EG, Rame JE. Furthering the link between the sarcomere and primary cardiomyopathies: restrictive cardiomyopathy associated with multiple mutations in genes previously associated with hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Sep; 155A(9):2229-35.
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14. Mishra RK, Devereux RB, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Schiller NB. Prediction of heart failure and adverse cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary artery disease using mitral E/A ratio in conjunction with e-wave deceleration time: the heart and soul study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Oct; 24(10):1134-40.
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15. Berger J, Ren X, Na B, Whooley MA, Schiller NB. Relation of concentric remodeling to adverse outcomes in patients with stable coronary artery disease (from the Heart and Soul Study). Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jun 1; 107(11):1579-84.
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16. Boyd AC, Schiller NB, Leung D, Ross DL, Thomas L. Atrial dilation and altered function are mediated by age and diastolic function but not before the eighth decade. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Mar; 4(3):234-42.
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17. Ristow B, Na B, Ali S, Whooley MA, Schiller NB. Left ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery stroke distances independently predict heart failure hospitalization and mortality: the Heart and Soul Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 May; 24(5):565-72.
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18. Sharma M, Tseng E, Schiller N, Moore P, Shunk KA. ?Closure of aortic paravalvular leak under intravascular ultrasound and intracardiac echocardiography guidance. J Invasive Cardiol. 2011 Jan; 23(1):E250-4.
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19. Zhang MH, Na B, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Association of resistin with heart failure and mortality in patients with stable coronary heart disease: data from the heart and soul study. J Card Fail. 2011 Jan; 17(1):24-30.
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20. Habibzadeh MR, Farzaneh-Far R, Sarna P, Na B, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Association of blood pressure and heart rate response during exercise with cardiovascular events in the Heart and Soul Study. J Hypertens. 2010 Nov; 28(11):2236-42.
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