Impact of Methamphetamine on the Heart | October 21st, 2024
Date of Presentation: October 21, 2024
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Cardiology
Keywords: #cardiac #heart #heart disease #methamphetamine #stimulants
In this presentation, Dr. Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD, describe the impact of stimulant use on the heart, reviews the most common types of cardiovascular disease associated with chronic stimulant use, and summarizes a strategy for managing patients with stimulant-related heart disease.
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Dr. Leon Ptaszek
Lead Faculty
Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is an Associate Physician on the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Leon received his degrees from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine at NYU in 2003. He completed a residency program in Internal Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2005 and then completed clinical and research fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2011. In addition, he holds two patents and is the author of over 60 original scientific publications, reviews, and book chapters and is also involved in international health outreach efforts including establishing a virtual cardiology lecture series at the King Faisal Hospital in Rwanda and at the Uganda Heart Institute.
Leon received the Franklin G. Ebaugh, Jr. Award for research and the Award for Professionalism from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2005. He received the Clinician-Scientist Award from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and was named the de Gunzburg Scholar at MGH in 2011. Leon became a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 2013 and became a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society in 2018. He also received a Pioneer Award for management of SVT from the Arrhythmia Alliance in 2021.
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Date added: October 18, 2024