Breaking news Javed Butler MD - accepted the position: Senior VP of Baylor Scott&White Health System and President of BSW Research Institute..a great promotion for Javed even better for patients , clinical research ,family;and Milton finally has a boss!😊 google.com/search?q=javed…
Christopher O'Connor
2,463 posts
President, INOVA Heart and Vascular Institute || Professor,Duke University || Founding Editor,JACC-HF ll Past President -HFSA,Father 4 children.comments my own
Washington DC
Joined March 2015
- An opportunity to spend a moment with my daughter, Erin, before her wedding Saturday 😊
- I lost my mom tonight.Thank you God for sudden death.I recognize the pain of my friends.My mom left WWII: became governess for Dr.Sarnoff,married,3 kids,told me become cardiologist,lost husband:55,built life around family.My North Star,Thank you Mom🙏
- Friends, with my last Year-in-Review Top 10 Picks 2021. It's been a privilege to serve as JACC-HF EIC. I especially want to thank my AE's, reviewers, authors, and HF Community, who have supported this innovative journal effort the past 10 years dedicated to the patients we serve.
- In the complex world we live of continued human suffering, war, climate, politics,we take pause to welcome grandson,MasonChristopher, son of Erin and Kevin,to a world of challenges/opportunities to make better for all.🙏@DrCaliff_FDA @HeartBobH @texhern
- Dr Braunwald introduces new sub specialty diabetocardiology at Inova Heart Failure symposium
- The Duke community lost one of its greatest leaders ,Dr Joseph Greenfield,Chairman Medicine Emeritus,James B.Duke Professor. Renowned coronary blood flow physiologist,who stimulated landmark AMI research.Mentor to 1000 residents,faculty, and me . A dear friend.RIP
- Terrific coordinating center leadership publishing11 simultaneous papers from DELIVER, majority lead by young investigators. The early full disclosure of the drug overall and in subgroups should lead to better implementation. @mvaduganathan @scottdsolomon
- Top HF stories 2018: 1. Transcath MV repair:+. 2. HRRP increase mortality 3.SGLT2 inhibitors reduce HF 4.ARNI in ADHF:+ 5.Riva in HF neutral 6. ablation afib+HF:+ 7.HM3 2yr outcomes:+ 8. CCM fast track FDA panel:+ 9. Cell therapy trial stopped10.Intrarial shunt:HFpEF:+
- Happy NY! As I reflect on this complex year, I say thank you HF community for your sacrifice, contributions to patients and knowledge in 2021. Let’s look forward to a better 2022. What great work you have done in the midst of a pandemic .Thank you !
- Should all doctors ( beginning in medical school ) be trained in palliative care? heartfailure.onlinejacc.org/content/early/…
- Mentor and Mentee: Eric Peterson, Dudley visiting Professor at Inova, runs into his former fellow, Lauren Cooper, right out of cath lab; our legacy is not our papers, it’s our colleagues
- Now Tommy Christopher / the HF alphabet is: ARNI,BB,MRA,SGLT2I












