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FRANK W. SMART, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Section of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
LSUHealthScienceCenter
1542 Tulane Av. Box T4M2
New Orleans, LA. 70112
504-568-5722
CURRICULUM VITAE
Board Certification
Flex Examination - Pass, May 1985
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine,
September, 1988
Diplomate, Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease,
November, 1991, Renewed August 2001, valid through December 2011
Board Certified in Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory
Support November 2010, valid through December 2020
Licensure
State of Louisiana
State of New Jersey
Education
TulaneUniversity New Orleans, LA08/1974 – 07/1975
Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, BS (Zoology) 08/1975–08/1978
LouisianaStateUniversitySchool of Medicine in New Orleans08/1981 –05/1985
Postgraduate Training
Internship and Residency, OchsnerFoundationHospital,
New Orleans, Louisiana07/1985 –06/1988 Cardiology Fellowship, BaylorCollege of Medicine,
Houston, Texas07/1988 – 06/1991
Academic Appointment
Professor of Medicine
LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans07/01/2011-present
Associate Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y., New York02/2007- 05/2011
Associate Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas06/2005 – 05/2006
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas02/2003 – 06/2005
Professor of Medicine
TulaneUniversitySchool of Medicine01/1997 – 02/2003
Associate Professor of Medicine
LouisianaStateUniversitySchool of Medicine,
New Orleans, Louisiana12/1992– 06/2004
Experience
Professor and Chief Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, LSUSchool of Medicine 07/2011-Present
LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans is the main medical campus for the LSU system in Louisiana. The Section of Cardiology encompasses the private and public hospitals and clinical practices at The LSU Interim Public Hospital, (formerly Charity Hospital of New Orleans), Touro Infirmary, OchsnerBaptistMedicalCenter and OchsnerKennerMedicalCenter. In addition Section activities also involve Baton Rouge, LA., Lafayette, LA., Independence, LA., and Bogalusa, LA. These hospitals are part of the Louisiana Health Care Services Division. LSU Cardiology faculty are responsible for the clinical activities, clinical research, and health care quality initiatives.
The Chair is responsible for faculty recruitment and development, negotiating contracts with providers and hospital systems, clinical care oversight and quality initiatives.
In addition the Chair is responsible to the Dean of The School of Medicine and The Chancellor of the LSUHealthScienceCenter for facility planning and development as it relates to Cardiovascular Disease services.
Director of the Cardiovascular Center of Excellence of LSUHealthSciencesCenter
07/2011-Present
The Cardiovascular Center of Excellence is a State developed center responsible to the Dean of the School of Medicine for the combined basic science and translational research endeavors of the LSU Health Sciences Center. Members from the departments of Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Anatomy, Pathology, and Physiology participate in the center. The Director and associate director are responsible for recruiting faculty and developing faculty and graduate students in the discipline of Cardiovascular Medicine Research.
Dorothy and Lloyd Huck Chair, Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gagnon Atlantic Health 01/2007- 04/2011
Atlantic Health is a 2 hospital system in Northern New Jersey. Morristown Memorial is a major cardiovascular hospital with over 5000 diagnostic angiograms, 2300 coronary interventions and 1100 adult open heart surgeries.The Chair is responsible for Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicinewith an annual budget of $68M and over 800 employees. Responsibilities include planning, strategy, development, and management of all aspects of cardiovascular medicine and surgery at Atlantic Health. The Chair is also involved in strategic program development, physician recruitment and development, research, operations, quality control measure, design,credentialing, financial management, and philanthropic development.
In the last 3 years the cardiovascular institute enjoyed 12% growth in patient volume while other programs in the region saw a 6% decline in volume. Contributions to indirect expensesincreased 36% despite declining reimbursement rates. The institute completed a $45M philanthropic campaign and opened a 230,000 square foot heart and vascular center.
The Chair reports to the Chief Executive Officer and President of Atlantic Health. The Chair also selects section chiefs for Invasive/Interventional Cardiology, Non-invasive Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Research, Vascular Surgery, and the Chief of Cardiology at Morristown Memorial and OverlookHospitals.
Chief of CardiologyMorristownMemorialHospital
05/2006-04/2011
The Chief of Cardiology is responsible for Quality control, Physician credentialing and oversight and instituting and implementing an OPPE quality program with all of the staff cardiologists. In addition the Chief oversees the development and implementation of order sets and protocols such as induced hypothermia and STEMI.
Medical Director of The Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program of Atlantic Health 05/2006 – 04/2011
Duties include care of patients with advanced heart failure and the administration of the heart failure and Mechanical Circulatory Assist program. Atlantic health has developed a destination therapy LVAD program using the Thoratec HeartMate I and II, in addition, a bridge to transplant VAD program using the Thoratec HMII in partnership with NewarkBethIsraelHospital was implemented. The program also adopted the Abiomed AB500 ventricle, the Impella 2.5 support catheter and the TandemHeart short term support device. During this same period research with the Cardiokinetix VPD and the Paracor Passive Ventricular support device (PEERLESS-HF) was added to the heart failure surgery program. Research in pressure sensors and sleep architecture effect on heart failure prognosis and pharmacologic therapy for advanced systolic failure has been implemented since 2006. The program has enjoyed a 40% growth rate.
Medical Advisor to Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals 03/2009-Present
Cardioxyl is a biopharmaceutical company in Durham, NC; specializing in Nitroxyl Chemistry. As Medical Advisor participated in Board discussions and planning with investors. Responsible for the identification and development of clinical sites for drug trial and serves as a medical safety monitor working with team members to assure excellent data collection and appropriate trial design for all phases of clinical trials.
Medical Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support of the St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and The Texas Heart Institute 02/2003 – 05/2006
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in HoustonTexasthe site of the first artificial heart implant in 1969 and a world leader in mechanical circulatory therapy. The Medical director’s duties includecontinued improvement and expansion of the internationally renowned heart transplant program. Solicitation and administration of clinical research related to advanced heart failure and transplant as well as device therapy for bridge to transplant and destination therapy. The director also served as head of the advanced heart failure and Heart Transplant fellowship program for cardiology fellows. All clinical and non-clinical issues related to the program fall under the purview of this position. The position also involved soliciting donors for research support and clinical leadership in the form of care pathways and guidelines. There was a commitment of 60% clinical time associated with this position.
Director of the Tulane Cardiac Transplant Program01/1997 –02/2003
Duties include the development of a large nationally prominent heart transplant program, including contract negotiations, growth and expansion of key programs, lay and physician staff development. Oversaw financialsof clinical revenues, expenditures and research expenses.
Associate Chief Section of Cardiology Tulane University School of Medicine
01/1997 –07/2001
Responsibilities include professional development of staff physicians, planning of section growth and negotiating managed care agreements; carve out contracts and administration of cardiology with the section chief.
Director of Cardiology in the Cardiovascular Center of the Medical Center of Louisiana 07/2001 – 05/2002
Combined cardiovascular services at the Medical Center of Louisiana, formerly Charity Hospital under the disposition of the Cardiology Director. Other duties include physician management and advancement, marketing and development, and quality assurance oversight. The program united nine hospitals across the state of Louisiana to provide comprehensive cardiovascular services in a state of the art fashion.
Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center, Director of Medical Transplant Services, OchsnerMedical Institutions 06/1994 –01/1997
Responsible for the administration and expansion of liver, kidney, cardiac, lung, pancreas and pediatric transplant programs. Duties include recruitment and development of physicians and ancillary medical personnel in all medical aspects of transplantation. Prepared budgets and negotiated contracts with third party payers and other funding agencies. Medical advisor of the multi organ transplant unit in the Ochsner Foundation Hospital.
Ochsner Transplant Center, Co-Section Head of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation
Ochsner Clinic, Section of Cardiology07/1991 –01/1997
Responsible for the expansion and administration of the clinical and research programs of nationally recognized cardiac transplant center. Duties include house staff teaching, basic research, administration of the medical aspects of transplantation including organ procurement, and the care of patients with end stage heart failure with and without cardiac transplantation.
Basic Research in Endothelial Function07/1990 – 06/1991
Third year of cardiology fellowship dedicated one year to basic research dealing with coronary vasoactivity, and endothelial receptor modification in response to injury in an animal model, specifically how these factors relate to transplant coronary arteriopathy.
Heart Failure/Transplantation07/1989 – 061990
Heart Transplant Fellowship, one year concentrated training in congestive heart failure and cardiopulmonary transplantation: Myocardial biopsy, Cardiac catherization, Nuclear cardiology, and, intra-aortic balloon pump and left ventricular assist devices. This was a second clinical year of Cardiology fellowship.
Helicopter Transport11/1988 –06/1990
Physician responsible for care of unstable coronary patients during transport by helicopter,ACLS Instructor.
Appointed Boards/ Consultant Roles
American Heart Association Founders Affiliate Grant Review
Cardioxyl PharmaceuticalsHeart Failure Advisor
Cystic Fibrosis FoundationData Safety and Monitoring Committee Digitoxin Trial
MedtronicHeart Failure Consultant
Oran DiagnosticsChair, Scientific Advisory Board
Patton-Boggs Attorneys at LawConsultant
New Enterprise Association (Venture Capitol)Consultant
The Heart Failure ColloquiumChair, Board
Thoratec CorporationMember, Scientific Advisory Board
WideMedMember, Scientific Advisory Board
Honors
1984Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
1985CV Mosby Award for Academic Excellence
1988Ochsner Fellows Alumni Association Outstanding Fellow
1990American College of Cardiology, Syntex Award
1990American College of Cardiology, Bristol Travel Award
1991Richard Van Reet Award, Baylor College of Medicine
1992Hust B. Hatch Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year
1992Top Doctors in New Orleans, New Orleans Magazine
2000Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
2000HCA CCMN Cardiologist of the Year
2001National Registry of Who’s Who
2002Best Doctors in America
2003Best Doctors in America
2003Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2004Best Doctors in America
2004Top Docs in Houston H Texas Magazine
2004Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2005Best Doctors in America
2005Top Docs in Houston H Texas magazine
2005Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2006Best Doctors in America
2007Best Doctors in America
2007Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2007Top Docs in NY Metro Area
2008Best Doctors in America
2008Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2009Best Doctors in America
2009Top Docs in NY Metro Area
2009 Top Docs in NJ
2009Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2009 Top Docs in Long Island
2010Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2010Top Docs in NJ
2011Americas Top Doctors Castle Connolly
2011Best Doctors in America
2011Top Docs in NY Metro Area
2011New Orleans Top Doctors
Society Memberships
Alpha Omega Alpha - Lifetime
American College of Cardiology (Fellow)
American College of Physicians (Fellow)
American Medical Association
Heart Failure Society of America
International Society for Heart or Lung Transplantation
American Society of Transplantation
American College of Physician Executives
Regional/National Committee Assignments
American Society of Transplantation
Training and Manpower Committee, 7/1999 –6/2002
Clinical Practice Committee, 7/1998 – 6/2003
Membership Committee, 7/1996 –6/1998
Thoracic Organ Committee, 7/1995 –6/1998
ASTP Primer on Transplantation, 1999
International Society for Heart or Lung Transplantation
Research Fellowship Grant Program Awards Committee, 4/1999 – 4/2001
Heart Failure Committee, 1999 - Present
Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA)
Medical Advisory Committee, 7/1991 –2/2003
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Region 3 Representative to the Thoracic Organ Transplantation Committee, 6/1999 –5/2002
Region 3 Heart Transplant Review Board, Chair, 6/1999 – 5/2002
Committee Assignments
Present
Operations Council of the LSU Health Care Network
Marketing Committee of LSU Health care Network
Peer Review Committee of LSU Interim Public Hospital
Deans Advisory Committee on LSU Health Care Practices
Chancellors Committee on Ambulatory Space Planning (Chairman)
Past
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute Executive Committee
Medical Executive Committee Morristown Memorial
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Morristown Memorial
Campaign for The Heart Foundation of Atlantic Health
St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and The Texas Heart Institute
Critical Care Committee St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 2/2003-5/2006
CPR Committee St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 2/2003-5/2006
Faculty Education Committee Baylor Cardiology Fellowship Program 2/2003-5/006
Transplant Peer Review Committee St. Luke’s Hospital (Chair) 2/2003-5/2006
Transfusion Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 7/2003-5/2006
Coronary Care Unit Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 7/2003-5/2006
Intensive Care Unit Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 7/2003-5/2006
Cardiology Peer Review Committee, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital 2/2003-5/2006
Tulane University Hospital and Clinic
Executive Strategic Planning Committee, Tulane University Hospital 01/1998–05/1999
Cardiovascular Surgery Quality Improvement Committee
Chair, 01/1998 – 01/2000
Member, 01/2000 – 01/2001
Program for Professional Values and Ethics in Medical Education, 07/1999 – 06/2001
Foundations in Medicine Review, 07/1999 – 06/2000
Tulane University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board 07/1998-12/2002
Tulane University Medical Center Representatives, Development of research funding, 07/2000 –02/2003
Clinical Research Center of New Orleans, Scientific Advisory Com, 07/2000 –02/2003
Continuing Education Advisory Committee, 07/1999 – 02/2003
Ethics Committee, 07/2001 – 02/2003
Medical Safety Committee, Chair, 07/2001 – 02/2003
Clinical Cardiovascular Management Network, 03/2000 –02/2003
Research and Nursing, Chair, 07/2002 –02/2003
Advisory Boards
Biomax – Development of optical catheter for endomyocard biopsy. 08/2000 –01/2002
Cardiodynamics – Thoracic bioimpedance development. 07/1999 – 06/2002
Abiomed – Total artificial heart development. 03/1996 – 01/1998
Applied Clinical Communication, Advanced Heart Failure Scene II, 09/2000 – 02/2003
Louisiana Heath Care Review, Inc., 05/2001 – 02/2003
Thoratec Cardiology Advisory Board 08/2006- present
WideMed Medical Advisory Board 02/2007-present
Health Care Accreditation Colloquium (Chairman Heart Failure Section)04/2008-present
Oran Diagnostics Scientific Advisory Board (Chair) 10/2009-present
Editorial Boards
Cardiology Today
Congestive Heart Failure
The Journal of Heart Failure
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Heart Transplant & LVAD Section Editor, Current Opinion in Cardiology
Manuscript Reviewer
American Journal of Cardiology
Circulation
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
American Heart Journal
Education/Teaching
Baylor College of Medicine Junior Core Lectures in Cardiology 02/2003-05/2006
Baylor College of Medicine Cardiology Core Lectures in Heart Failure, Hemodynamics, and Circulatory Support Devices. 02/2003-05/2006
New Orleans Internal Medicine Board Review Course 05/1993 –05/2003
New Orleans Cardiovascular Board Review Course 09/1995,and 09/1996
Clinical Instructor: Introduction to Clinical Medicine; Tulane University School of Medicine 07/1994, and 07/1995
Nursing Education Course on Advanced Congestive Heart Failure and Transplantation; Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA 07/1994-01/1997
Staff Lecturer, Internal Medicine Morning Report; Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Cardiology Fellow Lecture Series, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation; Mechanical Circulatory Support and Immunosuppression07/1991-01/1997
ICU Lecture Series, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation 07/1991-01/1997
Executive Program in Health Care Policy: “Understanding the New World of Health Care”, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 11/1999
CME
Presentations: 2001-Present (Earlier presentations available on request)
2 March 2001American College of Physicians, Louisiana Chapter, New Orleans, Louisiana: Treatment Strategies for the New Millennium: Congestive Heart Failure.
26 April 2001International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation 21st annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada: Clinical Heart Transplantation 1: Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
8 May 2001Community Physicians, Richmond, VA: New Advances in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
9 May 2001Henrico Doctors Hospital, Richmond, VA: New Advances in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
10 May 2001HCFA’s Quality Improvement System for Managed Care for 2001, Metairie, Louisiana: Heart Failure: Quality of Care Improvement Opportunities
21 May 2001Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina: Myoblast Transplantation
7 June 2001Family Practice 2001: A Case-Based Clinical Update, New Orleans, Louisiana: Complementary Medicine in Cardiovascular Diseases
21 August 2001East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana: Heart Failure: Quality of Care Improvement Opportunities
24 August 2001Jewish Hospital Heart & Lung Institute, Louisville, Kentucky: Heart Failure Centers in Partnership with Community Physicians
5 October 2001The Heart Failure Summit VI, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: An Overview of Heart Failure Treatment Strategies: ACE Inhibitors, ARB’s, Beta-blockers. What Do the Latest Trials Have to Say?
12 October 2001Louisiana State Nurses Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Pharmacology of Congestive Heart Failure
13 October 2001Symposium - Congestive Heart Failure Therapy: New Concepts and Novel Vasodilators, New Orleans, Louisiana: Standard Therapies for Patients with Heart Failure
3 November 2001New Cardiovascular Horizons Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana: Keeping the Patient Out of the Hospital
7 November 2001University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas: Advances in the Treatment of Acute Congestive Heart Failure
3 December 2001Area Physicians, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Advances in the Treatment of Acute Congestive Heart Failure
5 December 2001Area Physicians, New Orleans, Louisiana: Heart Failure Therapy from Stabilizing the Patient to Stabilizing the Disease
11 December 2001Area Physicians, St. Louis, Missouri: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
14 December 2001Area Physicians, Dallas, Texas: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
18 January 2002Cardiology Grand Rounds, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK: New Therapies for Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure
30 January 2002Area Physicians, Monroe, Louisiana: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
15 February 2002Northshore Regional Medical Center, Mandeville, Louisiana: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
20 February 2002Area Physicians, Greenville, South Carolina: New Treatment Options for Acute Congestive Heart Failure
26 February 2002Area Physicians, Shreveport, Louisiana: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
2 March 2002Texas Heart Institute 10th Anniversary Symposium, Houston, Texas: Racial Differences in Transplant Survival: an HLA Conundrum
6 March 2002HeartLinks Support Group, Lafayette, Louisiana: Heart Disease and Heart Failure
8 March 2002American College of Physicians/American Board of Internal Medicine, Biloxi, Mississippi: Quality in Cardiology Acute Coronary Syndrome and Heart Failure
12 March 2002Area Physicians, Mobile, Alabama: Success with Heart Failure: New Strategies to Reverse Acute Decompensation
18 March 2002Dinner Symposium at the American College of Cardiology 51st Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, Georgia: The Changing Strategies for Treating Acute Congestive Heart Failure