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Alan T. Hirsch, MD, FACC

Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois

Practice Locations

Education

Undergraduate
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, (B.A., 1976)

Medical School
University of California, San Francisco, CA, (M.D., 1980)

Internship
Internship, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, 1980-1981;

Residency
Resident II, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, 1981-1982;

Resident III, Department of Medicine, University of California Hospitals, San Francisco, 1982-1983

Fellowship
Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Clinical Pharmacology Section, University of California, San Francisco, 1983-1984;

Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1984-1987;

Research Fellow in Medicine, Department of Physiology and Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1987-1988

Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1981;
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983;
Cardiovascular Diseases, 1987

Professional

Professional Experience
2003 - present, Cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Director, Vascular Medicine Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Medical Director, Abbott Northwestern's Vascular Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Professional Associations
Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Working Group on Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease, 1984-present;
Chair, American College of Cardiology "Vascular, Hypertension, and Prevention Spotlight Session", 2003, 2004, 2005;
Fellow, American College of Cardiology, 1988-present;
Member, American College of Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Diseases Committee, 1996-2002;
Fellow, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, 1989-present;
International Union of Angiology, Society for Vascular Medicine delegate, 1995-2000;
International Union of Angiology, Advisor of the Board, USA National Delegate, 1998-2002;
International Union of Angiology, Advisor of the Board, USA National Delegate, 2002-2004;
Board of Directors, Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories, (American College of Cardiology representative), 1995-1998;
President-Elect, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, 1995-1997;
President, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, 1997-1999;
American Heart Association, Northland Affiliate, Research Committee, 1998-2000;
The Vascular Disease Foundation, Founding Board Member and President, 1999-2003;
Peripheral Vascular Disease Committee, American College of Cardiology, 1996-2002;
Cardiac and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration, 2002-2004;
Chair, American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association Writing Committee for Peripheral Arterial Disease Management Guidelines, 2002-present

Clinical Interests
Peripheral Vascular Diseases (Arterial, Venous & Lymphatic), Vascular Lab

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