Ron Waksman, MD, FACC, is the Associate Director, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center (WHC) and professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University.
His current research interests include brachytherapy for restenosis prevention bioabsorbable/ biodegradable stents, HDL therapy, intracoronary imaging, valvular heart disease and catheter-based treatment of renal denervation. He is also the author/co-author of more than 20 book chapters and the editor/co-editor of six books in the field of cardiology. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine (Including Molecular Interventions).
Ron Waksman earned his medical degree from the Ben Gurion University in Israel and completed residencies in medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology at Hadassah University in Jerusalem, Israel. Subsequently Waksman completed his fellowship in interventional cardiology in 1994 at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA under Spencer B. King, III.
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
Israeli Board in Internal Medicine
Israeli Board in Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology (Emory)
American Board of Internal Medicine
Israel Cardiac Society
American College of Cardiology
Radiation Vascular Investigative Protocol Group
The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Board of Trustees
AHA Council on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Partial list:
Collins, S. D.; Torguson, R.; Gaglia, M. A.; Lemesle, G.; Syed, A. I.; Ben-Dor, I.; Li, Y.; Maluenda, G.; et al. (2010). "Does Black Ethnicity Influence the Development of Stent Thrombosis in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era?". Circulation. 122 (11): 1085–90. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.907998. PMID 20805432.
Gaglia Jr, Michael A.; Torguson, Rebecca; Xue, Zhenyi; Gonzalez, Manuel A.; Collins, Sara D.; Ben-Dor, Itsik; Syed, Asmir I.; Maluenda, Gabriel; Delhaye, Cedric; Hanna, Nicholas; Wakabayashi, Kohei; Kaneshige, Kimberly; Suddath, William O.; Kent, Kenneth M.; Satler, Lowell F.; Pichard, Augusto D.; Waksman, Ron (2010). "Insurance Type Influences the Use of Drug-Eluting Stents". JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3 (7): 773–9. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2010.04.011.
Tardif, J.-C.; L'allier, P. L.; Gregoire, J.; Ibrahim, R.; McFadden, G.; Kostuk, W.; Knudtson, M.; Labinaz, M.; Waksman, R.; Pepine, C. J.; MacAulay, C.; Guertin, M.-C.; Lucas, A. (2010). "A Randomized Controlled, Phase 2 Trial of the Viral Serpin Serp-1 in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention". Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3 (6): 543–8. doi:10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.953885.
Ben-Dor, I.; Pichard, A. D.; Gonzalez, M. A.; Weissman, G.; Li, Y.; Goldstein, S. A.; Okubagzi, P.; Syed, A. I.; et al. (2010). "Correlates and Causes of Death in Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Who Are Not Eligible to Participate in a Clinical Trial of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation". Circulation. 122 (11 Suppl): S37–42. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.926873. PMID 20837923.
Bonello, Laurent; Tantry, Udaya S.; Marcucci, Rossella; Blindt, Ruediger; Angiolillo, Dominick J.; Becker, Richard; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Cattaneo, Marco; et al. (2010). "Consensus and Future Directions on the Definition of High On-Treatment Platelet Reactivity to Adenosine Diphosphate". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56 (12): 919–33. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2010.04.047. PMID 20828644.
Ben-Dor, Itsik; Pichard, Augusto D.; Satler, Lowell F.; Goldstein, Steven A.; Syed, Asmir I.; Gaglia Jr, Michael A.; Weissman, Gaby; Maluenda, Gabriel; Gonzalez, Manuel A.; Wakabayashi, Kohei; Collins, Sara D.; Torguson, Rebecca; Okubagzi, Petros; Xue, Zhenyi; Kent, Kenneth M.; Lindsay, Joseph; Waksman, Ron (2010). "Complications and Outcome of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in High-Risk or Inoperable Patients". JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3 (11): 1150–6. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2010.08.014.
Waksman, Ron; Torguson, Rebecca; Kent, Kenneth M.; Pichard, Augusto D.; Suddath, William O.; Satler, Lowell F.; Martin, Brenda D.; Perlman, Timothy J.; et al. (2010). "A First-in-Man, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Autologous Delipidated High-Density Lipoprotein Plasma Infusions in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55 (24): 2727–35. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.067. PMID 20538165.
Waksman, Ron; Erbel, Raimund; Di Mario, Carlo; Bartunek, Jozef; De Bruyne, Bernard; Eberli, Franz R.; Erne, Paul; Haude, Michael; Horrigan, Mark; Ilsley, Charles; Böse, Dirk; Bonnier, Hans; Koolen, Jacques; Lüscher, Thomas F.; Weissman, Neil J. (2009). "Early- and Long-Term Intravascular Ultrasound and Angiographic Findings After Bioabsorbable Magnesium Stent Implantation in Human Coronary Arteries". JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2 (4): 312–20. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2008.09.015.
Mehran, Roxana; Lansky, Alexandra J; Witzenbichler, Bernhard; Guagliumi, Giulio; Peruga, Jan Z; Brodie, Bruce R; Dudek, Dariusz; Kornowski, Ran; Hartmann, Franz; Gersh, Bernard J; Pocock, Stuart J; Wong, S Chiu; Nikolsky, Eugenia; Gambone, Louise; Vandertie, Lynn; Parise, Helen; Dangas, George D; Stone, Gregg W (2009). "Bivalirudin in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (HORIZONS-AMI): 1-year results of a randomised controlled trial". The Lancet. 374 (9696): 1149–59. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61484-7. PMID 19717185.
Novack, Victor; Cutlip, Donald; Kleiman, Neal; Pencina, Michael; Mauri, Laura; Yen, Chen-Hsing; Berger, Peter; Goldberg, Steven; Kellett, Mirle; Waksman, Ronald; Hong, Mun; Raizner, Albert E.; Cohen, David J. (2009). "In-Hospital and 1-Year Outcomes Among Unselected Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Patients Treated with Either Sirolimus- or Paclitaxel-Eluting StentsResults from the EVENT (Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events) Registry". JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2 (8): 767–75. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2009.05.016.
Holmes, David R; Reddy, Vivek Y; Turi, Zoltan G; Doshi, Shephal K; Sievert, Horst; Buchbinder, Maurice; Mullin, Christopher M; Sick, Peter (2009). "Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage versus warfarin therapy for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomised non-inferiority trial". The Lancet. 374 (9689): 534–42. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61343-X. PMID 19683639.
Kirtane, A. J.; Gupta, A.; Iyengar, S.; Moses, J. W.; Leon, M. B.; Applegate, R.; Brodie, B.; Hannan, E.; et al. (2009). "Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents: Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials and Observational Studies". Circulation. 119 (25): 3198–206. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.826479. PMID 19528338.
Stone, Gregg W.; Lansky, Alexandra J.; Pocock, Stuart J.; Gersh, Bernard J.; Dangas, George; Wong, S. Chiu; Witzenbichler, Bernhard; Guagliumi, Giulio; et al. (2009). "Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents versus Bare-Metal Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction". New England Journal of Medicine. 360 (19): 1946–59. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0810116. PMID 19420364.
Waksman, R; McEwan, P; Moore, T; Pakala, R; Kolodgie, F; Hellinga, D; Seabron, R; Rychnovsky, S; et al. (2008). "PhotoPoint Photodynamic Therapy Promotes Stabilization of Atherosclerotic Plaques and Inhibits Plaque Progression". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 52 (12): 1024–32. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.023. PMID 18786486.
Jeremias, A.; Kleiman, N. S.; Nassif, D.; Hsieh, W.-H.; Pencina, M.; Maresh, K.; Parikh, M.; Cutlip, D. E.; et al. (2008). "Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Preprocedural Cardiac Troponin Elevation Among Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Results from the Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events Registry". Circulation. 118 (6): 632–8. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.752428. PMID 18645057.
Waksman, Ron (2007). "ACUITY-PCI: one drug does not fit all". The Lancet. 369 (9565): 881–2. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60421-8.
Kereiakes, D; Teirstein, P; Sarembock, I; Holmesjr, D; Krucoff, M; Oneill, W; Waksman, R; Williams, D; et al. (2007). "The Truth and Consequences of the COURAGE Trial". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 50 (16): 1598–603. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.07.063. PMID 17936161.
Javaid, A.; Steinberg, D. H.; Buch, A. N.; Corso, P. J.; Boyce, S. W.; Pinto Slottow, T. L.; Roy, P. K.; Hill, P.; et al. (2007). "Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Drug-Eluting Stents for Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease". Circulation. 116 (11 Suppl): I200–6. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.681148. PMID 17846304.
Erbel, Raimund; Di Mario, Carlo; Bartunek, Jozef; Bonnier, Johann; De Bruyne, Bernard; Eberli, Franz R; Erne, Paul; Haude, Michael; Heublein, Bernd; Horrigan, Mark; Ilsley, Charles; Böse, Dirk; Koolen, Jacques; Lüscher, Thomas F; Weissman, Neil; Waksman, Ron (2007). "Temporary scaffolding of coronary arteries with bioabsorbable magnesium stents: a prospective, non-randomised multicentre trial". The Lancet. 369 (9576): 1869–75. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60853-8.
"Termination of Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest". New England Journal of Medicine. 355 (21): 2257–8; author reply 2259–60. 2006. doi:10.1056/NEJMc062358.
Kuchulakanti, P. K.; Chu, WW; Torguson, R; Ohlmann, P; Rha, SW; Clavijo, LC; Kim, SW; Bui, A; et al. (2006). "Correlates and Long-Term Outcomes of Angiographically Proven Stent Thrombosis with Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents". Circulation. 113 (8): 1108–13. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.600155. PMID 16490815.
McFadden, E; Stabile, E; Regar, E; Cheneau, E; Ong, A; Kinnaird, T; Suddath, W; Weissman, N; Torguson, R; Kent, Kenneth M; Pichard, August D; Satler, Lowell F; Waksman, Ron; Serruys, Patrick W (2004). "Late thrombosis in drug-eluting coronary stents after discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy". The Lancet. 364 (9444): 1519–21. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17275-9.
