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Peter Block, M.D.

The Emory Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Specialties:
Cardiology (Board certified since 1973)
Internal Medicine (Board certified since 1973)

Areas of Clinical Interest:
angina
angioplasty/angiogram
arteriosclerosis & lipids
atherectomy
atherosclerosis
cardiac catheterization
cardiology-beta radiation
cardiology - general
cardiology - interventional
cardiovascular disease
electrocardiogram
Excimer laser
laser angioplasty
mitral stenosis
myocardial infarction
transient ischemic attacks
valve disease

Office(s) Locations:
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-7040

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Hospital Affiliation(s):
Emory University Hospital

Additional Spoken Language(s):
German

Year Started Practicing: 1970

Year Started Practicing at Emory: 2000

Organizational Leadership Memberships:
American College of Cardiology
American Heart Association
American Medical Association

Major or Recent Publications:

Equivalence Trials; Designed to Disappoint . Cath Cardiovasc Intervent (2001),278; vol 52.

Images in Clinical Medicine: Aneurysm of a Saphenous-Vein Bypass Graft. New England Journal of Medicine (2001),1139; vol 344(15).

Short-Term Folic Acid Supplementation Induces Variable and Paradoxical Changes in Plasma Homocystine Concentrations. Lipids (2001),1-6; vol 36, No. 1.

Education:
Medical School
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Peter Block, M.D.

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