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Peter Block, M.D.

The Emory Clinic
Professor of Internal 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 Road, 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 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 1964

Internship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1965

Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1966

Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 1970

Peter Block, M.D.

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