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Dimitri Cassimatis, MD

Dimitri    Cassimatis,  MD
Emory Clinic

Director, Coronary Care Unit, EUHM

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Emory Healthcare Network Physician
Specialties:
Cardiology (Board certified since 2005)
Critical Care Medicine
Internal Medicine
Areas of Clinical Interest:
angina
arteriosclerosis & lipids
cardiology - general
echocardiogram
hypertension
stress test
syncope
valve disease
Office(s) Locations:
Emory Heart & Vascular Center at Midtown
550 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
404 686-7878
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Hospital Affiliation(s):
Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital Midtown
About Dr. Cassimatis
Dr. Cassimatis also specializes in pericarditis.
Year Started Practicing: 2002
Year Started Practicing at Emory: 2010
Organizational Memberships:
American College of Cardiology
American Medical Association
Major or Recent Publications:

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with giant negative T-waves. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2005, Volume 80(9), page 1245.

Association of pulsus paradoxus with obesity in normal volunteers. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2006, Volume 47(9), pages 1907-1909.

Incidence and follow-up of inflammatory complications after smallpox vaccination. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004, Volume 44(1), pages 201-205.

Left ventricular myocardial injury and syncope due to pulmonary embolism in a soldier: normal coronaries and novel pathologic electrocardiogram signs. Military Medicine, 2008, Volume 173(7), pages 700-707.

Smallpox vaccination and myopericarditis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2004, Volume 43(9), pages 1503-1510.

The heartbeat of a military cardiologist. Cardiology, 2007, Volume 36(4), page 28.

Venous thromboembolism among United States soldiers deployed to southwest Asia. Thrombosis Research, 2006, Volume 117, pages 379-383.

Awards:
Graves B. Erskine Award
(for outstanding graduating fellow) Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2005

Meritorious Service Medal
United States Army, 2009
Education:
Medical School
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Internship
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Bethesda. MD

Residency
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Bethesda, MD

Fellowship
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Bethesda, MD