Sean P. Pinney
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Sean Patrick Pinney, M.D. is an American
cardiologist and the current Director of both the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
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He is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
, the author of over 20 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and of multiple book chapters. He lectures frequently on the topic of cardiovascular disease
.
, Missouri
, graduating from St. Louis Priory School in 1986; he received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University
in 1990 and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine
in 1994. He completed a residency at Deaconess Hospital
, in Boston
, Massachusetts
and was Chief Resident in Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center until 1998. He was subsequently a fellow in Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplants and Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
His practice has a primary focus on the understanding and treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a condition affecting about half of all transplant
recipients by their fifth year.
Pinney is a reviewer for the medical journals The Medical Letter
, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, Transplantation and Transplant Immunology.
United States
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cardiologist and the current Director of both the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program and the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City
New York City
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He is an Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
, the author of over 20 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and of multiple book chapters. He lectures frequently on the topic of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
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Biography
Pinney was born in St. LouisSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Missouri
Missouri
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, graduating from St. Louis Priory School in 1986; he received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in 1990 and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine, a medical school opened in 1851, is one of Georgetown University's five graduate schools. It is located on Reservoir Road in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, adjacent to the University's main campus...
in 1994. He completed a residency at Deaconess Hospital
Deaconess Hospital
Deaconess Hospital is a hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that is affiliated with Triad Hospitals. Until April 2005, Deaconess was the only independent hospital operating in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The hospital had been affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.-External links:**...
, in Boston
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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and was Chief Resident in Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center until 1998. He was subsequently a fellow in Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplants and Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York.
His practice has a primary focus on the understanding and treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, a condition affecting about half of all transplant
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
recipients by their fifth year.
Pinney is a reviewer for the medical journals The Medical Letter
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is a scientific journal providing evaluations of drugs...
, Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine
The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal that has been published continually since 1934 by the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, later by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine....
, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, Transplantation and Transplant Immunology.
Awards and honors
- 2005 – Best Medical Grand Rounds 2004-05, Mount Sinai Medical Center
- 2000 – Young Investigator Award, New York Cardiological Society/New York Chapter American College of CardiologyAmerican College of CardiologyThe American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy...
- 2000 – Cardiology Fellowship Research Award, Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
- 1998 – Ivy DeFriez Award, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- 1995 – James L. Tullis, M.D. Book Award, Deaconess Hospital
- 1994 – Pharmacology Research Award, Georgetown University
Memberships
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
- American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationThe American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
- American Society of TransplantationAmerican Society of TransplantationThe American Society of Transplantation is an international organization of over 2,700 transplant professionals dedicated to advancing the field of transplantation through the promotion of research, education, advocacy, and organ donation to improve patient care.The AST was founded in 1982 with...
- Heart Failure Society of America
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association
- 1996-1998, American College of PhysiciansAmerican College of PhysiciansThe American College of Physicians is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine —physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection, and treatment of illnesses in adults. With 130,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in...
- 1995-1998, Massachusetts Medical SocietyMassachusetts Medical SocietyThe Massachusetts Medical Society is the oldest continuously-operating state medical society in the United States. Incorporated on November 1, 1781, by an act of the Massachusetts General Court, the MMS is a non-profit organization that consists of approximately 22,000 physicians, medical students...
- 1992-1998, American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationThe American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
Publications
- Nagarsheth NP, Pinney S, Bassily-Marcus A, Anyanwu A, Friedman L, Beilin Y. Successful placement of a right ventricular assist device for treatment of a presumed amniotic fluid embolism. Anesth Analg 2008; 107:962-4. PMID 18713914
- Filsoufi F, Rahmanian PB, Castillo JG, Pinney S, Broumand SR, Adams DHDavid H. AdamsDavid H. Adams is an American cardiac surgeon and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center....
. Incidence, treatment strategies and outcome of deep sternal wound infection after orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007; 26:1084-90. PMID 18022072
- Mancini DM, Pinney S, Burkhoff D, LaManca J, Itescu S, Burke E, Edwards N, Oz M, Marks AR. Use of rapamycin slows progression of cardiac transplantation vasculopathy. Circulation 2003; 108:48-53.
- Pinney SP, Chen HJ, Liang D, Wang X, Schwartz A, Rabbani LE. Minocycline inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and neointima formation after arterial injury. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2003; 42:469-476. PMID 14508231
- Lamour JM, Hsu DT, Quaegebeur JM, Pinney SP, Mital SR, Mosca RS, Chen JM, Addonizio LJ. Heart transplantation to a physiologic single lung in patients with congenital heart disease. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004; 23:948-953. PMID 15312824
- Chen JM, Davies RR, Mital SR, Mercando ML, Addonizio LJ, Pinney SP, Hsu DT, Lamour JM, Mosca RS, Quaegebeur JM. Trends and outcomes in transplantation for complex congenital heart disease 1984-2004. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 78:1352-1361. PMID 15464499
- Pinney SP, Cheema FH, Hammond K, Chen JM, Edwards NM, Mancini D. Acceptable recipient outcomes with the use of hearts from donors with hepatitis-B core antibodies. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:34-37. PMID 15653376
- Woollett IF, Pinney S, Magnano AR. Balloon dilatation of coronary sinus spasm during placement of a biventricular pacing lead. Circulation 2005; 111:e304-5.
- McKay M, Pinney S, Gorwara S, Burke EM, Sciacca RR, Apfelbaum M, Mancini D, Itescu S, Rabbani LE. Anti-HLA antibodies are associated with restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention for cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Transplantation 2005: 79:1581-1587.
- Chen JM, Russo MJ, Hammond KM, Mancini DM, Kherani AR, Fal JM, Mazzeo PA, Pinney SP, Edwards NM, Naka Y. Alternate waiting list strategies for heart transplantation maximize donor organ utilization. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 80:224-228. PMID 15975371
- Salzberg SP, Filsoufi F, Anyanwu A, von Harbou K, Gass A, Pinney SP, Carpentier A, Adams DHDavid H. AdamsDavid H. Adams is an American cardiac surgeon and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center....
. High-risk mitral valve surgery: perioperative hemodynamic optimization with nesiritide (BNP). Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 80:502-506. PMID 16039193
- Xydas S, Rosen RS, Pinney S, Hickey KT, Wasserman H, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Oz MC, Bergmann SR, Maybaum S. Reduced myocardial blood flow during left ventricular assist device support: a possible cause of premature bypass graft closure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2005; 24:1976-1979. PMID 16297808
- Lubitz SA, Baran DA, Alwarshetty MM, Pinney S, Kaplan S, Chan M, Courtney MC, Lansman SL, Spielvogel D, Gass AL. Long-term results of tacrolimus monotherapy in cardiac transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006; 25:699-706. PMID 16730576
- Baran DA, Alwarshetty MM, Alvi S, Arroyo LH, Lubitz S, Pinney S, Gass AL, Zucker MJ. Is toxoplasmosis prophylaxis necessary in cardiac transplantation? Long-term follow-up at 2 transplant centers. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006; 25:1380-1382. PMID 17097506
- Lubitz SA, Pinney S, Wisnivesky JP, Gass A, Baran DA. Statin therapy is associated with a reduced risk of chronic renal failure after cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007; 26:264-272.
- Anyanwu AC, Fischer GW, Plotkina I, Pinney S, Adams DH. Off-pump implant of the Jarvik 2000 ventricular assist device through median sternotomy. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84:1405-1407. PMID 17889020
- Pinney SP, Wasserman HS. Anterior myocardial infarction, acute aortic dissection and anomalous coronary artery. J Interven Cardiol 2002; 15:293-296.
- Pinney SP, Daly PA. Parathyroid Cyst: an uncommon cause of a palpable neck mass and hypercalcemia. West J Med 1999; 170:118-120.
- Pinney SP, Koller BS, Franz MR, Woosley RL. Terfenadine increases the QT interval in isolated guinea pig heart. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1995; 25: 30-34.