Morton Kern, MD
Professor School of Medicine
Chief of Medicine, VA Long Beach Health Care System School of Medicine
Dr. Kern is currently Chief of Medicine, Veterans Administration Long Beach Heath Care System and staff interventional Cardiologist. He is Professor of Medicine, University California, Irvine in the Division of Cardiology. He completed his undergraduate education at UCLA, medical school and medical residency at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Hospital, NY, NY and cardiology fellowship training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts. He continues to perform and teach cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary interventions to cardiovascular trainees locally, regionally, nationally and internationally at scientific meetings and symposium.
Dr. Kern is ABIM Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Kern is a past president of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, and continues to serve many national and international cardiovascular societies. He holds fellowships in the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, which bestowed the designation of Master Fellow in 2014. He is an instructor for the annual ACCF/SCAI Interventional Cardiology Board Review program and other National and International Scientific Symposia.
In addition to his research interests in coronary blood flow, intravascular physiology, intravascular ultrasound, vulnerable plaque and evaluation of cardiovascular hemodynamics, he is the clinical editor of The Cath Lab Digest, a monthly publication about cardiac catheterization. He has authored several major textbooks, one of which is the leading book on the subject, entitled “The Cardiac Catheterization Handbook” now in its 6th edition and its companion “The Interventional Cardiac Cath Handbook, 4th ed”. These books are among the most widely used textbooks both nationally and internationally to train physicians in Interventional Cardiology.
2018 Presentations
Physiology: The Language of Cardiologists
Sunday | 10:15-10:30
Session: Coronary CT Angiography, Fractional Flow Reserve, & Winds of Change
Cardiovascular Medicine Trials of Importance for the Radiologist
Sunday | 11:00-11:15
Session: Coronary CT Angiography, Fractional Flow Reserve, & Winds of Change