Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/19/2021
5:00 pm CST - 6:00 pm CST
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Join Doctors Matthew Baker and Ronald Witteles on Friday, February 19, from 5-6PM CST (3-4PM PST, 4-5PM MT, 6-7PM EST) as they share new clinical information and exciting research in cardiac sarcoidosis through the work they’re doing at Stanford’s Multidisciplinary Sarcoidosis Program, an FSR/WASOG (World Association for Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders) Center of Excellence.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/west-coast-cardiac-sarcoidosis-webinar-tickets-138500674245
Matthew Baker, MD, MS is the Clinical Chief in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Pomona College, his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and his master’s degree in Epidemiology and Clinical Research from Stanford University. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and his Rheumatology fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Baker has established a clinical research program that is focused on clinical trials and bench-to-bedside translational research. He has designed and led investigator-initiated studies with a focus on sarcoidosis, Sjogren’s syndrome, and IgG4-related disease. He is a founder and Co-Director of the Stanford Multidisciplinary Sarcoidosis Program and collaborates with other team members to advance sarcoidosis clinical care and research.
Ronald Witteles, MD is Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Co-Directs the Stanford Multidisciplinary Sarcoidosis Program. Dr. Witteles earned his B.A. from Northwestern University, followed by his M.D. from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He then came to Stanford for the duration of his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology. For over a decade, he has served as Program Director for the Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency Training Program – the largest graduate medical education program at Stanford University. He founded and Co-Directs the Stanford Amyloid Center, the largest center of excellence for amyloidosis in the Western United States, and he serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: CardioOncology. He has a longstanding interest and expertise in cardiac sarcoidosis, and has a particular focus on the use of nuclear imaging to guide therapy in the disease.