George S. Abela Explained

Dr. George S. Abela is a clinician scientist, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Cardiology Division at Michigan State University.[1]

Education

Abela has a master's degree in cardiovascular pharmacology, an M.D. from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and an MBA from Michigan State University. He completed his residency and internship in medicine at Emory University and his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Florida.[2] He then worked as an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School,[3] and was a director of Interventional Research and Cardiovascular Photobiology Laboratory at Deaconess Hospital as well as co-director of the Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at Harvard Medical School. During his tenure at Michigan State University, he served in different positions including Laboratory Director, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, and Program Director for Cardiovascular Fellowship training program..[4] [5] [6] [7]

Research & career

His research interests include atherosclerosis, platelet aggregation, vascular injury, plaque rupture, imaging atherosclerotic plaque, and thrombosis. Abela's laboratory studies the role of cholesterol crystals in plaque rupture and thrombosis leading to heart attacks and strokes.[8] This led to the discovery that when cholesterol changes from a liquid to a solid crystal phase its greater volume leads to arterial wall tears; by avoiding alcohol use in tissue processing for microscopy, the role of cholesterol crystal injury became evident. He also conducted research on laser systems for the treatment of cardiovascular disease and on the rare and serious unforeseen complication of lesions during Balloon angioplasty (CBA).

Awards

Abela was the recipient of the 1998 Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award by the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.[9]

Additional awards include the Ellet Drake Lectureship Award, Mark B. Award, Distinguished Research Mentor Award and Outstanding Clinician Award. He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Royal Society of Medicine.[10] [11]

Bibliography

Patents

Some of his patents include;

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George S. Abela, MD, MBA, MSc Department of Medicine Michigan State University. medicine.chm.msu.edu. 2020-03-19.
  2. Web site: George S. Abela, MD, MBA, MSc Department of Medicine Michigan State University. medicine.chm.msu.edu. 2020-03-19.
  3. Book: Harvard. 0471361666. Abela. George S.. 2002. Wiley .
  4. Web site: Member Spotlight: George S. Abela, MD, MSc, MBA National Lipid Association Online. www.lipid.org. 2020-03-19.
  5. Web site: Map of Medical Residency and Fellowship Programs. Wilson. Andi. www.medmap.io. 2020-03-19.
  6. Web site: msu.edu. scholars.msu.edu. 2020-03-19.
  7. Web site: George S. Abela, MD, MBA, MSc Department of Medicine Michigan State University. medicine.chm.msu.edu. 2020-03-19.
  8. Abela. Oliver G.. Ahsan. Chowdhury H.. Alreefi. Fadi. Salehi. Negar. Baig. Imran. Janoudi. Abed. Abela. George S.. 2016-04-18. Plaque Rupture and Thrombosis: the Value of the Atherosclerotic Rabbit Model in Defining the Mechanism. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. en. 18. 6. 29. 10.1007/s11883-016-0587-0. 27091328. 22445734. 1534-6242.
  9. Web site: Caroline and William Mark Memorial Award. www.aslms.org. 2020-03-19.
  10. Web site: Ellet H. Drake Memorial Award. www.aslms.org. 2020-03-19.
  11. Web site: fellow.
  12. Book: Proceedings of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular intervention II : 19-20 January 1992, Los Angeles, California. 1992. SPIE (The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers). Abela, George S., Katzir, Abraham., Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers., SPIE Digital Library., Conference on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Interventions (1992 : Los Angeles, Calif.). 978-0-8194-0788-7. Bellingham, WA. 60420568.
  13. Book: Peripheral vascular disease : basic diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Abela, George S.,, Weinberg, Ruth W. (Editor),, McMullan, Erin,, Rampertab, Rakesh. 21 May 2015. 978-1-4698-7647-4. First. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 880453916.
  14. Book: Proceedings of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular intervention IV : 22-23 January 1994, Los Angeles, California. 1994. SPIE. Abela, George S., Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers., SPIE Digital Library.. 9780819414236. Bellingham, Wash., USA. 57404577.
  15. Book: Myocardial revascularization : novel percutaneous approaches. 2002. Wiley-Liss. Abela, George S.. 0-471-36166-6. New York. 47092430.
  16. Book: Aziz, Kusai S.. Diagnostic imaging of coronary artery disease. 2009. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Abela, George S.. 978-0-7817-6602-9. Philadelphia. 191807914.
  17. Laser treatment apparatus and method. 1991-10-29. US. 5061265. University of Florida. Abela. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E..
  18. Angioscopic system and method for dimensional measurement including measurement of the distance from angioscopic ends to designated planes. 1991-07-30. US. 5036463. University of Florida. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E..
  19. Cardiac ablation catheters and method. 1996-11-19. US. 5575787. Abela Laser Systems Inc.. University of Florida. Abela. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E.. Mathews. Eric D..
  20. Optical fiber catheter and method. 1997-07-29. US. 5651785. Abela Laser Systems Inc.. University of Florida. Abela. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E.. Mathews. Eric D..
  21. Mapping catheter and method. 1997-07-29. US. 5651786. Abela Laser Systems Inc.. University of Florida. Abela. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E.. Mathews. Eric D..
  22. Cardiac catheter anchoring. 1998-07-21. US. 5782824. Abela Laser Systems Inc.. University of Florida. Abela. George S.. Friedl. Stephan E.. Mathews. Eric D.. Bowden. Russell W..
  23. Abela. George S.. Leja. Monika. Janoudi. Abed. Perry. Daniel. Richard. James. Feijter-Rupp. Heather De. Vanderberg. Abby. Meza. Ilce Medina. 2019-03-18. Relationship Between Atherosclerosis and Certain Solid Cancer Tumors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. en. 73. 9 Supplement 1. 156. 10.1016/S0735-1097(19)30764-8. 0735-1097. free.
  24. Abela. George S.. Kalavakunta. Jagadeesh K.. Janoudi. Abed. Leffler. Dale. Dhar. Gaurav. Salehi. Negar. Cohn. Joel. Shah. Ibrahim. Karve. Milind. Kotaru. Veera Pavan K.. Gupta. Vishal. 2017-11-15. Frequency of Cholesterol Crystals in Culprit Coronary Artery Aspirate During Acute Myocardial Infarction and Their Relation to Inflammation and Myocardial Injury. American Journal of Cardiology. English. 120. 10. 1699–1707. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.07.075. 0002-9149. 28867129.
  25. Abela. George S.. Shamoun. Fadi. Vedre. Ameeth. Pathak. Dorothy R.. Shah. Ibrahim. Dhar. Gaurav. Leffler. Dale. 2012-01-03. The Effect of Ethanol on Cholesterol Crystals During Tissue Preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. en. 59. 1. 93; author reply 93–4. 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.065. 22192678. 3711809. 0735-1097.
  26. Abela. George S.. Vedre. Ameeth. Janoudi. Abed. Huang. Ruiping. Durga. Sridevi. Tamhane. Umesh. 2011-06-15. Effect of Statins on Cholesterol Crystallization and Atherosclerotic Plaque Stabilization. American Journal of Cardiology. English. 107. 12. 1710–1717. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.02.336. 0002-9149. 21507364.

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