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Robert A. Chahine
روبير شاهين
Dr. Robert Chahine in Beit Mellat, Lebanon in 2019
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Occupation(s)Academic, Medical Researcher, Cardiologist
TitleDean of the faculty of Medical science at the Lebanese University.[9] (1996-1999) Chief Cardiologist at the VAMC in Houston[10] and the University of Miami VAMC.[11][12]
Academic background
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut

Harvard (Phd) (Postdoc)[1]

UCLA (Postdoc)[2]

Baylor College of Medicine (Postdoc)[3]

University of Miami (Postdoc)[4]
InfluencesElected Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science[5], the American Heart Association[6], the American College of Physicians[7] and the American College of Cardiology[8]

Robert A. Chahine (born 1942) is an American-Lebanese Academic,cardiologist and political activist, mostly known for his work on the delineation and treatment of coronary artery spasm, unstable angina and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy..

Early Life and Education

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Robert A. Chahine was born in Beirut, Lebanon. His father, Antoine Chahine (Arabic:انطون شاهين)[13], was a Lebanese-Colombian businessman and banker.

Chahine completed his medical doctor degree from the American University of Beirut[14] and went on to complete post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Miami[15], Harvard Medical School[16], Baylor College of Medicine[17] and UCLA[18]

Medical Career

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Chahine's contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease are mostly known for his work on the delineation and treatment of coronary artery spasm, unstable angina[19] and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy..[20][21]

He was dean of the faculty of Medical Sciences at the Lebanese University between 1996 and 1999.[22]

He has taught at the UCLA[23] School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine, where he tenured a full professorship.

He was chief of cardiology at the VAMC in Houston[24] and the University of Miami VAMC.[25][26]

Social and Political Activism

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Chahine founded the American Lebanese Foundation[27][28][29] and was its president from 2004 to 2019.

Marriage

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Chahine is married to Colombian American Ms. Martha Rodriguez.

Recognition

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He has qualified for fellowship of the American College of Cardiology[30] and the American College of Physicians, and has been elected as fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[31] and the Council on Circulation and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association.[32]

Chahine has an endowed scholarship in his name at the American University of Beirut. [14]

Notable Published Work

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  • Chahine, R: “Pitfalls in the diagnosis of amoebic liver abscess”. Lebanese Medical Journal 22:621-632, 1969.[33]
  • Chahine, R., Castellanos, A. Jr: “Myocardial toxicity produced by Despiramine overdosage”. Chest 50:566-568, 1971.[34]
  • Castellanos, A. Jr., Chahine, R., Chapunoff, E., Gomez, J., and Portillo, B: “Diagnosis of left anterior hemiblock in the presence of inferior wall myocardial infarction”. Chest 60:543-551, 1971.[35]
  • Chahine, R., Grollman, J: “Epstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve associated with persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium”. Angiology 24:216-221, 1973.[36]
  • Abbasi, A., Chahine, R., MacAlpin, R., Kattus, A: “Ultrasound in the diagnosis of primary congestive cardiomyopathy”. Chest 63:937-942, 1973.[37]
  • Chahine, R., Grollman, J: “A new technique for selective coronary arteriography”. Radiology 197:659-661, 1973.[38]
  • Cohn, P., Gorlin, R., Adams, D., Chahine, R., Vokonas, P., Herman, M: “Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventriculograms in patients with coronary artery disease”. American Journal of Cardiology 33:1-6, 1974.[39]
  • Madias, J., Chahine, R., Gorlin, R., Blacklow, D: “A comparison of transmural and non-transmural acute myocardial infarction”. Circulation 49:498-507, 1974.[40]
  • Cohen, M., Chahine, R., Klein, M., Gorlin, R: “The effect of acetyl strophanthidin on systolic time intervals in the non-failing human heart”. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 191:487-495, 1974.[41]
  • Mathur, V., Guinn, G., Anastassiades, L., Chahine, R., Korompai, F., Montero, A., Luchi, R: “Surgical treatment for stable angina pectoris”. New England Journal of Medicine 292:709-713, 1975.[42]
  • Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Luchi, R: “Coronary arterial spasm in classic angina pectoris”. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1:337-342, 1975.[43]
  • Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R., McIntosh H: “The incidence and clinical implications of coronary artery spasm”[44]. Circulation 52:972-978, 1975.
  • Chahine, R., Raizner, A: “The mechanism of hypotension following angiography”. Investigative Radiology 11:472-478, 1976.[45]
  • Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T: “The clinical significance of exercise induced ST segment elevation”. Circulation 54:209-213, 1976.[46]
  • Ishimori, T., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Awdeh, M., Luchi, R: “Myocardial bridges in man. Clinical correlations and accentuation by Nitroglycerin.”Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:59-65, 1977.[47]
  • Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, R: “Recurrent catheter induced coronary artery spasm”. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:187-194, 1977.[48]
  • Welton, D., Young, J., Gentry, L., Raizner, A., Alexander, J., Chahine, R., Miller, R: “Recurrent infective endocarditis: Analysis of predisposing factors and clinical features”. American Journal of Medicine 66:932-938, 1979.[49]
  • Chahine, R: “The provocation of coronary artery spasm”. (Editorial) By invitation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 6:1-5, 1980.[50]
  • Mueller, H., Chahine, R.: “Interim report of multicenter double-blind placebo controlled studies of nifedipine in chronic stable angina”. Am J Med 71:645-657, 1981.[51]
  • Zacca, N., Verani, M., Chahine, R., Miller, R.: “Effect of nifedipine on exercise-induced left ventricular dysfunction and myocardial hypoperfusion in stable angina”. American Journal of Cardiology 50:689-695, 1982.[52]
  • Chahine, R.: Coronary Artery Spasm: Historical perspective. Chapter 1 in “Coronary Artery Spasm”. pp 1-9 R. A. Chahine, Editor. Futura Publishing Co., Mount Kisco, N.Y. 1983.[53]
  • Palomo, A., Schrager, B., Chahine, R.: “Anomalous separate origin of the septal perforator coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva”. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Diagnoses 10:385-388, 1984.[54]
  • Chahine, R.: “Coronary artery spasm: The pendulum continues swinging”. Journal of American College of Cardiology 7:446-448, 1986.[55]
  • Karim, A., Chahine, R., Raizner, A.: “Dynamic coronary thrombosis: A possible cause of Prinzmetal's variant angina”. Journal of Interventional Cardiology 3:27-31, 1990.[56]
  • Chahine, R.: “Surgical versus medical therapy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Is the perspective changing?” JACC 17:643-645, 1991.[57]
  • Topaz, O., DeMarchena, E., Perin, E., Sommer, L., Mallon, S., Chahine, R.: “Anomalous coronary arteries: Angiographic findings in 80 patients”. International Journal of Cardiology 34:129-138, 1992. [58]
  • Chahine, R., Feldman, R., Weiss, R., Giles, T., Nicod, P., Raizner, A., Vanov, S.: “Randomized placebo-controlled trial of amlodipine in vasospastic angina”. Journal American College of Cardiology 21:1365-1370, 1993.[59]

Books

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  • Chahine, R.: “Coronary Artery Spasm.” Futura Publishing Co., Mount Kisco, N.Y., 1983.[60]

References

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  1. ^ "Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventriculograms in patients with coronary artery disease". The American Journal of Cardiology.
  2. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Grollman, Julius H. (1973). "Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve Associated With Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Atrium". Angiology. 24 (4): 216–221. doi:10.1177/000331977302400404. PMID 4699517. S2CID 20138662.
  3. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Raizner, Albert E.; Luchi, Robert J. (1975). "Coronary Arterial Spasm in Classic Angina Pectoris". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1 (3): 337–342. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810010314. PMID 816469.
  4. ^ Palomo, Andres R.; Schrager, Bernard R.; Chahine, Robert A. (1984). "Anomalous separate origin of the septal perforator coronary artery from the left sinus of valsalva". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 10 (4): 385–388. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810100412. PMID 6488308.
  5. ^ Borras, Catherine (26 February 1982). "AAAS meeting 1982". Science. 215 (4536): 1069–1072. doi:10.1126/science.215.4536.1069.
  6. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Raizner, A. E.; Ishimori, T. (1976). "The clinical significance of exercise-induced ST-segment elevation". Circulation. 54 (2): 209–213. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.54.2.209. PMID 939022. S2CID 10396551.
  7. ^ "List of Publications at American College of Physicians". ACP.
  8. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Giles, Thomas D.; Raizner, Albert E.; Feldman, Robert L.; Weiss, Robert J.; Vanov, Svetislav K. (March 1994). "Journal of the American College of Cardiology". American college of cardiology. 23 (3): 831–832. doi:10.1016/0735-1097(94)90784-6.
  9. ^ "Faculty of Medical Sciences". Lebanese University.
  10. ^ Chahine, R. A. (1979). "Coronary Artery Spasm: Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Myocardial Ischemia". Clinical Cardiology. 2 (3): 224–229. doi:10.1002/clc.4960020310. PMID 509801. S2CID 6275931.
  11. ^ "VA MEDICAL CENTER IN MIAMI SUSPENDS HEART TREATMENT". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 4 June 1985.
  12. ^ "Myocardial Toxicity Produced by Desipramine Overdosage". University of Miami Medical Center.
  13. ^ "Historic banks in Tripoli, Lebanon". Al Anba'.
  14. ^ a b "List of Endowed Scholarships". American University of Beirut.
  15. ^ "Two-dimensional echocardiographic appearance of pseudo-dehiscence of Hancock aortic prosthesis". scholarship.miami.edu.
  16. ^ "Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventriculograms in patients with coronary artery disease". The American Journal of Cardiology. 33 (1) (January 1974 ed.): 1–6.
  17. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Raizner, Albert E.; Luchi, Robert J. (1975). "Coronary Arterial Spasm in Classic Angina Pectoris". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1 (3): 337–342. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810010314. PMID 816469.
  18. ^ Robert A., Chahine (1973). "Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve Associated With Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Atrium". Angiology. 24 (4). UCLA: 216–221. doi:10.1177/000331977302400404. PMID 4699517. S2CID 20138662.
  19. ^ Chahine, Robert (1975). "Unstable angina The problem of definition" (PDF). British Heart Journal. 37 (12): 1246–1249. doi:10.1136/hrt.37.12.1246. PMC 482947. PMID 1225338.
  20. ^ "Publications by Robert A. Chahine at the National Library of Medicine". National Library of Medicine.
  21. ^ "List of Publication of Robert A. Chahine at the AHA". American Heart Association.
  22. ^ "Faculty of Medicine - Faculty History". Lebanese University.
  23. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Grollman, Julius H. (1973). "Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve Associated With Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Atrium". Angiology. 24 (4): 216–221. doi:10.1177/000331977302400404. PMID 4699517. S2CID 20138662.
  24. ^ Chahine, R. A. (1979). "Coronary Artery Spasm: Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Myocardial Ischemia". Clinical Cardiology. 2 (3): 224–229. doi:10.1002/clc.4960020310. PMID 509801. S2CID 6275931.
  25. ^ "VA MEDICAL CENTER IN MIAMI SUSPENDS HEART TREATMENT". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 4 June 1985.
  26. ^ "Myocardial Toxicity Produced by Desipramine Overdosage". University of Miami Medical Center.
  27. ^ "American Lebanese Foundation". American Lebanese Foundation.
  28. ^ "Liban-Syrie Une délégation de la Task Force for Lebanon reçue par Assad". l'Orient Le Jour. 16 March 2004.
  29. ^ "donna-shalala-becomes-first-lebanese-american-woman-member-of-congress". Arab American News. 9 November 2018.
  30. ^ Chahine, Robert A. (1991). "Surgical versus medical therapy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Is the perspective changing?". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17 (3): 643–645. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(10)80177-9. PMID 1993781. S2CID 44418991.
  31. ^ Borras, Catherine (1982). "AAAS Council Meeting, 1982". Science. 215 (4536): 1069–1072. Bibcode:1982Sci...215.1069B. doi:10.1126/science.215.4536.1069.
  32. ^ Spodick, D. H. (1977). "Cardiac tamponade and constriction". Circulation. 55 (6): 951–952. doi:10.1161/circ.55.6.858190. PMID 858190.
  33. ^ Eggleston, F. C.; Satija, V. K.; Verghese, M.; Handa, A. K. (1979). "Pitfalls in the surgical management of amoebic liver abscess". Tropical Doctor. 9 (4): 178–183. doi:10.1177/004947557900900421. PMID 516142. S2CID 41073970.
  34. ^ Chahine, Robert (1971). "Myocardial Toxicity Produced by Desipramine Overdosage". Chest. 59 (5): 566–568. doi:10.1378/chest.59.5.566. PMID 4952559.
  35. ^ Castellanos Jr, A.; Chahine, R. A.; Chapunoff, E.; Portillo, B.; Gomez, J. (1971). "Diagnosis of left anterior hemiblock in the presence of inferior wall myocardial infarction". Chest. 60 (6): 543–551. doi:10.1378/chest.60.6.543. PMID 5126183.
  36. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Grollman Jr, J. H. (1973). "Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve associated with persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium". Angiology. 24 (4): 216–221. doi:10.1177/000331977302400404. PMID 4699517. S2CID 20138662.
  37. ^ Abbasi, A. S.; Chahine, R. A.; Alpin, R. N.; Kattus, A. A. (1973). "Ultrasound in the diagnosis of primary congestive cardiomyopathy". Chest. 63 (6): 937–942. doi:10.1378/chest.63.6.937. PMID 4268153.
  38. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Grollman Jr, J. H. (1973). "A new technique for selective coronary arteriography". Radiology. 107 (3): 659–661. doi:10.1148/107.3.659. PMID 4702544.
  39. ^ Cohn, P. F.; Gorlin, R.; Adams, D. F.; Chahine, R. A.; Vokonas, P. S.; Herman, M. V. (1974). "Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventriculograms in patients with coronary artery disease". The American Journal of Cardiology. 33 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1016/0002-9149(74)90731-0. PMID 4808552.
  40. ^ Madias, John E.; Chahine, Robert A.; Gorlin, Richard; Blacklow, Daniel J. (1974). "A Comparison of Transmural and Nontransmural Acute Myocardial Infarction". Circulation. 49 (3): 498–507. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.49.3.498. PMID 4813184. S2CID 1868878.
  41. ^ Cohen, M. V.; Chahine, R. A.; Klein, M. D.; Corlin, R. (1974). "The effect of acetylstrophanthidin on systolic time intervals in the nonfailing human heart". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 191 (3): 487–495. PMID 4427291.
  42. ^ Mathur, Virendra S.; Guinn, Gene A.; Anastassiades, Lakis C.; Chahine, Robert A.; Korompai, Ferenc L.; Montero, Alfredo C.; Luchi, Robert J. (3 April 1975). "Surgical Treatment for Stable Angina Pectoris — Prospective Randomized Study". The New England Journal of Medicine. 292 (14): 709–713. doi:10.1056/NEJM197504032921401. PMID 1078711.
  43. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Raizner, Albert E.; Luchi, Robert J. (1975). "Coronary arterial spasm in classic angina pectoris". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1 (3): 337–342. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810010314. PMID 816469.
  44. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Raizner, A. E.; Ishimori, T.; Luchi, R. J.; McIntosh, H. D. (1975). "The incidence and clinical implications of coronary artery spasm". Circulation. 52 (6): 972–978. doi:10.1161/01.cir.52.6.972. PMID 1182961. S2CID 8817306.
  45. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Raizner, A. E. (1976). "The mechanism of hypotension following angiography". Investigative Radiology. 11 (5): 472–478. doi:10.1097/00004424-197609000-00153. PMID 977264.
  46. ^ Chahine, R. A.; Raizner, A. E.; Ishimori, T. (1976). "The clinical significance of exercise-induced ST-segment elevation". Circulation. 54 (2): 209–213. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.54.2.209. PMID 939022. S2CID 10396551.
  47. ^ Ishimori, Tetsuo; Raizner, Albert E.; Chahine, Robert A.; Awdeh, Mahir; Luchi, Robert J. (1977). "Myocardial bridges in man: Clinical correlations and angiographic accentuation with nitroglycerin". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 3 (1): 59–65. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810030107. PMID 402219.
  48. ^ Raizner, Albert E.; Ishimori, Tetsuo; Chahine, Robert A. (1977). "Recurrent catheter-induced coronary artery spasm". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 3 (2): 187–194. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810030212. PMID 872212.
  49. ^ Welton, D. E.; Young, J. B.; Gentry, W. O.; Raizner, A. E.; Alexander, J. K.; Chahine, R. A.; Miller, R. R. (1979). "Recurrent infective endocarditis: analysis of predisposing factors and clinical features". The American Journal of Medicine. 66 (6): 932–938. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(79)90447-9. PMID 453226.
  50. ^ Raizner, A. E.; Chahine, R. A.; Ishimori, T.; Verani, M. S.; Zacca, N.; Jamal, N.; Miller, R. R.; Luchi, R. J. (1980). "Provocation of Coronary Artery Spasm by the Cold Pressor Test: Hemodynamic, Arteriographic and Quantitative Angiographic Observations". Circulation. 62 (5): 925–932. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.62.5.925. PMID 7418176. S2CID 1603853.
  51. ^ Mueller, H. S.; Chahine, R. A. (1981). "Interim report of multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of nifedipine in chronic stable angina". The American Journal of Medicine. 71 (4): 645–657. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(81)90229-1. PMID 6792916.
  52. ^ Zacca, N. M.; Verani, M. S.; Chahine, R. A.; Miller, R. R. (1982). "Effect of nifedipine on exercise-induced left ventricular dysfunction and myocardial hypoperfusion in stable angina". The American Journal of Cardiology. 50 (4): 689–695. doi:10.1016/0002-9149(82)91220-6. PMID 7124628.
  53. ^ Luchi, Robert J. (1979). "Coronary Artery Spasm". Annals of Internal Medicine. 91 (3): 441–449. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-91-3-441. PMID 382940.
  54. ^ Palomo, Andres R.; Schrager, Bernard R.; Chahine, Robert A. (1984). "Anomalous separate origin of the septal perforator coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 10 (4): 385–388. doi:10.1002/ccd.1810100412. PMID 6488308.
  55. ^ Chahine, Robert A. (1986). "Coronary artery spasm: The pendulum continues swinging". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7 (2): 446–448. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(86)80521-6. PMID 3511124.
  56. ^ Karim, Amin H.; Chahine, Robert A.; Raizner, Albert E. (1990). "Dynamic Coronary Thrombosis: A Possible Cause of Prinzmetal's Variant Angina". Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 3: 27–32. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8183.1990.tb00995.x.
  57. ^ Chahine, Robert A. (1991). "Surgical versus medical therapy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Is the perspective changing?". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17 (3): 643–645. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(10)80177-9. PMID 1993781. S2CID 44418991.
  58. ^ Topaz, O.; Demarchena, E. J.; Perin, E.; Sommer, L. S.; Mallon, S. M.; Chahine, R. A. (1992). "Anomalous coronary arteries: angiographic findings in 80 patients". International Journal of Cardiology. 34 (2): 129–138. doi:10.1016/0167-5273(92)90148-v. PMID 1737663.
  59. ^ Chahine, Robert A.; Feldman, Robert L.; Giles, Thomas D.; Nicod, Pascal; Raizner, Albert E.; Weiss, Robert J.; Vanov, Svetislav K. (1993). "Randomized placebo-controlled trial of amlodipine in vasospastic angina". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 21 (6): 1365–1370. doi:10.1016/0735-1097(93)90310-W. PMID 8166777.
  60. ^ Chahine, Robert A. (1983). Coronary Artery Spasm. Futura Publishing Company. ISBN 9780879931926.
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