Ron Waksman

Ron Waksman, MD, FACC, FESC, MSCAI, is a distinguished Professor of Cardiology at Georgetown University, Associate Director of Cardiology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and Director of Cardiovascular Research and Advanced Education at MedSar Health. A globally recognized interventional cardiologist, he has been Principal Investigator for over 230 clinical studies.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Cardiovascular, Revascularization Medicine, and is founder and chair of the Cardiovascular Research Technology meeting. He is credited on 15 patents in vascular brachytherapy, covered stents, leaflet valve modification, and balloon technology.

His research interests include brachytherapy for restenosis prevention, stent technology, biodegradable scaffolds, HDL therapy, vulnerable plaque, intracoronary imaging, structural heart disease, cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, and chronic total occlusion intervention. Dr. Waksman's scholarly contributions include over 1000 published manuscripts, over 16 edited textbooks, and 47 book chapters. He is also founder and Editor-in-Chief of the CRTonline and the CardioTube websites.