Management of Pericardial Disease

Eyal Herzog, MD, FACC, is Director of the Cardiac Care Unit at St. Luke's Hospital in New York. Dr Herzog received his medical degree from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital and completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced cardiac imaging at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. Board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases, Dr Herzog has been an investigator in many clinical trials including many TIMI studies. He is the Course Director in Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Care Advanced Clerkship at Columbia University in New York. Dr Herzog is the author of the recently published book "The Cardiac Care Unit Survival Guide". He is also the author of the books "Echocardiography in Acute Coronary Syndrome" and "Acute Coronary Syndrome-Multidisciplinary and Pathway Based Approached". He has also co-authored numerous peer reviewed journal articles. Dr Herzog is the recipient of numerous awards including the "teacher of the year award of the Department of Medicine at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital for the last 8 years and most recently the "Distinguished Young Physician of the Year" at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in 2010-2011.