Dr. Anita Sadeghpour, MD, FACC, FASE, is the founding and lead editor of this textbook
, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Georgetown University, and an expert cardiac imager working at MedStar Cardiovascular Core lab at MedStar Health, with over 20 years of academic and clinical experience. She is a level III and board-certified in advanced echocardiography, cardiac imaging, and Cardiac CT.
Dr. Sadegpour is a nationally and internationally recognized expert who has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications and four textbooks on structural heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, and cardiovascular imaging, including the first edition of "Case-Based Textbook of Echocardiography." She has been a frequently invited speaker and panelist at international meetings and has been involved in several ASE committees, including the Guidelines and Standards Committee. Dr. Sadeghpour brings a comprehensive, clinically grounded perspective to advancing cardiovascular imaging education and practice.
Dr. Azin Alizadehasl, FACC, FASE is a professor of Cardiology, Echo-Cardiologist and Cardio-Oncologist at Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical & Research Institute, Tehran, Iran. She is pioneer and head of Cardio-Oncology department, Research Center and Association in Iran and being involved in the Echocardiography and Cardio-Oncology fellowship training. Also she is President of international Cardio-Oncology Society- Iran Chapter and member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences too.
She is the author of many national and international cardiology, Cardio-Oncology and echocardiography original research articles and also many books and textbooks with valuable publishing companies including the first edition of "Case-Based Textbook of the Echocardiography."
Dr. Anita Kelsey, MD, MBA is the Vice Chief of Academic Affairs and Operations at Duke University Health System. She has more than 20 years of experience in Cardiology centered around Echocardiography, cardiovascular education, and heart disease in women. She began the interventional echo program at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford CT and built an accredited school of cardiac sonography in CT and at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Kelsey serves as Chair of the Board of the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Cardiovascular Technical Schools. She has designed an innovative echocardiographic reporting tool structured to improve compliance with accreditation guidelines and reduce physician burnout. Kelsey has served as associate program director for CV fellowship program in CT, councilor for the CT Council of the American College of Cardiology, and past President of the CT Board of the American Heart Association. Kelsey recently returned to Duke where she completed her MBA and is working to improve appropriateness, delivery and measurement of noninvasive imaging quality and education in the Duke University Health System. She remains active in care of the CV patient and supports the cardiac imaging and structural heart program at Duke System.
