EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Research Fellow, Hospital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Lyon, France, 1975–1976.
Clinical Associate, National Heart and Lung Institute, Bethesda, MD, 1972–1975.
Internship and Residency, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA, 1970–1972.
B.A. (Magna Cum Laude), Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1966.
M.D. (Cum Laude), Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 1970.
Alan S. Pearlman M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.E.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory
Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center
1959 N.E. Pacific Street
Box 356422
Seattle, WA 98195-6422
Fax: (206) 685-9394
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, 1975.
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1973.
AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE
Valvular heart disease and echocardiography
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Utilization of echocardiography
Assessment of mitral regurgitant mechanism: Implications for valve repair surgery
SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
President, American Society of Echocardiography, 1995–1997.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Popp, R, Agatston, A, Armstrong, W, Nanda, N, Pearlman, AS, Rakowski, H, Seward, J, Silverman, N, Smith, M, Stewart, W, Taylor, R, Thys, D, Davis, C, Recommendations for training in performance and interpretation of stress echocardiography, J. Am. Soc. of Echocardiography 11:95–96, 1998.
Cheitlin, MD, Pearlman, AS, et al., ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Applications of Echocardiography, Circ. 95:1686–1744, 1997.
