EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Cardiology Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA). July 2005-June 2009.

Graduate: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington (Seattle, WA). April 2008-present.

Post-Doctoral Research Training: National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Cardiovascular Branch (Bethesda, MD). Nov 2002-June 2005.

Internal Medicine Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO). July 1998-July 2001.

Medical School: M.D., Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO). 1994-1998.

Graduate: Department of Philosophy, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN). 1993-1994.

Undergraduate: B.A., Physics. Carleton College (Northfield, MN). 1986-1990.

David S. Owens MD
Senior Fellow/Acting Instructor
Co-Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001.

Diplomate in Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008.

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Inherited Cardiac Disease

Valvular Heart Disease

General Cardiology

Echocardiography

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: mechanisms of exercise limitations.

Calcific aortic valve disease: mechanisms and prognosis.

Stem cell therapies for ischemic cardiomyopathy.

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Postdoctoral Research Award - American Heart Association, Pacific Mountain Affiliate (2008)

Henry Christian Award - American Federation for Medical Research (2008)

Institute for Translational Health Sciences Scholar (2008)

Age, Gene-Environment Susceptibility (AGES)-Reykjavik Study consultant (2003-present).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Owens DS, Plehn JP. “Recognizing Unrecognized Risk: the evolving role of ventricular function assessment in population-based studies”. Circulation 2007 Jul 10;116(2):126-130.

Arena RA, Owens DS, Arevalo J, Smith K, Mohiddin SA, McAreavey D, Ulisney KL, Tripodi D, Fananapazir L, Plehn JF. “The Relationship Between Exercise Ventilatory Efficiency and Resting Hemodynamics in Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy”. (Med Sci Sports Exerc 2008 May;40(5):799-805.)

Owens DS, Katz R, Johnson E, Shavelle DM, Probstfield J, Takasu J, Crouses JR, Carr J, Kronmal R, Budoff M, O’Brien KD. “The Interaction of Age with Lipoproteins as Predictors of Aortic Valve Calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”. (Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jun 9;168(11):1200-7).

Owens DS, Otto CM. “Is it Time for a New Paradigm in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease?” (JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Aug;2(8):928-30.)