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Juan C. Plana, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Director of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Interests

Evaluation of Intracardiac Masses Using 3D Echocardiography.

Early Detection of Cardiac Toxicity Using Strain Imaging.

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1995 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana School of Medicine, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, MD, Medical Doctor and Surgeon

Postgraduate Training

7/2001-6/2004 Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease Fellow , Level III Certification in Echocardiography, Level II Certification in Nuclear Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
7/2000-6/2001 Clinical Residency, Chief Medical Resident in Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
7/1997-6/2000 Clinical Residency, Residency in Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Board Certifications

8/2006 National Board of Echocardiography-Diplomate Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography,
1/2005 Cardiovascular Disease Subspecialty
10/2001 American Board of Internal Medicine

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Instructor Patient Physician and Society III course, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 7/2005-present
Staff Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 5/2005-6/2006
Clinical Instructor and Chief Medical Resident, Department of Cardiology, The Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1/2001-6/2001
Clinical Instructor and Chief Medical Resident, Ben Taub General Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 7/2000-12/2000
Instructor, Patient Physician and Society III class, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 7/2000-12/2000
Assistant Professor, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Universidad de la Sabana School of Medicine, Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, 1/1997-6/1997

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

Director of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006-present

Professional Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha
Honorary Member, 2004-present
American College of Cardiology
Fellow, 3/2007-present
American Society of Echocardiography
Member, 12/2006-present
Interamerican Society of Cardiology- Echocardiography Committee (EcoSIAC)
Member, 2006-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Khakoo A, Kassiotis C, Tannir N, Plana JC, Halushka M, Bickford C, Trent J, Champion JC, Durand JB, Lenihan D. Heart Failure associated with sunitinib malate, a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Cancer(1:112(11):2500-8), 6/2008.
2. Khakoo AY, Kassiotis CM, Tannir N, Plana JC, Halushka M, Bickford C, Trent J, Champion JC, Durand JB, Lenihan DJ. Heart failure associated with sunitinib malate: a multitargeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Cancer 112(11):2500-8, 6/2008. PMID: 18386829.
Other Articles
1. Plana, JC. Cariosource Website, American College of Cardiology Fondation. Eco del Mes: Mujer de 54 anos quien ingreso al servicio de urgencias con insuficiencia respiratoria severa "transcript', 7/2008.
2. Plana, JC. Eco Del Mes: Paraganlioma. Cardioource Website, American College of Cardiology Foundaton, 7/2008.
3. Plana JC. Echo of the Month: A 52 year old Woman is Admitted to the Hospital with Massive Hemoptysis. Cardiosource- American College of Cardiology, 8/2007.
4. Plana JC. Echo of the Month: A 54 year old female is admitted to the Emergency Room in Severe Respiratory distress [transcript]. Cardiosource American College of Cardiology Foundation, 8/2007. PMID: 11524078.

Abstracts
1. Khakoo Aarif Y, Steinart Dejka, Plana Juan-Carlos, Patel Shreyaskumar, Benjamin Robert S, Trent Jon. Rare Incidence of Congestive Heart Failure in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor and Other Sarcoma Patients Receiving Imatinib Mesylate (IM) Therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 25, No 18S Part I of II:S51s, 6/2007.
2. Lenihan DJ, Massey MM,, Baysinger KB, Adorno CL, Warneke CL, Steinert D, Fayad L, Plana JC, Yusuf SW, Chiu A, Durand J, Yeh ETH. Superior Detection of Cardiotoxicity During Chemotherapy Using Biomarkers. HFSA 2007-11th Annual Scientific Meeting, 2007.

Last updated: 9/22/2009