Show notes
In this episode we sit down with Kate Kearney, MD an interventional cardiologist with a specialization in high risk coronary artery treatments. This specialization is a fellowship training pathway at UW Medicine Heart Institute called a CHIP fellowship, in which Dr. Kearney thrived in 2018 and now teaches. She is also focused on SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) as well as the diagnosis and treatment of women's coronary artery disease. 1:34 - Background3:15 - Choosing Intervention4:40 - Unique Make-up of Fellowship6:00 - Specialization within Interventional Cardiology9:10 - The draw to Chronic Total Occlusions10:45 - Impact of Work13:00 - Benefits of academic team culture - shout out Cath Lab team14:00 - Better every year16:10 - CHIP * Complex High-Risk Indicated PCI.17:35 - Collaboration between surgeons and interventionalists19:25 - Hybrid Coronary Interventions24:35 - Devices in Circulatory Support + Stenting30:10 - Coronary and other device evolution32:40 - STAR (Subintimal tracking and reentry)37:10 - The MONGO Story - To be discussed in a future episode37:30 - A growth mindset40:15 - SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) 45:32 - Women + Chest Pain52:28 - Teaching the Mindset54:50 - Past-Fellow Shout Out 58:50 - Work-Life Balance (Boundaries)Contact Dr. Kearney - [email protected] Program22:50 - Dr. Kirkpatrick Grand Rounds - Cardioethics of Heart Procurement after Cardiac Death
