ChristopherUCatesMD

Cardiology • Atlanta, GA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University

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Office
1365 Clifton Rd Ne
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 404-778-5299
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Summary

Dr. Christopher Cates, MD is a cardiologist in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Georgia and Tennessee. He is affiliated with Northside Hospital and Northside Hospital-Forsyth.

Education & Training

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1985 - 1988
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1983 - 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

18 citations
Prospective, randomised and blinded comparison of proficiency-based progression full-physics virtual reality simulator training versus invasive vascular experience for...
Christopher U Cates, Lars Lönn, Anthony G Gallagher> ;BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning. 2016 Jan 1
129 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: exe...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2013 Jan 1
32 citations
The future of simulation technologies for complex cardiovascular procedures
Christopher U. Cates, Anthony G. Gallagher> ;European Heart Journal. 2012 Sep 1
150 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease.
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Stroke. 2011 Jan 31
194 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Exe...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Stroke. 2011 Aug 1
562 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: Exe...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Circulation. 2011 Jul 26
233 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011 Jul 26
449 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Exe...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011 Jul 26
15 citations
Stroke Intervention: Catheter-Based Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Christopher J. White, Alex Abou-Chebl, Christopher U. Cates, Elad I. Levy, Paul W. McMullan, Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, Jesse Weinberger, Mark H. Wholey> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011 Jul 5
63 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS guideline on the management of patients with extracranial carotid and vertebral artery disease: exe...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2011 Jun 1
43 citations
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/ SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Ex...
Thomas G. Brott, Jonathan L. Halperin, Suhny Abbara, J. Michael Bacharach, John D. Barr, Ruth L. Bush, Christopher U. Cates, Mark A. Creager, Susan B. Fowler, Gary Fri...> ;Vascular Medicine. 2011 Feb 1
2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: A R...
> ;Circulation. 2011 Jul 26
10 citations
Clinical features and outcomes of carotid artery stenting by clinical expert consensus criteria: a report from the CARE registry.
H. Vernon Anderson, Kenneth Rosenfield, Christopher J. White, Kalon K.L. Ho, John A. Spertus, Philip G. Jones, Fengming Tang, Christopher U. Cates, Michael R. Jaff, Wa...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 Mar 1
20 citations
Clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization versus off-pump coronary artery bypass: a prospective evaluation.
Thomas A. Vassiliades, Patrick D. Kilgo, John S. Douglas, Vasilis Babaliaros, Peter C. Block, Habib Samady, Christopher U. Cates, S. Tanveer Rab, Douglas C. Morris> ;Innovations. 2009 Nov 1
30 citations
The Carotid Artery Revascularization and Endarterectomy (CARE) registry: objectives, design, and implications.
Christopher J. White, H. Vernon Anderson, Ralph G. Brindis, Christopher U. Cates, David J. Cohen, Kalon K.L. Ho, L. Nelson Hopkins, Michael R. Jaff, Walter J. Koroshet...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2008 May 1
16 citations
Interventional stroke therapy: current state of the art and needs assessment.
Christopher J. White, Christopher U. Cates, Michael J. Cowley, Bonnie H. Weiner, Jeffrey S Carpenter, L. Nelson Hopkins, Michael R. Jaff, Stephen R. Ramee, Marilyn M R...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2007 Sep 1
2 citations
Virtual reality simulation in carotid stenting: a new paradigm for procedural training.
Christopher U. Cates> ;Nature Clinical Practice. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2007 Apr 1
56 citations
ACCF/SCAI/SVMB/SIR/ASITN 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Carotid Stenting
Eric R. Bates, Joseph D. Babb, Christopher U. Cates, Gary Duckwiler, Ted Feldman, William A. Gray, Kenneth Ouriel, Eric D. Peterson, Kenneth Rosenfield, John H. Rundba...> ;Vascular Medicine. 2007 Feb 1
37 citations
Use of virtual reality simulation for mission rehearsal for carotid stenting.
Christopher U. Cates, Amar D. Patel, William J. Nicholson> ;JAMA. 2007 Jan 17
100 citations
Learning Curves and Reliability Measures for Virtual Reality Simulation in the Performance Assessment of Carotid Angiography
Amar D. Patel, Anthony G. Gallagher, William J. Nicholson, Christopher U. Cates> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2006 May 2
58 citations
Integrated coronary revascularization with drug-eluting stents: Immediate and seven-month outcome
Thomas A. Vassiliades, John S. Douglas, Douglas C. Morris, Peter C. Block, Ziyad M.B. Ghazzal, S. Tanveer Rab, Christopher U. Cates> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2006 May 1
26 citations
Face and content validation of virtual reality simulation for carotid angiography: results from the first 100 physicians attending the Emory NeuroAnatomy Carotid Train...
William J. Nicholson, Christopher U. Cates, Amar D. Patel, Khusrow Niazi, Spencer J. Palmer, Tarek Helmy, Anthony G. Gallagher> ;Simulation in Healthcare. 2006 Jan 1
101 citations
Clinical competence statement on carotid stenting: training and credentialing for carotid stenting--multispecialty consensus recommendations: a report of the SCAI/SVMB...
Kenneth Rosenfield, Joseph D. Babb, Christopher U. Cates, Michael J. Cowley, Ted Feldman, Anthony G. Gallagher, William A. Gray, Richard Green, Michael R. Jaff, K. Cra...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2005 Jan 4
131 citations
Approval of virtual reality training for carotid stenting: what this means for procedural-based medicine.
Anthony G. Gallagher, Christopher U. Cates> ;JAMA. 2004 Dec 22
88 citations
Virtual reality training for the operating room and cardiac catheterisation laboratory
Anthony G. Gallagher, Christopher U. Cates> ;Lancet. 2004 Oct 23
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Hospital Affiliations

Northside HospitalAtlanta, Georgia
Northside Hospital-ForsythCumming, Georgia