GeorgeJabbourMDFACC FSCAI
Cardiology • Altoona, PAAdult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology
Chair, Clinical Department of Cardiology, Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, UPMC Altoona
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Office
1414 9th Ave
Station Medical Center
Altoona, PA 16602Phone+1 814-946-1655Fax+1 814-949-7616- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2008 - 2009- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005 - 2008
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Lebanese University School of MedicineClass of 1998
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2009 - 2011
CT State Medical License 2008 - 2009
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2009- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- AHA Hall of Fame American Heart Association, 2015
- FSCAI SCIA, 2014
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPersistent and Recurrent Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes.Jules Mesnier, Trevor Simard, Richard G Jung, Kyle R Lehenbauer, Kerstin Piayda, Radoslaw Pracon, Gregory G Jackson, Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, Laurent Faroux, Kasper Kor...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023 Nov 27
- 90 citationsPredictors of Device-Related Thrombus Following Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage OcclusionTrevor Simard, Richard G. Jung, Kyle Lehenbauer, Kerstin Piayda, Radosław Pracoń, Gregory G. Jackson, Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, Laurent Faroux, Kasper Korsholm, Julian K...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 Jul 27
- 26 citationsChronic treatment with carvedilol improves ventricular function and reduces myocyte apoptosis in an animal model of heart failure.Chukwuka C Okafor, Cynthia Perreault-Micale, Roger J. Hajjar, Djamel Lebeche, Klara Skiroman, George Jabbour, Angelia A. Doye, Michael X. Lee, Nancy Laste, Judith K. G...> ;BMC Physiology. 2003 Jul 21
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Press Mentions
- UPMC Altoona’s Heart-Saving Cath Lab Is a Team EffortOctober 30th, 2020
An Alternative to Blood Thinners: Learn About the WATCHMAN™December 13th, 2019
Tim’s Story: One Man’s Recovery from ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’July 6th, 2018
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- French, Arabic
Hospital Affiliations
- Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon, Pennsylvania
- Penn Highlands TyroneTyrone, Pennsylvania
UPMC BedfordEverett, Pennsylvania
UPMC AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania
James E. Van Zandt Veterans Affairs Medical CenterAltoona, Pennsylvania
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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