TimAlexanderFischellMDFACC, MSCAI, FNAI

Cardiology • Kalamazoo, MI

Interventional Cardiology

Professor, Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine

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Office
1722 Shaffer St
Suite 1
Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Phone+1 269-381-3963

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Summary

I am an academic cardiologist. I’ve had a keen interest in complex coronary disease, and I am a dedicated CTO operator. Also, medical device entrepreneur. Started ~ 10 companies in areas of coronary stenting. renal denervation (Ablative Solutions, Founder), Ostial Solutions, AngelMed/implantable heart attack detector (now Avertix), Vantis/CrossLiner next generation guide extension, etc.

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 1986 - 1987
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 1984 - 1987
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1981
Cornell UniversityA.B, Neurobiology/Psychology, Distinction, 1974 - 1977

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2015 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2019 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1996 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2012 - 2020
TN State Medical License 1992 - 1998
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Who’s Who Metropolitan Professional Honor Society 2006
Who’s Who Among Processionals in Research 2006
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2005
America’s Top Physicians Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2005
Who’s Who Global Directory 2005
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 2005
Stinson Society Cornell University Medical College, 2005
Best Doctors in America 2005-2010
Life Sciences Advisory Board Cornell University Medical College, 2004
Who’s Who in America 2000
Dean’s Circle Cornell University Medical College, 2000
Who’s Who in the World 1999
Ethica Award (Erasmus Thoraxcenter Interventional Cardiology Award) Inventor of the Year Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1996
Finalist, Inventor of the Year Prize, First Thoraxcenter Course on Intracoronary Stenting Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1994
Fellowship Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 1993
2,000 Notable American Men 1991
Finalist, American College Cardiology, Young Investigator’s Award 1990
Who’s Who of American Inventor’s 1990
Who’s Who Among Rising Young Americans 1990
Fellowship, American Heart Association, Council on Circulation 1990
Stanford University Nominee, Pew Biomedical Scholars Award 1989
Fellowship American College of Cardiology, 1988
Biomedical Research Support Grant NIH/ Stanford University, 1988-1990
AHA, California Affiliate, Grant in Aid Award 1988-1990
AHA, California Affiliate, Advanced Fellowship Award 1987
NIH Clinical Investigator Award 1987-1992
Fischbach Residency Scholarship 1986
NIH National Research Service Award Grant 1986-1987
Upjohn Achievement Award Cornell University Medical College, 1981
Cornell Prize in Medicine Cornell University Medical College, 1980
John Metcalfe Polk Prize Cornell University Medical College, 1980
Alpha Omega Alpha Cornell University Medical College, 1980
Lange Book Award Cornell University Medical College, 1978
Phi Kappa Phi Cornell University, 1977
Cornell-Cornell Dual Registration Program 1977
Phi Beta Kappa Cornell University, 1976
College Scholar Program College of Arts and Sciences; Cornell University, 1974-1977
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Clinical Trials

ARISTOCRAT-A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Closure Following Access With the AXERA (Device Name) 2 Access System Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Effect of Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation on Blood Pressure in the Presence of Antihypertensive Medications: Primary Results from the TARGET BP I Randomized Clinica...
Atul Pathak, James P Zidar, Manish Saxena, Roland E Schmieder, Adam J Janas, Christoph Langer, Alexandre Persu, Koen Ameloot, Malcolm Foster Iii, Helen Parise, Felix M...> ;Circulation. 2024 Apr 8
Radial artery pseudoaneurysm rupture after cardiac catheterization.
Pramod Kumar Ponna, Tim A Fischell, Yashwant Agrawal> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
Alcohol-mediated renal denervation in patients with hypertension in the absence of antihypertensive medications.
Atul Pathak, Ulrike M Rudolph, Manish Saxena, Thomas Zeller, Jochen Müller-Ehmsen, Erik Lipsic, Roland E Schmieder, Horst Sievert, Marcel Halbach, Faisal Sharif, Helen...> ;Eurointervention. 2023 Sep 18
Management of Atrial Fibrillation Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Sandeep Banga, George S Abela, Frank Saltiel, Tim Fischell, Jagadeesh K Kalavakunta, Abhinav Sood, Khalid Najib, Haya Al-Ali, Mohammed Qintar, Jason Bazil, Yashbir Sin...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2023 Aug 1
Editorial: Intracoronary Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis: Not Bad in the Sprint, But Fails in the Marathon.
Tim A Fischell> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Shockwave Lithotripsy of Calcific Stenosis of the Distal Abdominal Aorta to Facilitate Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Pramod Kumar Ponna, Akhilesh Gonuguntla, Ramya Krishna Botta, Tim Fischell, Yashwant Agrawal> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2023 Aug 1
Shock and Awe: Successful Revascularization with Intravascular Lithotripsy in Recurrent ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Stent Under-Expansion.
Pramod Kumar Ponna, Akhilesh Gonuguntla, Ramya Krishna Botta, Sruthi Kotaru, Tim A Fischell, Adnan Alexander Kassier, Yashwant Agrawal> ;Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal. 2023 Jan 1
1 citations
Guide extension catheters: Review of technology and future directions.
Chava, R., Mekala, S., Kalavakunta, J., Fischell, T.> ;Interventional Cardiology. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Impact of drug adherence on blood pressure response to alcohol-mediated renal denervation.
Alexandre Persu, Frédéric Maes, Stefan W Toennes, Sabrina Ritscher, Coralie Georges, Pierre Wallemacq, Nicole Haratani, Helen Parise, Tim A Fischell, Lucas Lauder, Fel...> ;Blood Pressure. 2022 Dec 1
4 citations
The Potential Role of Renal Denervation in the Management of Heart Failure.
Kameel Kassab, Ronak Soni, Adnan Kassier, Tim A Fischell> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 Jul 17
7 citations
Intracoronary Lithotripsy Use for In-Stent Restenosis, Including Multilayer ISR.
Kameel Kassab, Adnan Kassier, Tim A Fischell> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2022 Nov 1
2 citations
Managing coronary artery perforation after percutaneous coronary intervention.
Adnan Kassier, Tim A Fischell> ;Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. 2022 Mar 1
The Emperor's new clothes: Dispelling the myth of improved safety with bare metal
Tim A. Fischell> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
Blood pressure lowering with alcohol-mediated renal denervation using the Peregrine infusion Catheter is independent of injection site location.
Felix Mahfoud, Stefan Bertog, Lucas Lauder, Michael Böhm, Axel Schmid, Wojciech Wojakowski, Helen Parise, Tim A. Fischell, David E. Kandzari, Atul Pathak, Alexandre Pe...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Sep 2
6 citations
Long-Term Results up to 12 Months After Catheter-Based Alcohol-Mediated Renal Denervation for Treatment of Resistant Hypertension.
Felix Mahfoud, Horst Sievert, Stefan Bertog, Lucas Lauder, Sebastian Ewen, Jean-Philippe Lengelé, Wojciech Wojakowski, Roland E. Schmieder, Markus van der Giet, Michae...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Sep 2
Is "Non-Inferiority" Good Enough? Approaching the Asymptote in DES.
Tim A. Fischell> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Jul 10
Unusual Gastric Contrast Extravasation After Coronary Angiography.
Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Tim A. Fischell> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2021 Jun 1
13 citations
Catheter-based alcohol-mediated renal denervation for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension: design of two sham-controlled, randomized, blinded trials in the abse...
Felix Mahfoud, Michael A. Weber, Roland E. Schmieder, Melvin D. Lobo, Peter J. Blankestijn, Alexandre Persu, Tim A. Fischell, Helen Parise, Atul Pathak, David E. Kandzari> ;American Heart Journal. 2021 May 27
12 citations
Novel device-based therapies to improve outcome in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Giovanni Luigi De Maria, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Roberto Scarsini, Aloke V. Finn, Yu Sato, Renu Virmani, Ravinay Bhindi, Jonathan L Ciofani, Jorge Nuche, Henrique Bar...> ;European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care. 2021 Aug 24
2 citations
A Next-Generation Guide Extension System for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Tim A. Fischell, Jeffrey Payne, Kimberly Wehde, Frank S. Saltiel> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Nov 1
2 citations
Alcohol-Mediated Renal Sympathetic Neurolysis for the Treatment of Hypertension: The Peregrine™ Infusion Catheter.
Stefan Bertog, Alok Sharma, Felix Mahfoud, Atul Pathak, Roland E. Schmieder, Kolja Sievert, Vasilios Papademetriou, Michael A. Weber, Nicole Haratani, Melvin D. Lobo, ...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2021 Mar 1
Not a Small Problem: Is the COMBO Stent a Solution to the Challenges of DES in Small Vessels?
Tim A. Fischell> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2020 Sep 7
3 citations
Evaluation of Transcatheter Alcohol-Mediated Perivascular Renal Denervation to Treat Resistant Hypertension.
Adam Janas, Marek Król, Mariusz Hochul, Monika Jochymczyk, Claudia Hayward-Costa, Helen Parise, Nicole Haratani, Tim A. Fischell, Wojciech Wojakowski> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020 Jun 16
3 citations
Integrated Stent Delivery System: A Next Generation of Stent Delivery and Drug-Eluting Stent.
Tim A. Fischell, Abilash Balmuri, Sourabh Agarwal, Stefan Verhye> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2020 Feb 1
7 citations
Implanted Monitor Alerting to Reduce Treatment Delay in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Events
David R. Holmes, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Christopher M. Mullin, Ghiath Mikdadi, Dale Presser, David Wohns, Andrew J. Kaplan, Allen A. Ciuffo, Arthur L. Eberly, Bruce Itel...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Oct 22
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Lectures

Heart Disease Screening and CPR.
For Health Matters, KQED Television
New Catheter-Based Revascularization Techniques.
CME course, Current Trends in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease, Monterey, CA
Present and Future Directions in Coronary Stenting: Towards a "Cure" for Restenosis.
Medical Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
The Current Status of Pullback Atherectomy.
National Conference, Washington, D.C
Interventional Cardiology in a Managed Care Setting; Which Device for Which Situation, Getting More Bang for the Buck.
Tennessee Chapter American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics.
Multiple locations, 1990
Radioisotope Stents to Prevent Restenosis.
Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation meeting “Coronary Interventions: 1995", La Jolla, CA
Pharmacologic Inhibition of Platelet-Vessel Wall Interactions.
UCLA-Keystone Conference, symposium, Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Disease, Keystone, Colorado
Radioactive Stents: The American View.
Second International Thoraxcenter Course on Intracoronary Stenting. Rotterdam, Netherlands
New Catheter-Based Revascularization Techniques.
Multiple locations, 1991
The Current Status of Pullback Atherectomy.
Northern California Vascular Society Meeting, Stanford, CA
Anticoagulation and Stroke.
International Conference on Anticoagulation, San Jose, CA
A Beta-Particle Emitting Stent for the Prevention of Restenosis.
Discoveries in Radiation for Restenosis Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Advances in the Treatment and Understanding of Coronary Artery Disease.
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
Current Status of Pullback Atherectomy: Initial Results in the Coronary Circulation.
International Conference, Washington, D.C
Anticoagulation in the Treatment of Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
Cardiology Grand Rounds, St. Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Arterial Reactivity After Balloon Injury: New Insights Into the Mechanism(s) of PTCA.
5th Annual International Conference, Santa Barbara, CA
Future Directions in Interventional Cardiology.
5th Annual International Conference, Santa Barbara, CA
Visionary Interventional Device Concepts.
International Conference, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics VII, Washington, D.C
Advances in Coronary Balloon Angioplasty.
American Heart Association Meetings, Anaheim, CA
New Developments in Interventional Cardiology.
International Cardiovascular Research Rounds, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The Radioactive Beta-emitting Stent (Isostent): Animal Studies and Planned Clinical Trials.
International Conference, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics VII, Washington, D.C
The Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Artery Closure.
John L. Locke Jr. Cardiology Symposium ‘91, Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
A Beta-particle Emitting Radioisotope Stent for the Prevention of Restenosis.
Advanced Stenting for Cardiologists, Milan, Italy
The Clinical and Molecular Aspects of The Marfan Syndrome.
Medical Grand Rounds, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
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Press Mentions

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Bestows Highest Designation Ranking to Leading Interventional CardiologistsMay 10th, 2022
Ablative Solutions, Inc., Was Founded in 2011 by Tim Fischell, MD, FACC, and David Fischell, PhD,June 26th, 2019
Ablative Solutions, Inc. Announces $77 Million Financing for Unique Therapeutic Approach to Treating Uncontrolled HypertensionJanuary 3rd, 2019
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Grant Support

Human Arterial Vasoreactivity Following InjuryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1987–1991
Human Coronary Artery Vasoreactivity Following InjuryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1986–1987