Dr. Curtis, HeartSafe�s founder, has been practicing
in the Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire
for over 15 years. He is a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine
and performed his graduate training and fellowship at Harvard University
programs at New England Deaconess hospitals. Dr. Curtis is board certified
in cardiology and internal medicine and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha,
The National Honor Medical Society. Dr. Curtis served as Chief of Medicine
in 1993 and 1994 at Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA. On October
25, 1998, Dr. Curtis was designated a Diplomate Certified in the Subspecialty
of Nuclear Cardiology, one of a small number of physicians in the United
States to meet the requirements prescribed by the Certification Board
of Nuclear Cardiology. Dr Curtis is also the first
Nuclear Cardiologist to head a Nuclear laboratory through the coveted
ICANL certification process. His Nuclear laboratory is the only fully
certified laboratory in Massachusetts and one of 208 in the United States
of America
In addition, Dr. Curtis is one of a small number of
U.S. physicians certified in nuclear cardiology. And HeartSafe �s nuclear
cardiology lab is one of only 687 labs in the country to earn the prestigious
national ICANL accreditation. The lab is also the first fully accredited
nuclear cardiology lab in Massachusetts.
Education
- M.D. - 1975 - 79 Tulane University School of Medicine, New
Orleans, Louisiana
- M.S. - 1973 - 74 Tulane University Graduate School, New Orleans,
Louisiana - Biology
- B.S. - 1969 - 73 Tulane University College of Arts and Science
Training
- Fellow - 1982 - 84 Harvard University, Department of Cardiology,
New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Resident - 1980 - 82 Harvard University, Department of Cardiology,
New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Intern - 1979 - 1980 Harvard University, Department of Medicine,
New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha - 1979 Tulane University School of Medicine,
The National Honor Medical Society (equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa for
medical schools)
Board Certification
- Diplomate - 1982 American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate - 1987 American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular
Diseases
- Diplomate - 1998 Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
Licensure
- Nuclear - 1993 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- New Hampshire - 1984
- Massachusetts - 1981
- Louisiana - 1979
Professional Societies
- 1983 American College of Cardiology
- 1988 American Heart Association
- 1990 American College of Chest Physicians
- 1996 American Society of Echocardiography
- 1996 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Hospital Affiliations
- Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
- Caritas Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
- Optima Health - Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH
- Optima Health - CMC, Manchester, NH
- Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH
- Anna Jacques Hospital, Newburyport, MA
Fellowship
- 1987 American College of Cardiology
- 1989 American College of Chest Physicians
Research
- Dual Isotope SPECT Imaging with Technitium 99m Tetrafosmin and Technitium
99m Sestamibi
- Collaborative Investigator for an International Randomized Trial
Comparing Four Thrombolytic Strategies for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- GUSTO trial
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Dr. Miao specializes in cardiac nuclear imaging and echocardiography,both advanced diagnostic technologies. Dr. Miao is one of a small number of U.S. physicians board certified in nuclear cardiology, cardiology and internal medicine and places him among a small number of physicians who have earned board certification in three specialities.
Education
- M.D. - Harbin Medical University,Harbin, China
- M.D. - University of Heidelberg School of
Medicine, Germany
Training
- Resident - Brown University, Providence, RI
Board Certification
- Diplomate - American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate - American Board of Cardiovascular
Diseases
- Diplomate - Certification Council of Nuclear
Cardiology
Fellowship
- Beth Israel Hospital, Boston,MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston,MA
- University Hospital, Salt Lake City,UT
- Washington University School of Medicine, St.Louis, MI
Hospital Affiliations
- Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA
- Caritas Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA
Abstracts
- Miao L, Kumar AJ and Cottiero: Interventional
therapy restored renal function - a case report Abstracts of the
Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians Rhode Island
Chapter Regional Meeting, March 26 and 27, 1996: 50.
- Miao L, Katz A: Papillary Muscle rupture
without the murmur or mitral regurgitation in AMI: a case study Abstracts
of the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians Rhode
Island Chapter Regional Meeting, March 22 and 23, 1995: 46.
- Wolff J, Nunez B, Miao L, Carrozza J, Huang
L, Egasbira K and Morgan JP: Cardiovascular toxicity of cocaine. Abstracts
of the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of The Association of University
Cardiologists: The Registry Resort, Naples, Florida, January 11
and 12, 1996: 13.
- Miao L, Qiu ZH and Morgan JP: Cholinergic
Stimulation Modulates the Negative Inotropic Effect of Cocaine on
Ferret Ventricular Myocardium Circulation 1994; 90 (No 4, Part
2): I-262.
- Miao L, Morgan JP: Increased Intracellular
Na Enchances the Positive Inotropic Effect of Flosequinan in Ferret
Myocardium Circulation 1993; 88 (Supple VI): I-244.
- Miao L, Nunez BD, Turbay D, Carroza JP, Morgan
JP: Chronic Cocaine and High Cholesterol Diet Enhance Coronary Constriction
Circulation 1993; 88 (Supple VI): I-635.
- N�ez BD, Miao L, N��ez MM, Wang Y, Carroza
JP, Morgan JP: Cocaine-Induced Microvascular Spasm in Swine: Acute
and Chronic Cardiovascular Effects J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;
1A-484A: 407-4.
- Klein MA, N��ez MM, Miao L, Ross J, N��ez
BD, Morgan JP: Cocaine Associated Sudden Death in Swine. Evidence
for an Experimental Model of Acute Cardiac Death J Am Coll Cardiol
1994; 1A-484A: 851-8.
- Miao L, Perreault CL, Morgan JP: Flosequinan
Produces and Positive Inotropic Effect on Mammalian Myocardium by
Enhancing Sodium-Calcium Exchange J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 2:
410A.
- N��ez BD, Miao L, Carroza JP, Ross JK, Gladstone
S, Grossman W, Baim DS, Morgan JP: Effects of Cocaine on Carotid Artery
Reactivity in Yorkshire Swine after Balloon Vascular Injury; an in
vivo and in vitro study J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 2:369A.
- Miao L, Hurrell DG, Perreault CL, Morgan JP:
cyclic AMP - Independent Inotropic Action of Flosequinan Circulation
1992; 86 (supple I): 1-622.
- Meissner A, Williams L, Miao L, Perreault
CL, Morgan JP: Diastole Dysfunction in the Stunned Rat Heart is Related
to Changes in Intracellular Ca Modulation Circulation 1992;
86 (supple I): 1-615.
- Hurrell DG, Perreault CL, Miao L, Ransil BJ,
Morgan JP: Cellular Mechanism of the Positive Inotropic Effect of
Hydralazine Circulation 1992; 86 (supple I): 1-862.
- Miao L, Perreault CL, Packer M, Morgan JP:
Positive Inotropic Actions of Vasodilator Drugs on Mammalian Myocardium:
Implications for the Development of New Drugs for Heart Failure J
Am Coll Cardiol 1992; 3:252A.
- Kranzhoefer R, Miao L, Haass M, Kutz Th, Richaedt
G, Schoemig A: Digitalis glycosides Enhance Cardiac Noradrenaline
Release by Dual Mechanism of Action J. Mol Cell Cardiol 1990;
22 (supple 3): 15 PW44.
- Schoemig A, Kurz Th, Miao L, Blessing R, Saggau
W: Noradrenalinfreisetzung aus Menschlichem Gewebe bei Normoxie und
Anoxie. Bedeutung von Kalziumkanaelen und Proteinkinase C. Z Kardiol
1991; 80(supple 3): 15 A29.
- Schoemig A, Kurz Th, Miao L, Blessing R, Saggau
W: Noradrenaline release in Human Atrial Tissue During Normoxia and
Anoxia. Role of Calcium, Calcium Channels and Protein Kinase C. J.
Mol Cell Cardiol 1991.
Publications
- Miao L,Qiu ZH and Morgan JP: Cholinergic
Stimulation Modelates the Negative Inotropic Effect of Cocaine on
Ferret Ventricular Myocardium AM J Physiol 1996 Feb; 270 (2
Pt 2): H678-84.
- Miao L, N��ez BD, Suslic V, Wheler S, Carroza
JP, Ross JN and Morgan JP: Differences and Similarities in Cocaine
Administration in Miniature Swine and Yorkshire Swine. Evidence for
Microvascular Spasm Br J Pharmacol 1996; 117: 559-565.
- Miao L, Perreault CL, Travers KE and Morgan
JP: Mechanism of Positive Intropic Action of Flosequinan Euro J
Pharmocol 1997; 26;321(2): 201-8.
- N��ez BD, Miao L, Ross JN, N��ez MM, Baim
DS, Carroza JP, Morgan JP: Effects of Cocaine on Carotid Vascular
Reactivity in Swine after Balloon Vascular Injury. Sroke 1994;
25: 631-638.
- N��ez BD, Miao L, Wang Y, N��ez MM, Sellka
FW, Ross JN, Susulie V, Paik GY, Carroza JP, Morgan JP: Cocaine Induced
Microvascular Spasm in Yucatan Miniature Swine - in Vivo and in Vitro
Evidence of Spasm. Cir Res 1994; 74: 281-290.
- N��ez BD, Miao L, Carroza JP, Ross JN, Douglas
P, Gordon P, Katz SE, Kuntz R, Morgan JP: Cocaine-Induced Microvascular
Spasm and Transmural Myocardial Infarction in Yorkshire Pig with Normal
Coronary Arteries. J Cardiovasc Pathol 1994; 93-97.
- N��ez BD, Miao L, Kuntz RE, Ross JN, Gladstone
S, Baim DS, Gordon PC, Morgan JP, Carroza JP: Cardiogenic Shock Induced
by Cocaine in Swine with Normal Coronary Artery. Cardiovasc Res
1994; 28: 105-111.
- Hurrell DG, Perreault CL, Miao L, Ransil BJ,
Morgan JP: Cellular Mechanism of the Positive Inotropic Effect of
Hydralazine. Br J Pharmacol 1993: 109, 667-672.
- Kurz T, Miao L, Blessing B, Richard G, Saggau
W, and Schomig A: Noradrenaline Release During Normoxia and Ischemia
in Rat Heart and Human Atrial Tissue: Role of Calcium, Calcium Channels
and Protein Kinase C. Z Kardiol 1993.
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