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Richard A. Schatz, M.D.
Dr. Schatz has been the Research Director of Cardiovascular
Interventions at the Heart, Lung, and Vascular Center and Co-Chairman of the
Division of Cardiology at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California since 1990.
Dr. Schatz is an early pioneer of coronary stent technology and is best known
for the co-development of the first successful coronary stent, the Palmaz-Schatz
stent. He is also active in gene and stem cell therapy research and teaches and
lectures worldwide. Dr. Schatz served his internship and residency in Internal
Medicine at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco from 1977-1980. He
did his cardiology fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, and was a member of the cardiology staff from 1982-1987and as acting chief
of the cardiology service from 1986 to 1987. From July 1985 to June 1987 he also
held the position of Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University
of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, Texas. In 1981, Dr. Schatz earned
Board Certification in Internal Medicine. This was followed by Board Certification
in Cardiology in 1983 with election as a Fellow, American College of Cardiology,
in 1985.
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