Optimizing Left Atrial Appendage Closure Using Intraprocedural CT Guidance

Adam Greenbaum, MD, joined Emory after serving at Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute in... Adam Greenbaum, MD, joined Emory after serving at Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute in Detroit, Michigan for the past 19 years as Co-director of the Center for Structural Heart Disease, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Director of the Interventional Fellowship Program. He has dedicated his career to patient care, clinical research and fellow and resident education. Dr. Greenbaum has received numerous patient care and teaching awards, and is recognized as a clinical expert in the field of structural heart disease. His breakthrough research surrounding structural heart problems and the minimally invasive techniques he developed as a result, gives patients new treatment options. And his novel transcatheter methods and approaches to valvular heart disease bring new hope to patients with no other options. He is board certified in general and interventional cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Greenbaum graduated from the New York University School of Medicine in New York, NY. He completed his internal medicine training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and his general and interventional cardiology training at Duke University in Durham, NC. Read more Show less

Dr. William Nicholson is acting Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of... Dr. William Nicholson is acting Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Director of Complex Coronary and Cardiac Intervention at Emory Healthcare. Dr. Nicholson also serves as the program director for the Advanced Complex High-Risk Interventional Procedures (CHIP) fellowship at Emory University Hospital. Dr. Nicholson came to Emory in 2020 after fourteen years in private interventional cardiology practice in York, Pennsylvania. While in private practice, Dr. Nicholson founded and developed that institution’s carotid stenting program, structural heart program, transcatheter aortic valve replacement program, and the complex coronary intervention program. He also has become nationally and internationally recognized for his expertise in treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO’s). He is a perennial live case operator for nationally televised conferences. Dr. Nicholson formerly trained at Emory University Hospital having completed his general cardiology and interventional fellowship in 2006. He completed his medical residency at Brown University Hospitals where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. Read more Show less