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Barry Gustin, MD
Emergency Medicine & Toxicology


Khosrow Afsari, MD
Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine


Clay Alexander, MD
General Surgery


Steven A. Daus, MD
Neurosurgery


Sunil Dhawan, MD
Dermatology


Sharon B. Drager, MD
Vascular & General Surgery


Robert F. Finnegan, MD
Anesthesiologist


Jay Glasser, DPM
Podiatry


Martin Joffe, MD
Pediatrics


John Kiraly, MD
Hematology & Oncology


Joseph Marzouk, MD
Infectious Disease


Stephen Mendelson, MD
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery


Andrew Moyce, MD
Otorhinolaryngology


Ivan Neubauer, MD
General Surgery


Donald Olson, MD
Pediatric Neurology


Steven Pascal, MD
Ophthamology


James Pointer, MD
Emergency Medical Services


Steven Palder, MD
Pediatric Surgery


Steven Raskin, MD
Cardiology


Paul Reif, MD
Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology


Gary C. Shrago, MD
Radiology


Jerry Sorensen, DDS
Oral Surgeon


Randall Starkey, MD
Neurology


John Toton, MD
Orthopedics


Edwin J. Whitman, MD
General Surgery


Randy Winter, MD
OB/Gyn

Steven Raskin, MD
Cardiology

TRAINING:

1965-1969
Queens College, Bachelor of Arts, City University of New York

1969-1973
Medical College of Wisconsin, MD, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1973-1975
Boston City Hospital, Straight Medical Internship and Residency

1975-1977
Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco Cardiology Fellowship


HONORS:

Alpha Omega Alpha (1973)


ORGANIZATIONS:

American College of Cardiology, Fellow

American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow

American College of Physicians

American Heart Association

American Society of Echocardiography

California Medical Society

Alameda Contra Costa Medical Association

The Royal Society of Medicine, Affiliate


CERTIFICATION:

June, 1976
American Board of Internal Medicine

October, 1977
American Board of Internal Medicine,
Subspecialty Cardiovascular Diseases


HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

1977-present
Alameda Hospital, Alameda, CA
Co-Director Coronary Care Unit

1977-present
Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California
Active

1992-present
Alta Bates Hospital, Emeryville, CA
Active

1978-present
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

1995-
Highland Hospital, Oakland, California
Attending Physician


VOLUNTEERISM:

1992, 1993, 1995
Heart to Heart, An International Children’s and Adult Medical Alliance, Adult team coordinator,
Hospital No. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia


PUBLICATIONS:
Electrophysiological Induction of Sarcomerogenesis in the Canine Heart. Am J Cardiol. 1978; 41: 434.

Determination of His-Purkinje Refractoriness in Man by Means of His Bundle Pacing. Circulation. 1979; 60: 956-960.

Unusual Complications of Epicardial Pacemakers. Am J Cardiol. 1980; 45: 1088-1094.

Effect of the Antiarrhythmic Agent Moricizine on the Survival After Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med 1992; 327: 227-233. (the CAST Investigators)

An International Randomized Trial Comparing Four Thrombolytic Strategies for Acute Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med 1993; 329: 673-682. (the GUSTO Investigators)

Randomized Trial of Intravenous Heparin Versus Recombinant Hirudin for Acute Coronary Syndromes

Circulation 1994; 90: 1631-1637. (the GUSTO IIa Investigators)


CLINICAL STUDIES:

Nifedipine: Open Protocol #79-N-249 (Pfizer) 1979, Principal Investigator

Tocainide: Emergency / Compassionate Study #221 (Astra) 1980, Principal Investigator

Beta Blocker Heart Attack Trial (BHAT) 1981

A Double-blinded Dose Response, Parallel, Placebo-controlled Comparison of Long-acting Nifedipine in the Therapy of Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris #84-N-0018 (Pfizer) 1985, Principal Investigator

Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Study (CAST) 1991

Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) 1992, Principal Investigator

Healing and Early Afterload Reducing Therapy (HEART) 1994, Principal Investigator

Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Arteries in Acute Coronary Syndromes (GUSTO IIb) 1994, Principal Investigator

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