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Mark F. Sasse, M.D., has joined Alabama Cardiovascular Group (ACG) and the Grandview Medical Center medical staff. He brings 15 years of experience in the field of interventional cardiovascular medicine.
Prior to joining ACG, Dr. Sasse was an associate professor with the interventional cardiology section in the UAB Division of Cardiovascular Disease from 2012 to present. His main clinical interests are aortic valve disease, specifically transcatheter aortic valve replacement, peripheral vascular disease and complex coronary interventional procedures. He also has extensive experience with the effects of liver disease and kidney disease on the heart.
From 2005-2012, Dr. Sasse was Director of the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and a staff interventional cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. His clinical interests included the use of coronary intervention in sudden cardiac death and cardiogenic shock.
Dr. Sasse completed his medical degree and postgraduate training in internal medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He practiced as an attending physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and held an academic appointment as an assistant professor of medicine at Rush University College of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Sasse completed his training in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiovascular medicine at Rush University Medical Center/Cook County Hospital.
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
2005 Interventional Cardiology
2004 Cardiovascular Disease
1997 Internal Medicine
EDUCATION:
Medical: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
M.D.
Rochester, NY
08/90 – 05/94
University of Chicago
A.B.
Chicago, IL
09/86 – 06/90
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION:
Rush University Medical Center
Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
Chicago, IL (07/04 – 05/05)
Rush University Medical Center
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
Chicago, IL (07/01 – 06/04)
University of Rochester Primary Care Program in Internal Medicine
Rochester, NY (06/94 – 06/97)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
Associate Professor of Medicine
03/12 – Present
Staff lnterventional Cardiologist
University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center
Birmingham, AL
One of five interventional cardiologists who provide interventional cardiology services for the University Hospital.
03/12 – Present
Staff lnterventional Cardiologist
Birmingham VA Medical Center
One of four interventional cardiologists who provide interventional cardiology services for the Veterans Administration Hospital.
05/12 – Present
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department: Medicine
Director, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
08/05 – 03/12
Staff lnterventional Cardiologist
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI
One of four interventional staff that provided interventional cardiology services to the University Hospital, Meriter Hospital and the VA. Provided four weeks each year of general cardiology service on the CCU/Cardiology Ward rotation.
08/05 – 02/12
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.):
Staff lnterventional Cardiologist
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Madison , WI
08/05 – 02/12
Staff lnterventional Cardiologist
Meriter Hospital
Provided cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology service for the Meriter Atrium Faculty. Also provided general cardiology consultative service two weeks each year.
08/05 – 02/12
Consulting Cardiologist
Moundview Memorial Hospital
Adams-Friendship, WI
Performed outpatient and inpatient consultation as part of The University of Wisconsin’s outreach initiatives.
08/05 – 02/12
Consulting Cardiologist
Watertown Regional Medical Center
Watertown, WI.
Provided phone consultations to the emergency department, for family practice and internal medicine when their primary cardiologist was not on call or on vacation . I was one of three readers who provided interpretation for all the hospital’s peripheral arterial ultrasounds.
08/08 – 02/12
Attending Cardiologist
Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park, IL
Provided weekend and vacation coverage for practicing cardiologist
07/04 – 07/05
Attending Physician
Division of General Internal Medicine
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
08/97 – 06/01
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Heart Association
Society of Cardiac CT
American College of Physicians
American College of Cardiology
Alabama Cardiology Group is dedicated to providing comprehensive, patient-centered heart care.
3680 Grandview Parkway, Suite 200 Birmingham, AL 35243
205-971-7500
205-971-7572
