Dr. Tsimikas is Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine at the University of California San Diego. He is trained in internal medicine, general and interventional cardiology and vascular medicine. He oversees a translational cardiovascular research laboratory focused on “biotheranostics” - biomarkers, therapeutics and molecular imaging. He has a dual appointment as UCSD and as Cardiovascular Franchise Leader and Vice President of Clinical Development at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Tsimikas has published over 300 articles and book chapters, including in NEJM, Lancet, Cell, Nature, JACC, EHJ, Circulation, Circ Res, ATVB, and JLR. He is Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
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