Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab

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Jonathan S. Reiner, MD, is the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at The George Washington University Hospital and professor of medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and maintains membership with the American Heart Association.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Dr. Reiner performed his chief residency in medicine at Cornell University Medical College in New York. He began a fellowship in cardiology at The George Washington University Medical Center in 1990. In 1993, he completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology, which remains his focus today.

Dr. Reiner specializes in cardiac catheterization and heart attack treatment. He has participated in many cardiovascular care research studies and clinical trials including the “Enoxaparin in Unstable Angina (ESSENCE) Trial” in 1996, when he served as the principal investigator. He is currently serving as the principal investigator in a number of studies including the “CAMELOT Trial”, for the “Comparison of Amlodipine versus Enalapril to Limit Occurrence of Thrombosis” and the “Synergy Trial”, for examining a new, early invasive treatment for myocardial infarction. Based on his research, Dr. Reiner has contributed articles to many journals including Circulation and the Journal of American College of Cardiology. In addition, he has presented his research at many national medical conferences including those sponsored by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Reiner has garnered much recognition for this and other research. In 1993 he was the recipient of the Squibb/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention Fellowship for Research in Cardiac Imaging.