Department of Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

C. Richard Conti, MD, MACC, Dr HC, FCP(SA), FESC, FAHA Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, Palm Beach Heart Assoc. Eminent Scholar (Cardiology), Adjunct Professor of Physiology Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Cardiology, ACCEL; Associate Editor, CardioSource E-mail: conticr@medicine.ufl.edu PO Box 100277, RM. M-438 Ph: 352-392-4383, fax: 352-374-6831

Dr. Conti served on the cardiology faculty at Johns Hopkins from 1968 through 1974 as Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and was Associate Professor of Medicine. In 1974, he became Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Florida until 1998. He currently serves as Editorial Board member for American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, numerous others; author /co-author of over 700 scientific papers, book chapters, abstracts, edited six books and written two. He has served on the Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) as well as the Cardiology Advisory Committee of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), served as President of the American College of Cardiology from 1989-90, elected member of American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association of University Cardiologists, and Association of Professors in Cardiology, in 1991, received Honorary Fellowship from College of Medicine of South Africa (FCP-SA Hon.), in 1996, elected to Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars, awarded Gifted Teacher award from Florida Chapter ACC in 1999, and from American College of Cardiology in 2002. In June, 2000, he received a “Docteur Honoris Causa” from the University of Marseilles.

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Academic Interests:

Dr. Conti has been past chairman of the ACC Extramural Program Committee. As chairman of the Self Study Educational Programs Committee, he was responsible for the development of the American College of Cardiology Self Assessment Program (ACCSAP). Since 1998, he has devoted much of his time teaching students, residents, and fellows clinical cardiology on the cardiology clinics, wards, the classroom and at clinical conferences. He also serves as mentor to encourage scholarly work for young faculty and fellows and serves as counselor/advisor/mentor regarding new ideas and refinement of manuscripts. From 1990-97 he was chairman of the Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) Trial NHLBI funded multicenter – multinational study. He has served as principal investigator for Medtronic, Inc. Stimulation Therapy for Angina Refractory to Standard Therapies, Interventions , and Medications (STARTSTIM), and for PILOT Research Project on EECP, Azithromycin and Coronary Events Study (ACES).

Clinical Interests:

Ischemic heart disease, (chronic ischemia, acute ischemia, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, coronary artery spasm and silent myocardial ischemia).

Representative Publications:

1. Conti CR. One-Stop Cardiovascular Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation dose. Clin. Cardiol. 2005, Vol. 28, 450-453.
2. Conti CR, et. al. Myocardial Blood Flow in Pacing Induced Angina. Circulation. 1970; 42(5): 815-25.
3. Conti CR, et. al. Objective Evaluation of Aortico-Coronary Vein Bypass Surgery. Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1971; 84: 272-80.
4. Conti CR, et. al. Unstable Angina: Morbidity and Mortality in Fifty-seven Consecutive Patients Evaluated Angiographically. Am J Cardiol. 1973; 32(6): 745-50.
5. Conti CR, et. al. Unstable Angina Pectoris: National Cooperative Study Group to Compare Surgical and Medical Therapy, II. In-Hospital Experience and Initial Follow-Up Results in Patients With One, Two, and Three Vessel Disease. Am J. Cardiol. 1978; 42 (5): 839-48.
6. Conti CR, et. al. Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Clinical Spectrum, Pathophysiology and Management. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1979; 22(2): 73-106.
7. Conti CR. Coronary Artery Spasm. Circulation. 1980; 61(4): 862-4.
8. Conti CR, et. al. Unstable Angina Pectoris: National Cooperative Study Group to Compare Medical and Surgical Therapy. IV. Results in Patients With Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Cardiol. 1981; 48(3): 517-24.
9. Conti CR, et. al. Coronary Artery Spasm: Prevalence, Clinical Significance, and Provocative Testing. Am Heart J. 1982; 103(4 Pt 2): 584-8.
10. Conti CR, et. al. Laser Recannalization of Occluded Atherosclerotic Arteries in Vivo and In Vitro. Circulation. 1985; 71(2): 403-11.