New faculty spotlight: Andrew Goldsweig, M.D.

Andrew Goldsweig, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Andrew Goldsweig, M.D.
  
• Hometown: Farmington Hills, Mich.
  
• Current position: Assistant professor, cardiology, internal medicine

Specialty:
Structural heart disease, coronary and peripheral vascular intervention

Education:
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.D., New York University

Residency and fellowships:

• Internal Medicine Residency, Yale University
  
• Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship, Yale University
  
• Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Yale University
  
• Structural Heart Disease Fellowship, Brown University

Research/professional interests:
Research interests – outcomes research for structural heart disease interventions, patient and operator radiation exposure in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, clinical trials
Professional interests – transcatheter aortic valve replacement, percutaneous mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO/ASD closure, balloon mitral valvuloplasty, alcohol septal ablation, ileofemoral and tibial artery angioplasty, subclavian artery angioplasty, renal artery stenting, carotid artery stenting, coronary artery intervention.

How I fell in love with interventional cardiology:
Acute, life-and-death situations are inspiring and humbling, but rapid, skillful intervention can save a patient’s life in a matter of minutes. I chose interventional cardiology to have the frequent privilege to deliver high-acuity, life-saving care.

Memberships:
American College of Cardiology
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention

Three things people may not know about me:

• I enjoy canoeing, sailing and running.
  
• I played intercollegiate Ultimate Frisbee as an undergraduate and coached a New York City high school team for four years during medical school.
  
• I spent two months during my final year of residency teaching at the University of Rwanda College of Medicine on a grant from Johnson & Johnson.