Michael P. Flaherty, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI
President, Regional Heart Specialists, PLLC
Dr. Michael Flaherty is a Boston University/Johns Hopkins-trained physician-scientist and international figure in clinical research who is known Regionally as the doctor who performed the majority of “the firsts” in non-surgical procedures in Kentuckiana.
Dr. Flaherty has dedicated his professional life to providing evidence-based integrative cardiovascular care to the Kentuckiana community. This integrative/functional approach to heart disease focuses on disease prevention.
About
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Undergraduate School: Franklin College, Indiana
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Graduate School
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Purdue University, M.S. (Molecular Biology)
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University of Louisville School of Medicine, Ph.D. (Physiology & Biophysics)
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Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine, M.D.
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Training
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Boston University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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University of Louisville, Cardiovascular Disease
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The Johns Hopkins University, Interventional Cardiology
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Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Interventional Cardiology
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Clinical Specialty
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Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Percutaneous peripheral arterial interventions
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Treatment of adult congenital heart disease: patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defects, pulmonic valvular stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus
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Percutaneous treatment of valvular stenosis including aortic (transcatheter aortic valve replacement [TAVR]) and mitral (Mitra-clip repair and mitral valvuloplasty) and pulmonic stenosis
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Alcohol septal ablation
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Clinical Research Interests
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Percutaneous hemodynamic support for high-risk PCI
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Percutaneous hemodynamic support/cardiogenic shock
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Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
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