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Summary
Dr. David Salerno was Chattanooga's first electrophysiologist when he joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute in 1993. His expertise includes arrhythmia management, radiofrequency ablation and automatic defibrillator implantation.
Dr. Salerno moved to Chattanooga from Minnesota where he had served as a staff cardiologist at 11 of Minneapolis' area hospitals. He served on the Minnesota’s Hennepin County Medical Center's Trauma Committee and Human Subjects Research Committee. He served as associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Department of Medicine for 13 years.
Dr. Salerno has a medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in invasive cardiology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Salerno has published more than 130 scientific articles. He has been the principle investigator for three major trials – RELY, …which studies Predaxa as a substitute for Coumadin; AFFIRM, which was an NIH trial with thousands of patients participating; and COMPANION, which demonstrated that biventricular ICDs led to a better quality of life and increased longevity for patients.
Dr. Salerno is a member of the Chattanooga and Hamilton County Medical Society and on the American Heart Association's Council on Clinical Cardiology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Heart Rhythm Society.
In his spare time, Dr. Salerno enjoys oil painting.
Read More Read less Dr. Salerno moved to Chattanooga from Minnesota where he had served as a staff cardiologist at 11 of Minneapolis' area hospitals. He served on the Minnesota’s Hennepin County Medical Center's Trauma Committee and Human Subjects Research Committee. He served as associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Department of Medicine for 13 years.
Dr. Salerno has a medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in invasive cardiology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board certified in cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Salerno has published more than 130 scientific articles. He has been the principle investigator for three major trials – RELY, …which studies Predaxa as a substitute for Coumadin; AFFIRM, which was an NIH trial with thousands of patients participating; and COMPANION, which demonstrated that biventricular ICDs led to a better quality of life and increased longevity for patients.
Dr. Salerno is a member of the Chattanooga and Hamilton County Medical Society and on the American Heart Association's Council on Clinical Cardiology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Heart Rhythm Society.
In his spare time, Dr. Salerno enjoys oil painting.
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- 2 specialties
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