Faculty & Staff
Catalin Toma, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Education
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi Romania, 1996
Post-doctoral fellow, Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1998-1999
Internal Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 1999-2002
Clinical Fellow, Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh 2002-2005
Fellow, Interventional Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh 2005-2007
Research Interests
Dr. Toma joined UPMC as clinical faculty in the Cardiac Catheterization laboratory in 2007. Dr. Toma’s current research interests include development of cell-based therapies for the treatment of myocardial dysfunction, involving both translational as well as clinical trial work. In addition, Dr. Toma is investigating therapeutic applications of intravascular ultrasound for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
