Gustavo Rincon, M.D.
| Appointed: |
2006 |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Languages: |
English |
Transplantation Center
Cardiovascular Medicine
Biographical Sketch
Gustavo Rincon, MD, is a Staff Cardiologist in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He specializes in cardiac catheterization and angiography, clinical cardiology, clinical pharmacology in cardiac failure and cardiac transplantation.
Dr. Rincon is a native of Colombia, South America. He attended the National University in Bogota, Colombia, where he received his medical degree. He completed internships at Palmira Hospital in Valle, Colombia, and at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn. His clinical training residencies were taken at National University Hospital in Bogota in pathology, at A. Shaoio Foundation in Bogota in internal medicine and at Youngstown Hospital in Ohio and Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago in internal medicine. His residencies were followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular disease from Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed to Cleveland Clinic in 1972 as a Staff Cardiologist.
His research studies, where he has often served as principal or co-investigator, have focused on various therapies for heart failure and outcomes of cardiac transplantation. He has been involved in the ESCAPE study on the effectiveness of pulmonary artery catheterization in cases of congestive heart failure, and he is Principal Investigator in the ESSENTIAL Studies of Oral Enoximone Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure, to name a few of Dr. Rincon's numerous research studies.
He is author or co-author of articles on his specialty interests in leading medical journals such as Circulation, American Journal of Cardiology and the American Journal of Transplantation.
Dr. Rincon is a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of the Society of Cardiac Angioplasty and Intervention, the International Society of Heart/Lung Transplantation and the Heart Failure Society of America.
Education & Fellowships
| Medical School: | Universidad Nacional de Columbia-Facultad de Medicina, Bogota, Columbia |
|
| Internship: | Stamford Hospital, Medical Internship, Stamford, CT |
| Residency: | Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago, Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL |
| Fellowship: | Cleveland Clinic, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cleveland, OH |
Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine
Specialty Interests
Cardiac catheterization and angiography, clinical cardiology, clinical pharmacology in cardiac failure, cardiac transplantation.
Specializes in Diseases and Conditions
Specializes in Services
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists report if they have any collaborations with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries as part of the Cleveland Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly discloses payments to its physicians and scientists for speaking and consulting of $5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties, and fiduciary relationships in companies with which they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide information as accurately as possible about its doctors’ connections with industry and those of their immediate family members. As of 10/6/2008, Dr. Rincon has reported no financial relationship with industry that is applicable to this listing. Patients should feel free to contact their doctor about relationships with industry and how the relationships are overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with industry and innovation management, go to our
Integrity in Innovation page.
( † Disclaimer: This search is powered by PubMed, a service of the U.S.
National Library of Medicine. PubMed is a third-party website with no
affiliation with Cleveland Clinic.)
