Allan Klein, MD, is the Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Research and a staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, where he is also the Course Director for Diastology and Contrast Echo & New Technologies Courses. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology. His specialty interests include cardiac imaging, echocardiography, valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, pericardial diseases and diastolic heart failure.
A Canadian by birth, Dr. Klein speaks fluent French and English. He received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec after completing an undergraduate degree in microbiology and immunology, graduating with honors. While in medical school, he received several scholarships and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. Dr. Klein completed his clinical training at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. He completed a Cardiology Residency from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and a Research Fellowship from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He was appointed to Cleveland Clinic in 1989.
In addition to his scholarships and academic achievements, Dr. Klein won the E.G.D. Murray Prize in Microbiology and Immunology and was named as mentor for the nominees of the American Society of Echocardiography Research Finalist Award and for the ASE Fellowship Award.
Dr. Klein has been course director and workshop leader at numerous medical specialty conferences focused on clinical trials, imaging modalities and clinical protocols, to name a few. He currently serves as Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He is a member of the Admissions committee at the Lerner College of Medicine and teaches the students physical diagnosis of cardiology.
He is principal or co-principal investigator on a number of current research studies related to atrial fibrillation, heart failure and cardiac imaging. His most recent research project was the principal investigator on the ACUTE II Multicenter Study. He has published key articles in such prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet and European Heart Journal.
Dr. Klein has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Echocardiography. He serves as a peer reviewer for more than 15 professional journals. He also grades abstracts for the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography and the American Heart Association.
He has been an invited lecturer at many national and international symposia and conferences, speaking on topics related to his specialty interests. He has authored or co-authored more than 166 peer-reviewed articles in professional journals, written 12 chapters in medical textbooks and published more than 300 abstracts. He is also an Editor of a book entitled "Diastology: Clinical Approach to Diastolic Heart Failure."
Dr. Klein is a Fellow in the Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians. In addition, he is a member of the, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Medical Association and the American Heart Association.
A long-time hockey player, Dr. Klein currently plays in the Auburn Hockey League. He also plays piano.
