Carl J. Lavie
General / Preventive / Lipids
Ochsner Health System
About
Carl J. Lavie works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Ochsner Health System.
Carl J. Lavie Jr., MD is a cardiologist at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Professor of Internal Medicine at The University of Queensland Medical School - Ochsner Health. He serves as Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology and Director of the Exercise Testing Laboratory at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute. He has been on staff at Ochsner since 1989 and has authored over 1,900 medical articles and book chapters.
Research focus
Preventive cardiologyCardiac rehabilitationExercise physiologyObesity and cardiovascular diseaseCardiorespiratory fitness assessment
Impact
1,679 pubs · 102,810 cites · h-index 133
Training
MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
1983
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
1989
Affiliations
Work Experience
Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology; Director, Exercise Testing Laboratory; Staff Cardiologist
John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Health · 1989 - Present
Professor of Internal Medicine
The University of Queensland Medical School - Ochsner Health
Associate Director, Internal Medicine Training Program; Consultant, Department of Preventive Medicine
Pennington Biomedical Research Center