Farouc A. Jaffer
Interventional Cardiology
Harvard University
About
Farouc A. Jaffer works in Interventional Cardiology affiliated with Harvard University.
Farouc A. Jaffer is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Attending Interventional Cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He serves as the Director of Coronary Intervention and the Director of the Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention program at MGH. His research focuses on developing novel molecular imaging approaches to detect high-risk plaques and blood clots.
Research focus
Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary InterventionMolecular Imaging of AtherosclerosisPercutaneous Coronary InterventionCoronary Artery ImagingVulnerable Plaque Detection
Impact
656 pubs · 18,354 cites · h-index 64
Training
MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1996
BS
Stanford University
1990
Affiliations
Work Experience
Director, Coronary Intervention and CTO PCI Program
Massachusetts General Hospital · 2015 - Present
Interventional Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital · 2003 - Present