Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Gustavo Heresi presents:” Spectrum and Evolution from Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism”

Gustavo A. Heresi, M.D., M.S. is the Head of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from the University of San Agustin Faculty of Medicine in Arequipa, Peru, Dr. Heresi completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, Fl. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical care medicine at The Cleveland Clinic. He then received a Master Degree in Clinical Research from Case Western Reserve University. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Heresi’s clinical interests are in pulmonary hypertension, acute pulmonary embolism, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Dr. Heresi has focused his research efforts on his specialty interests, including risk prediction, non-invasive biomarkers and metabolic dysregulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension, management of acute pulmonary embolism, and diagnosis and treatment of CTEPH. He is an NIH-funded investigator. He is the author of more than 95 peer-reviewed articles and is Assistant Associate Editor for CHEST.

Dr. Heresi has been the recipient of many awards including The Medical Student Inpatient Teaching Award, University of Miami School of Medicine 2004; Distinguished Medical Resident Award, Department of Medicine, University of Miami 2005; Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program Award in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2009; Young Investigator Award, American College of Chest Physicians 2012; and Teacher of the Year Award, Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship 2013-2014.