David S. Fieno, MD, PhD

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Guest Lecturer Northwestern University, Department of Electrical Engineering 1998 - 1998
• Cardiology Grand Rounds Lecturer Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 2003 - 2010
• Faculty Lecturer, Imaging Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 2004 - 2009
• Medicine Grand Rounds, Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles 2008 - 2010
• Attending Cardiologist Heart South Cardiovascular, P.C. 2010 - Present
• Chief Medical Officer Birmingham, AL 2019 - 2022
• Sports Medicine, Team Doctor Birmingham Irons, Montevallo Falcons, Thompson High School, Alabaster, Alabama Thompson / Calera grade and middle schools 2018 - Present
• Research Scientist Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 2003 - Present
• Engineering Consultant (Individual Venture) 2003 - Present
• Hospital Physician, Critical Care Physician and Intensivist, Medical Consultant Los Angeles, California 2006 - Present
• Professional Engineer, Consultant (Independent Contractor) 1999 - 2000

Awards

• Standing Ovation Award 2010 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Paul Rubenstein Award, Research 2007 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Grant 1997 Whitaker Foundation 
• Sports Spectacular Award 2008 UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Lee Rogers Radiology Award 2003 Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine 
• NIH Grant awardNIG L30 HL085906-01 to study MRI assessment of stem cells 2006 National Institutes of Heath (NIH) 
• Ben Neumann Award 2007 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Laurence Seigler, MD, Medical Education Grant 2006 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Standing Ovation Award 2006 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
• Student Stipend Award 2002 International Society for Magnetic Resonance held in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii 
• Student Stipend Award 1998 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine held in Sydney, Australia 
• Murphy Fellowship, Full Graduate Support 1996 Northwestern University 
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society 1996  
• Phi Kappa Phi National Scholarship 1996  
• Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honors Society 1995  
• Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship 1994  
• Cooper Industries Scholarship 1994  
• Winner, First Place, Project Title: Chemical Chaos: Computer Modeling of the Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction 1992 43rd International Science and Engineering Fair Exhibition 

Treatments

• Heart Disease
• Stroke
• Varicose Veins
• Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
• Pain
• Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
• Vascular Disease

Professional Memberships

• Heart Rhythm Society  
• American College of Cardiology  
• American Heart Association  
• American Board of Vein and Lymphatic Medicine  
• International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine  
• Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging  
• American Society of Nuclear Cardiology  
• American College of Physicians  

Fellowships

• Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Radiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute   2003
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardiology and in Cardiovascular Diseases   2010
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center  Imaging Fellow, Cardiac SPECT, PET, CT and Magnetic Resonance Imaging  2004

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Free N99 Mask Initiative, 2020-Present

Treatments

• Medical Percutaneous Office based ICU / critical care Advanced mechanical circulatory support Surgical

Internships

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center University of California at Los Angeles

Fellowships

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center University of California at Los Angeles

Professional Society Memberships

• International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)American Heart Association (AHA)Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)Society for Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT)American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Professional Affiliations

• ACCSCMRISMRMHRS

Articles and Publications

• Selected from over 1,000 articles and references Fieno et al, JACC 2004, Infarct Resorption, Compensatory Hypertrophy, and Differing Patterns of Ventricular Remodeling following Myocardial Infarction of Varying Sizes. Fieno et al, Circulation 2003, High Resolution, Steady-State Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using Native Contrast Blood Oxygen Level Dependent MRI.Kim, Fieno, et al, Circulation 1999, Relationship of MRI delayed contrast enhancement to irreversible injury, infarct age, and contractile function. Fieno et al, Circulation Research 1998, Physiological basis for potassium (39K) magnetic resonance imaging of the heart. Simonetti, Kim, Fieno, et al, Radiology 2000, An improved MR imaging technique for the visualization of myocardial infarction. Fieno et al, Radiology 2004, Accurate Quantification of Right Ventricular Mass at MR Imaging by Using Cine True Fast Imaging with Steady-State Precession. Bello, Fieno et al, JACC 2005, Infarct morphology identifies patients with substrate for ventricular tachycardia.Fieno et al, JNC 2007, Quantitation of infarct size in patients with chronic coronary artery disease using rest-redistribution Tl-201 myocardial perfusion SPECT.

What do you attribute your success to?

• Consistent hard work, opportunity, faith, genuine intentions, acceptance of criticism and willingness to course correct, understanding when something is not meant to be, ability to be firm in a goal while flexible in how to get there, paying forward - all these things have been fundamental.

Areas of research

• CMRCCTEcho - TTE and TEE - including 3DIndra operative echoVascular access Veins Implanted cardiac rhythm devicesImplanted heart failure devices Surgical cardiology

Awards

• See above

Philanthropic Initiatives

• See above

Teaching and speaking

• Taught multiple courses, techniques and principles in internal medicine, engineering, cardiology, surgery and radiology to medical students, allied professionals, pharmacists, undergraduates, attending physicians and graduate students Delivered multiple grand round and invited industry lectures

Favorite Place to Vacation

• Costa Rica

Hobbies / Sports

• Exercising Table Tennis Volleyball Deep sea fishing

Favorite professional publications

• Circulation Journal of the American College of CardiologyRadiologyCardiology Today Heart Rhythm Journal

Areas of research

Non-invasive evaluation of cardiac and vascular disease, special emphasis and expertise in MRI, CT, echo, peripheral ultrasound, SPECT, and PET

Cardiac Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) 

Gadolinium contrast MRI, especially for myocardial viability, diagnosis of infection and nonischemic cardiomyopathies 

Development of pulse sequence techniques for rapid, accurate evaluation cardiac structure, pathology and function 

MRI safety and function of chronically implanted cardiac electric devices 

Cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction 

Sodium (23Na) magnetic resonance imaging of the heart 

Potassium (39K) magnetic resonance imaging of the heart 

CMR of cardiac tumors 

CMR of myocardial microvascular obstruction, ventricular thrombus, cardiac aneurym and pericardial masses

New techniques for laser lead extraction, leadless pacing, interventional cardiac synchronization therapy and conduction system pacing 

Development of training programs in surgical cardiology 

Implementation of efficient operating room protocols for cardiology and surgical procedures 

Evaluation of techniques, procedures and outcomes in surgical cardiology 

Novel operative methods for ventricular pacing while protecting or completely avoiding the tricuspid valve 

Evaluation of the right ventricle using CMR, echo, and cardiac CT 

Rhythm disorders of the heart, especially ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation 

Novel strategies for percutaneous vascular access using high resolution intra operative sterile ultrasound and live venogram techniques 

Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death (SCD) using CMR, cardiac CT, SPECT, echo and PET 

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