Curriculum Vitae
                                                                              BENJAMIN NESTOR POTKIN, MD, FACC

Hospital Affiliations:

Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital

Watsonville Community  Hospital

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship:    1990-1991
Division of Cardiology
Washington Cardiology Center
Washington Hospital Center
110 Irving Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20010

Clinical Cardiology Fellowship:    1988-1990
Division of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8500 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90048

Medical Staff Fellowship:    1986-1988
Clinical Associate
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20205

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine:    1984-1986
University of California, Irvine
101 City Drive South
Orange, California 92668

MEDICAL EDUCATION:
Rush Medical College: Class of 1984
Rush University
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois 60612

University of Washington    B.S. cum laude 1980
Seattle, Washington    Cellular and Molecular Biology

MEDICAL LICENSE/BOARD CERTIFICATION:
California License   G55040
Diplomat of American Board of Internal Medicine
Diplomat of American Board of Internal Medicine,
   Cardiovascular Diseases

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
American Heart Association
American College of Physicians
American College of Cardiology

Heart Rhythm Society

Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention

SPECIAL INSTRUCTION and TRAINING:
Certified in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Certified Fluoroscopy Operator

AWARDS AND HONORS:
Phi Beta Kappa:    1980
Award for Excellence in Experimental Biology:    1980
James Byron Herrick Fellowship:    1983
National Research Service Award:    1986
American College of Cardiology/ Bristol Travel Award     1990

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

1.    Kessler HA, Harris AA, Hudson E, Payne JA, Levin S, Potkin B, Hurley
T. Prevalence of hepatitis B markers in a large urban university hospital.
23rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1983

2.    Bloomfield EH, Potkin BN, Hecht A. Absence of upper extremity movement
as a predictor of shoulder subluxation in acute cerebrovascular accident.
American Federation for Clinical Research, 1984

3. Bartorelli AL, Potkin BN,Almagor Y, Gessert J, Roberts WC, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound imaging of atherosclerotic coronary arteries: an in vitro validation study. 38^th  Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Cardiology, 1989

4.    Neville RF, Bartorelli AL, Sidawy AN, Almagor Y, Potkin BN, Leon MB.
Intravascular ultrasound imaging: an in vivo validation study. 17th Annual
Symposium on Vascular Surgery, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 1989

5.    Potkin BN, Siegel RJ, Bartorelli AL, Gessert J, Leon M, Roberts WC.
Echoarteriography for evaluation and guidance of interventional therapies
for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. First International Symposium
on Heart Failure-Mechanisms and Management May 1989 Jerusalem, Israel. (No.394)

6.    Siegel RJ, Potkin BN, Intravascular ultrasound imaging: clinical and
pathologic correlates. International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE V
1989; 1068:118.

7.    Siegel RJ, Fishbein MJ, Chae JS, Potkin BN, Berlin M, Helfant RH:
Origin of the 3-ringed appearance of human arteries by ultrasound:
micro-dissection with ultrasonic and histologic correlation. Journal American College of Cardiology  1990; 15:2:17A

8.    Chae JS, Potkin BN, Helfant RH, Siegel RJ: Limitations of
intravascular ultrasound imaging. Journal American College of Cardiology

1990; 15: 2:28A

9.    Leon M, Keren G, Pichard A, Satler L, Potkin BN, Hansch E, Oblon C,
Kent K. Intravascular ultrasound assessment of plaque responses to PTCA
helps to explain angiographic findings. Journal American College of Cardiology 1991; 17: 47A

10.    Matar FA, Mintz GS, Potkin BN, Akbari M, Laas TE, Kent KM, Leon MB.
Ultrasound plaque composition determines directional coronary atherectomy
effect. Circulation 1991; 84:616

11.    Mintz GS, Potkin BN, Keren G, Eldredge SL, Satler LF. Cross-sectional
and three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis of coronary artery
geometery after rotational atherectomy. Circulation 1991; 84:618

12.    Potkin BN, Mintz GS, Matar FA, Keren G, Akbari M, Douek P, Lindsay J
Jr, Satler LF. A mechanistic comparison of transcatheter therapies assessed
by intravascular ultrasound. Circulation 1991; 84:2150

13.    Potkin BN, Mintz GS, Keren G, Douek PC, Matar FA, Satler LF.
Ultrasound assessment of lesion composition predicts mechanisms of PTCA.
Circulation 1991; 84:2869

14.   Robert O’Donovan, Shelby Potkin,, Benjamin Potkin MD

Electromagnetic effects on pacemaker and defibrillator performance from airport security system and personal electronic devices. Circulation 2008

PUBLISHED PAPERS:

1.     Kessler HA, Harris AA, Payne JA, Hudson E, Potkin B, Levin S.
Antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen as the sole hepatitis B marker in
hospital personnel. Annals of Internal Medicine 1985; 103:21-26.

2.    Pankaj JM, Cohen A, Potkin B, Viltuznik J. Amebic liver abscess with
hepato-duodenal fistulization. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1987;
82:558-559.

3.    Potkin BN, Myler RK, Motamed HE, Mann JM, Hendel JL, Sperling DC,
Stertzer S, Roberts WC. Delayed clinical evidence of coronary arterial
disruption after presumably successful percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty for angina pectoris. American Journal of Cardiology 1987;
60:909-911.

4.    Weiss AT, Berman DS, Lew AS, Nielsen J, Potkin B, Swan HJC, Waxman A,
Maddahi J. Transient ischemic dilation of the left ventricle on stress
thallium-201 scintigraphy: a marker of severe and extensive coronary artery
disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1987; 9:752-759.

5.    Potkin BN, Roberts WC. Size of the coronary sinus at necropsy in
subjects without cardiac disease and in patients with various cardiac
conditions. American Journal of Cardiology 1987; 60:1418-1421.

6.    Potkin BN, McIntosh CL, Cannon RO III, Roberts WC. Bioprostheses in
tricuspid and mitral valve positions for 100 months with heavier calcific
deposits on the left-sided valve followed by new bioprostheses in both
positions for 95 months with heavier calcific deposits on the right-sided
valve. American Journal of Cardiology 1988; 61:947-949.

7.    Potkin BN, Hoeg JM, Conner WE, Salen G, Quyyumi AA, Brush JE Jr,
Roberts WC, Brewer HB Jr. Aneurysmal coronary artery disease in
cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. American Journal of Cardiology 1988;
61:1150-1152.

8.    Potkin BN, Roberts WC. Effects of percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty on atherosclerotic plaques and relation of plaque composition
and arterial size to outcome. American Journal of Cardiology 1988; 62:41-50.

9.    Potkin BN, Roberts WC. Location of an acute myocardial infarct in
patients with a healed myocardial infarct: analysis of 129 patients studied
at necropsy. American Journal of Cardiology 1988; 62:1017-1023.

10.    Neville RF, Bartorelli AL, Sidawy AN, Gessert J, Potkin BN, Leon MB.
An in vivo feasibility of intravascular ultrasound imaging. American Journal
of Surgery 1989; 158:142-145.

11.    Roberts WC, Potkin BN, Solus DE, Reddy SG. Modes of death, frequency
of healed and acute myocardial infarction, number of major epicardial
coronary arteries severely narrowed by atherosclerotic plaque and heart
weight in fatal atherosclerotic coronary artery disease: analysis of 889
patients studied at necropsy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
1990; 15:196-203.

12.    Siegel RJ, Bessen M, Chae JS, Potkin B, Coll G, Fishbein MC, Helfant
RH. Intravascular ultrasound cross-sectional arterial imaging.
Echocardiography 1990; 7:181-192.
 
13.    Neville RF, Bartorelli AL, Sidawy AN, Almagor Y, Potkin BN, Leon MB.
An in vivo feasibility study of intravascular ultrasound imaging. American
Journal of Surgery 1989; 138:142-145.

14.    Neville RF, Bartorelli AL, Leon MB, Potkin BN, Gessert J, Sidawy AN.
Validation and feasibility of in vivo ultrasound imaging with a new flexible
catheter. Surgical Forum 1989; 40:314-316.

15.    Roberts WC, Kragel AH, Potkin BN. Ages at death and sex distribution
in age decade in fatal coronary artery disease. American Journal of
Cardiology 1990; 66:1379-1381.

16.    Potkin BN, Bartorelli AL, Gessert JM, Neville RF, Almagor Y, Roberts
WC, Leon MB. Coronary artery imaging with intravascular high-frequency
ultrasound. Circulation 1990; 81:1575-1585.

17.    Bartorelli AL, Potkin BN, Almagor Y, Keren G, Roberts WC, Leon MB.
Plaque characterization of atherosclerotic coronary arteries by
intravsacular ultrasound. Journal of  Echocardiography1990; 7:389-95.

18: Roberts WC, Kragel AH, Potkin BN. Related Articles,  
Ages at death and sex distribution in age decade in fatal coronary artery disease.
American Journal of Cardiology, 1990; 66(19):1379-81..
 
19: Bartorelli AL, Potkin BN, Almagor Y, Keren G, Roberts WC, Leon MB. Related Articles,  Plaque characterization of atherosclerotic coronary arteries by intravascular ultrasound. Echocardiography. 1990; 7(4):389-95.

20: Bartorelli AL, Neville RF, Keren G, Almagor Y, Potkin BN, Gessert JM, Leon MB. 
Intravascular ultrasound imaging: in vivo peripheral and coronary artery studies.
American Journal if Cardiac  Imaging. 1991, 5(1):60-4.

21.    Bartorelli AL, Neville RF, Keren G, Almagor Y, Potkin BN, Gessert J,
Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound Imaging: in vivo peripheral and coro­nary
artery studies. American Journal of Cardiac Imaging 1991; 5:60-66.

22: Mintz GS, Potkin BN, Keren G, Satler LF, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Popma JJ, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of the effect of rotational atherectomy in obstructive atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.  Circulation. 1992; 86(5):1383-93.

23: Mintz GS, Potkin BN, Cooke RH, Stark KS, Kent KM, Satler LF, Pichard AD, Leon MB.Intravascular ultrasound imaging in a patient with unstable angina.
American  Heart Journal. 1992 Jun;123(6):1692-4.

 24: Bartorelli AL, Neville RF, Keren G, Potkin BN, Almagor Y, Bonner RF, Gessert JM, Leon MB. In vitro and in vivo intravascular ultrasound imaging.
European  Heart Journal. 1992, 13(1):102-8.

25.    Potkin BN, Keren G, Mintz GS, Douek PC, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Kent
KM, Leon MB. Arterial responses to balloon angioplasty: an intravascular
ultrasound study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1992;
20:942-951.

26.    Mintz GS, Potkin BN, Keren G, Satler LF, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Popma
JJ, Leon MB, Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of the effect of rotational
atherectomy in obstructive atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
Circulation 1992; 86:1383-1393.

27.    Potkin BN, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Leon MB, Keller MB, Ewels
CJ, Kent KM. Late, out-of-cath lab, abrupt closure following
angiographically successful dirctional coronary atherectomy. American
Journal of Cardiology,  1992, 15;69(3):263-5.

 28: St Goar FG, Gominak SC, Potkin BN.   Bilateral aortoostial coronary artery disease: moyamoya of the heart? American Journal of Cardiology. 1999, ;83(8):1296-9

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1.    Potkin BN, Siegel RJ. Intracoronary Echoarteriography in
Echocardiography and Doppler in Cardiac Surgery, edited by Gerald Maurer, MD
and Werner Mohl, MD, PhD. Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers New York, New York,1989, pages 297-306.

2.    Potkin BN, Bartorelli AL, Keren G, Mintz GS, Leon MB. Morphologic
Characterization of Human Atherosclerosis by High-frequency Intravascular
Ultrasound in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging, edited by Jonathan M. Tobis,
MD and Paul Yock , MD. Churchill Livingstone Inc, New York, New York, 1992