For Physicians

"CRF was founded on the principle that bringing together the leading people in interventional cardiology – a then-new subspecialty of medicine – and garnering the necessary resources for research, investigation and treatment, would enable us to have a dramatic impact on the way physicians practice cardiology and vascular medicine. Now it is a global enterprise in which scientists around the world collaborate."

Jeffrey W. Moses, MD
Vice President, Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Interventional Cardiologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center.

Since its founding in 1990, CRF has established itself at the forefront of cardiovascular medical research and therapeutic development. The Foundation's programs have focused on advancing angioplasty techniques and technologies while at the same time developing revolutionary devices and protocols to address the dangers of advanced vascular disease. CRF has placed itself at the nexus of academia, the FDA, the biomedical industry, and patient care. It promotes the creation and sharing of expertise in all stages and facets of cardiovascular research.

CRF's Core Laboratories are among the busiest in the world, monitoring or conducting more than 100 clinical trials at any given time. Principal areas of investigation include the Angiographic Core Lab, Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), the EKG Laboratory, Echocardiography, and the Ambulatory and Blood Pressure Measurement Labs.

CRF's Data Center keeps an ongoing database of more than 15,000 active cases, following patients beyond the initial trial period and selection processes. This permits researchers to examine how technologies work in the real world of practicing physicians. CRF's comprehensive experience with multicenter studies extends to its partnerships with the finest centers in the United States and around the world.

The breadth and scope of CRF's research is evident in the prodigious contributions that CRF's faculty has made to the interventional cardiology literature: over 1,000 book chapters, peer-reviewed abstracts, articles and books in the past decade alone.

CRF's close relationship with Columbia University Medical Center ensures that patient care and clinical research go hand-in-hand. On one hand, the scientific investigations lead to improved patient care. On the other, actual patient treatment protocols influence the direction, progress, and success of CRF research initiatives.

Along with other symposia and meetings Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the premier interventional cardiology conference that draws over 10,000 participants from around the world. Here, an internationally recognized faculty gather, in the words of Dr Moses, "to collaborate with each other, inspire and learn from each other, and – most importantly – advance the efficacy of patient care in the treatment of adverse cardiovascular conditions."