Objectives – Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the historical context of the development of the coronary care unit
2. Recognize changes in demographics, clinical issues, and comorbidities In CCU patients and their implications for patient management
3. Begin to reflect about the impact of those changes on CCU organization and staffing

Steve Hollenberg, MD

Dr. Hollenberg is a Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, and director of the coronary care unit at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ. He was educated at Amherst College and Emory University School of Medicine, and then trained in internal medicine at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College, in critical care medicine at the National Institutes of Health, and in cardiovascular diseases at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Hollenberg’s research interests relate to microvascular and myocardial function, with emphasis on the pathophysiology of shock. Clinical interests include septic and cardiogenic shock, acute heart failure, and acute coronary syndromes. Current laboratory investigations include measurement of cardiovascular hemodynamics in a murine model of sepsis using echocardiography, and analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability in that model, with translation into clinical projects measuring similar parameters in critically ill patients by acquiring hemodynamic data from bedside monitors.

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