Pashkow, Fredric J.

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PASHKOW, Fredric J.

PASHKOW, Fredric J. American, b. 1945. Genres: Medicine/Health. Career: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, intern, resident in internal medicine and fellow in cardiology; University of Colorado, served as clinical fellow in cardiology, clinical associate professor of cardiology, and member of staff at Fellows' Teaching Clinic; private practice as consultant in internal medicine, Loveland, CO, 1976-88; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, member of adjunct staff, including vice chair of Division of Education and medical director of Exercise Testing Laboratories, Cardiac Consultation Service, and Preventive Cardiology Program, 1988-99; University of Hawaii- Manoa, Honolulu, professor at John A. Burns School of Medicine and medical director of Heart Institute at Queens Medical Center, 1999-. Member of advisory panels for pharmaceutical manufacturers; guest on television programs. Publications: (with others) Successful Cardiac Rehabilitation, 1988; (with others) Clinical Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Cardiologist's Guide, 1993; (with C. Libov) The Woman's Heart Book: The Complete Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy and What to Do If Things Go Wrong, 1994, rev ed, as The Women's Heart Book: The Complete Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy, 2001; (with C. Libov) 50 Essential Things to Do When the Doctor Says It's Heart Disease, 1995. Contributor to medical journals. Address: 1301 Punchbowl St., Honolulu, HI 96813, U.S.A. Online address: fpashkow@queens.org

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