Cardiovascular Pathology

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas System; Executive Director, The TMC Library; Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Pathology (the official journal of the Society for Cardiovscular Pathology) Dr. Buja MD is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. His subspecialty interest is cardiovascular pathology with research interests in myocardial cell injury, myocardial ischemia, atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathies. Dr. Buja teaches medical students, medical residents, clinical fellows, graduate students and research post-doctoral fellows. He also conducts a clinical practice in cardiovascular pathology providing staffing of autopsy cases and surgical pathology consultation of cardiac and vascular cases and interpretation of myocardial biopsies from referrals. He directs a cardiovascular pathology fellowship approved by the Texas Medical Board. He is the editor-in-chief of Cardiovascular Pathology, the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. He also serves as the Executive Director of The Texas Medical Center Library located adjacent to the medical school. Consultant Cardiovascular Pathologist/Director Autopsy Services Co-Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Pathology, Guest Editor, Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology Secretary-Treasurer, WASPaLM, Professor, University of Toronto & Director, Division of Pathology,Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University Health Network / Laboratory Medicine Program Toronto General Hospital,Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Butany is Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, Canada and Director of the Division of Pathology in the Department. He is a Staff Cardiovascular Pathologist at the University Health Network (Toronto General Hospital Site), and Director of Autopsy Services. His investigative work has primarily been based on clinical investigations and outcomes and collaboration with clinical colleagues in basic and applied research. His major interest has been prosthetic heart valves. Dr. Butany has been involved in teaching at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, including medical students, pathology residents, cardiology residents and cardiac surgery residents and fellows. He is a founding member of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and served as the president from 2007-2009). He has been Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Pathology, the official journal of the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology and continues to serve on its Editorial Board.

1. Cardiovascular pathology: guide to practice and training
L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA, BIHONG ZHAO, ANA SEGURA, LAURA LELENWA,
MICHELLE MCDONALD AND KATARZYNA MICHAUD
2. Anatomic considerations and examination of cardiovascular specimens (excluding devices)
J.J. MALESZEWSKI, C.K. LAI, VIDHYA NAIR AND JOHN P. VEINOT
3. Age-related cardiovascular changes and diseases
ATSUKO SEKI AND MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN
4. Fundamental principles in cardiovascular genetics
MICHAEL A. SEIDMAN AND RICHARD NEAL MITCHELL
5. Pathophysiology of heart failure and an overview of therapies
M.J. RANEK, J.M. BERTHIAUME, J.A. KIRK, R.C. LYON, F. SHEIKH, B.C. JENSEN, B.D. HOIT, J. BUTANY, M. TOLEND, V. RAO AND MONTE S. WILLIS
6. Congenital heart disease: pathology, natural history, and interventions
GIULIA OTTAVIANI AND L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA
7. Vascular pathobiology atherosclerosis and large vessel disease
QUINN A. BONAFIGLIA, MICHELLE BENDECK AND AVRUM I. GOTLIEB
8. Diseases of small and medium-sized blood vessels
JAMES R. STONE
9. Aneurysms of the aorta: ascending, thoracic, and abdominal and their management
RENU VIRMANI, YU SATO, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO, MARIA E. ROMERO AND JAGDISH BUTANY
10. Myocardial ischemia and its complications
GREGORY A. FISHBEIN, MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN, JESSICAWANG AND L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA
11. Pathology of sudden death, cardiac arrhythmias, and conduction system
GAETANO THIENE, S. RIZZO AND C. BASSO
12. Toxins and the heart
RYAN P. LAU AND MICHAEL C. FISHBEIN
13. Myocarditis
MICHAEL A. SEIDMAN AND BRUCE MCMANUS
14. Cardiomyopathies
GIULIA D’AMATI AND C. GIORDANO
15. The pericardium and its diseases
SUSAN M. ARMSTRONG, P. THAVENDIRANATHAN AND J. BUTANY
16. Valvular heart disease
PRADEEP VAIDEESWAR, JAGDISH BUTANY AND SARANYA SINGARAVEL
17. Cardiac valve replacement and related interventions
J. BUTANY AND F.J. SCHOEN
18. The pathology of cardiovascular interventions and devices for coronary artery disease, vascular disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias
L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA AND FRED J. SCHOEN
19. Tumors of the cardiovascular system, heart, and blood vessels
MARIA E. ROMERO, YU SATO, MASAYUKI MORI AND RENU VIRMANI
20. Pathology of cardiac transplantation
E. RENE RODRIGUEZ, CELESTE SANTOS-MARTINS AND CARMELA D. TAN
21. Basic pathobiology of cell-based therapies and cardiac regenerative medicine
L. MAXIMILIAN BUJA AND RICHARD N. MITCHELL
22. Forensic aspects of cardiovascular pathology
BARBARA SAMPSONA, J. HAMMERS AND MICHELLE STRAMA