Caritas St. Elizabeth's Recruits Renowned Cardiologist Dr. Michael Johnstone

8/1/2007

Michael Johnstone, MD, has joined the cardiovascular medicine division of Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (CSEMC), a Tufts University School of Medicine teaching hospital. Dr. Johnstone will serve as associate chief of Clinical Cardiology for both Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester. He brings more than 15 years of clinical experience to the medical centers’ accredited cardiovascular division.

Dr. Johnstone comes from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was director of the Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Program since 2001. Previously, he served as the medical director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at the Deaconess Hospital in Boston and taught as an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

“I am excited to join St. E’s because of its cardiovascular expertise, which is enhanced by the fact that earlier this year, MassPRO, one of the country’s leading healthcare improvement organizations, awarded CSEMC with the High Reliability Cardiac Care award for its outstanding diagnostic and treatment strategies for heart attack patients,” says Dr. Johnstone.

Board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, Dr. Johnstone has a special clinical interest in general cardiology and valvular heart disease along with non-invasive imagine. He specializes in diabetic heart disease and coronary artery disease.

Dr. Johnstone completed three clinical and research fellowships in cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Montreal Heart Institute and the Montreal General Hospital in Canada. In Canada, he also completed his residency in internal medicine at Montreal General Hospital and received his medical degree from McGill University Medical School.

Dr. Johnstone has himself authored an extensive number of peer-reviewed articles and abstracts. His regional, national and international contributions consist of numerous invitations to present in grand rounds, symposiums and lectures. He has also edited a textbook on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Johnstone is a fellow of the American College of Cardiologists and the American College of Physicians, as well as the American Heart Association and the American Society of Echocardiography. He is a member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Johnstone lives in Boston. He is accepting new patients and appointments can be made by calling 617-779-6700.

Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center is a major academic medical center affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. Areas of medical excellence include cardiology and cardiovascular research, neurosciences, women’s health, high-risk obstetrics, bone and joint health, hematology/oncology, pulmonary medicine and gastroenterology. Caritas St. Elizabeth’s is a member of Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England.

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