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Allan Klein, MD

Vascular Medicine Specialists

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Mail Code J1-5 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195216.444.6697https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/1092-allan-klein

Speciality

Cardiovascular Medicine

About

Allan Klein, MD, is the Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Research, Director of the Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Diseases, and a staff cardiologist in the Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.  He is also the Course Director for Diastology and Contrast Echo & New Technologies Courses—currently his 15th annual course.  He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine.   A Canadian by birth, Dr. Klein speaks fluent French and English. 

In addition to office visits, Dr. Klein also offers scheduled follow up virtual visits to select patients, through the Cleveland Clinic Express Care ® Online app. This platform allows patients to see their physician live, using their smartphone, tablet or computer.

Treatment & Services

  • Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Cardiovascular Imaging Section
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Medicine Department
  • General Cardiology
  • Heart Imaging
  • Non-Invasive Diagnostic Testing
  • Pericardial Diseases Center
  • Stress Testing

Specialty in Diseases & Conditions

  • Amyloidosis
  • Aneurysms
  • Angina
  • Aorta Disease
  • Aortic Aneurysms
  • Aortic Occlusion (blockage)
  • Aortic Regurgitation
  • Aortic Stenosis
  • Atherosclerosis (vascular)
  • Atrial Fibrillation

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
1989

Fellowship - Mayo Clinic
Cardiovascular Diseases
Rochester, MN USA
1988

Residency - University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology
Ottawa, Ontario,
1986

Residency - Royal Victoria Hospital
Internal Medicine
Montreal, Quebec,
1984

Internship - Mount Sinai Hospital
Internal Medicine
Toronto, Ontario,
1982

Medical Education - McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Montreal, Quebec,
1981

Undergraduate - McGill University
Montreal, Quebec,
1977

Additional Training

  • Leading in health care business program, Cleveland Clinic

Professional Highlights

  • Past three years:

    Notification “In the Spotlight” column of the Cleveland Clinic Professional Staff Update announced the recent appointment of Vice President of the ASE.  After a one-year term, president-elect and then president , 2014
  • Invited Visiting Professor at Mount Sinai Hospital for Anandi L. Sharma Visiting Professorship and Simon Dack, MD Memorial Lecture, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with live presentation at www.heart-talks.org, 2015
  • 13th Annual Tajik/Seward Lectureship, Cleveland Clinic HVI National Leadership  and Diseases Center and IPU Development, 2015
  • Section Editor for Pericardial Disease for ACC.org, 2016
  • Key Note Speaker:  “Constrictive Pericarditis in the 21st Century” at the Portuguese Congress of Cardiology, 2016
  • Elected President of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2017
  • Notification in the Cleveland Clinic “Weekly Scoop:  News from the Chief of Staff 5 Questions section on providing a one-stop-shop for patients with pericardial disease, 2017
    Physician’s Weekly article, “Key Concepts in Managing Complicated Pericarditis”  2017
  • Guest Co-Editor for Progress in Cardiovascular Disease 2017;59(4):325-26,  2017
  • Co-Editor of “Clinical Echocardiography Review:  A Self-Assessment Tool.” 2nd Edition.  Wolters Kluwer, 2017

Innovations & Patents

  • Dr. Klein has pioneered the use of transesophageal-guided cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation in his landmark paper in the New England Journal of Medicine published in 2001 and the European Heart Journal in 2006. 

    He directs the largest pericardial center in the world which evaluates complex patients with different pericardial diseases.

Hospital Affiliations

Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Cardiovascular Disease

MN State Medical License

Active through 1990

OH State Medical License

Active through 2024

FL State Medical License

Active through 2024

Awards & Honors

  • Fellowships: American College of Cardiology, Royal College of Physicians (Canada), American Society of Echocardiography, American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology
  • Mentor for the winner of the Laeneec Young Clinician Award at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions,  2008
  • Guideline Chair, American Society of Echocardiography Clinical for Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging of Patients with Pericardial Disease, 2013
  • Invited Visiting Professor at Mount Sinai Hospital for Anandi L. Sharma Visiting Professorship and Simon Dack, MD Memorial Lecture, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with live presentation at www.heart-talks.org, 2015
  • 13th Annual Tajik/Seward Lectureship, Cleveland Clinic HVI National Leadership and Diseases Center and IPU Development, 2015
  • Section Editor for Pericardial Disease for ACC.org., 2016
  • Elected President of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2017
  • Guest Co-Editor for Progress in Cardiovascular Disease 2017;59(4):325-26, 2017
  • Co-Editor of “Clinical Echocardiography Review:  A Self-Assessment Tool.” 2nd Edition.  Wolters Kluwer, 2017
  • Co-Editor of “Diastology:  Clinical Approach to Diastolic Heart Failure.”  Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2018

Memberships

  • American Society of Echocardiography
  • American Heart Association
  • American College of Cardiology
  • Royal College of Physicians of Canada
  • Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Publications

Research & Publications

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