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LaPerna, Lucy

Lucy LaPerna, D.O., RVT

Fellowship(s) Vascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Residency Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Internship Internal Medicine, Chicago Osteopathic Health Care System, Chicago, Illinois
Medical School Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, Illinois
Undergraduate Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Curriculum Vitae

CURRENT POSITION

2006-present Vascular Medicine Specialist
Riverside Radiological Associates, Inc.

EDUCATION

1992 Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Downers Grove, Illinois

1998 Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
B.S., Microbiology

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

1996-1997 Fellowship in Vascular Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

1993-1996 Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

1992-1993 Internship in Internal Medicine
Chicago Osteopathic Health Care System, Chicago, Illinois

BOARD CERTIFICATION

2005 American Board of Vascular Medicine

1998 Registered Vascular Tech

2005 American Board of Internal Medicine

MEDICAL LICENSURE

Ohio, 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003-2006 MidOhio Cardiology and Vascular Consultants, Inc.
Vascular Medicine Director, Vascular Imaging
Co-Director, The Center of Vein Therapy

2003-2006 MidWest Cardiology Research Foundation
Investigator

2000-2003 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Lab

1997-2000 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Vascular Medicine, Assistant Staff

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member American College of Osteopathic Internists

Member American College of Physicians

Member Society of Vascular Medicine in Biology

Member Society of Vascular Technology

PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC APPOINTMENTS

2005-2006 Member, American Board of Vascular Medicine Writing Committee

2004-2006 Member, Cardiovascular Advisory Board, McConnell Heart Health Center

2002-2003 Medical Director, Central Reading Facility for Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors Trial, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

1997-2006 Fellow, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology

1997-2007 Vascular Medicine Alumni Representative, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Alumni Association

PRESENTATIONS

1997-2000 Sanofi Aventis Speakers' Bureau

1997-2000 Otsuka Pharmaceuticals Speakers' Bureau

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Olin JW, Koon S, Massullo L, Martinez M. Images in vascular medicine. Arteriovenous fistula from the common carotid artery to the jugular vein. Vascular Medicine 1999; 4:51-52

LaPerna L, Olin JW, Goines D, Childs MB, Ouriel K. Ultrasound-guided thrombin injection for the treatment of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm. Circulation 2000; 102:2391-2395

LaPerna L. The diagnosis and management of patients with intermittent claudication. Journal of American Osteopathic Association October 2000; S10-4 (Suppl)

Rezac J, LaPerna L. Internal carotid artery dissection: A duplex ultrasound case study and brief review of the literature. Journal of Vascular Technology 2002

Srinivasan AF, Rice L, Bartholomew JR, Rangaswamy C, LaPerna L, Thompson J, Murphy S, Baker KR. Warfarin-infused skin necrosis and venous limb gangrene in the setting of heparin induced thrombocytopenia. Ann Internal Medicine 2003, in press.

Goel MC, LaPerna L, Whitelaw S, Modlin CS, Flechner SM, Goldfarb DA. Current management of transplant renal artery stenosis: clinical utility of duplex Doppler ultrasonography. Urology 2005, Jul 66(1): 59-64.