Editor's Note: The following interview was recorded on October 31, 2016, during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in Washington, DC.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I am Magnus Ohman, and I am here once again on the Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. My guest today is Dr Cindy Grines from Detroit. She is the vice president of the Heart Hospital at Detroit Medical Center. She has been a leading international cardiologist for a few years.
Cindy, what I thought was so interesting in your career—and we are going to get to that part in a little bit—is the fact that you really led the charge on primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction (MI). This was unusual because at the time, mostly men were doing that procedure. You stood up and said, "What is wrong with you people?" Welcome.
Cindy L. Grines, MD: Thank you.
A 'Worldly' Small-Town Upbringing
Dr Ohman: Cindy, where were you born?
Dr Grines: I was born in a small town in western Michigan called Sparta. I grew up on 80 acres. My driveway was a quarter-mile long to get to a dirt road.
Dr Ohman: Wow, and did your parents farm?
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Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Cindy Grines
Interviewer: E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Interviewee: Cindy L. Grines, MD
DisclosuresJanuary 17, 2017
Editor's Note: The following interview was recorded on October 31, 2016, during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in Washington, DC.
E. Magnus Ohman, MD: Hello. I am Magnus Ohman, and I am here once again on the Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists. My guest today is Dr Cindy Grines from Detroit. She is the vice president of the Heart Hospital at Detroit Medical Center. She has been a leading international cardiologist for a few years.
Cindy, what I thought was so interesting in your career—and we are going to get to that part in a little bit—is the fact that you really led the charge on primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction (MI). This was unusual because at the time, mostly men were doing that procedure. You stood up and said, "What is wrong with you people?" Welcome.
Cindy L. Grines, MD: Thank you.
A 'Worldly' Small-Town Upbringing
Dr Ohman: Cindy, where were you born?
Dr Grines: I was born in a small town in western Michigan called Sparta. I grew up on 80 acres. My driveway was a quarter-mile long to get to a dirt road.
Dr Ohman: Wow, and did your parents farm?
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Interviewer
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine, Development and Innovation, Kent and Siri Rawson Director, Duke Program for Advanced Coronary Disease; Associate Director, Duke Heart Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Disclosure: E. Magnus Ohman, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: ABIOMED; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo; Faculty Connection, LLC; Stealth Peptides; The Medicines Company; Medscape
Received research grant from: Daiichi Sankyo; Gilead Sciences Inc; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, LP
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: ABIOMED; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biotie Therapies; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Daiichi Sankyo; Faculty Connection, LLC; Gilead Sciences Inc; Janssen Pharmaceutical Products, LP; Stealth Peptides; The Medicines Company; Medscape
Interviewee
Cindy L. Grines, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Vice President of Academic and Clinical Affairs, Cardiovascular Institute, Detroit Medical Center Heart Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Disclosure: Cindy L. Grines, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; The Medicines Company; Volcano Corporation