Michael Smith, MD

Started Practice: 2007

Joined Scripps Clinic: 2005

Professional Societies:

  • Member, American College of Cardiology
  • Member, American Society of Echocardiography
  • Member, American Heart Association
  • Member, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Honors & Awards:

  • Heart Failure Society of America Research Fellowship Award
  • Thornburg Medical Foundation Chairman’s Young Investigator Award for Research
  • Tom and Nell Waltz Award for Leadership in Medicine

Research Focus:

  • Three-dimensional echocardiography
  • Device therapies for heart failure

Clinical Interests Within Specialty:

  • Advanced echocardiography
  • Heart failure
  • Valvular heart disease

Dr. Smith specializes in the treatment of people with heart failure, including those with advanced and end-stage heart failure. He works closely with the surgeons at Scripps to provide pre- and post- operative care to patients who have a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

Specialties

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Areas of Expertise

  • Cardiovascular Disease

Board Certifications

  • National Board of Echocardiography, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, 2007
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2007
  • Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, 2006
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2004

Medical Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, MD, 2001

Residencies

  • Scripps Clinic, Intern/Resid, Internal Medicine, 2004

Fellowships

  • Scripps Clinic, Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2006