Professor Carl Lavie

ATH - Professor

Ochsner Clinical School
Faculty of Medicine

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CARL (CHIP) LAVIE, JR., M.D., FACC, FACP, FCCP

Ochsner Clinical School – The University of Queensland School of Medicine, clavie@ochsner.org

Dr. Lavie graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1983 and completed internal medicine residency at Ochsner and fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Mayo , where he joined the faculty in 1989. Dr. Lavie is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology; Director, Exercise Testing Laboratory; and Staff Cardiologist, Echocardiographic Laboratory at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute in New Orleans, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine and he previously served for 10 years as Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Training program. He served as a Consultant in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from January 2012-October 2014. Dr. Lavie’s research interests include cardiac rehabilitation and prevention, lipids, hypertension, obesity, and exercise, as well as noninvasive testing, encompassing echocardiography, exercise testing, and nuclear cardiology. He is the author of over 800 medical publications including two cardiology textbooks, and 40 book chapters. Dr. Lavie serves as a frequent lecturer, reviewer for several medical journals, and is Associate Editor and Cardiovascular Section Editor of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings and is Editor in Chief of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Prevention, and over 20 other Journals.For 2011 till now, he has served as Chairman of the Document Oversights Committee for AACVPR. For the years 2003 and 2004 he served as Chairman of Vascular, Hypertension and Prevention for the American College of Cardiology and he has been an elite reviewer for JACC for 7 of the last 8 years, also receiving the Simon Dack Award as a life-time, hall of fame, reviewer.In 2013, he gave Key-Note lectures for both the American College of Sports Medicine and the Cardiac Rehabilitation one for the AACVPR, where he received the 2013 Research Award. From a personal stand-point, he is an avid sports fan and competitive runner, with personal records in the 5K, 10K, Half-Marathon and Marathon of 18:30,38:30,1:24:30, and 3:10, respectively. He is the author of “The Obesity Paradox” ,released April,2014.John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute

1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121

Telephone: (504) 842-1281 or 842-5874, FAX: (504) 842-5875

E-mail: clavie@ochsner.org

Admin. Asst. (Jean Ann Landry): jlandry@ochsner.org

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  • Mendoza, Michael Vaughn F., Kachur, Sergey M. and Lavie, Carl J. (2022). The Effects of Exercise on Lipid Biomarkers. Methods in Molecular Biology. (pp. 93-117) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1558-4_6

  • Elagizi, Andrew and Lavie, Carl J. (2019). Omega-3 fatty acids and the cardiovascular system. Omega fatty acids in brain and neurological health. (pp. 213-228) edited by Ronald Ross Watson and Victor R. Preedy. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-815238-6.00014-6

  • Morledge, Michael D., Kachur, Sergey, Lavie, Carl J., Parto, Parham, O’Keefe, James H. and Milani, Richard V. (2018). Exercise and cardiovascular disease: emphasis on efficacy, dosing, and adverse effects and toxicity. Lifestyle in heart health and disease. (pp. 137-151) edited by Ronald Ross Watson and Sherma Zibadi. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811279-3.00010-0

  • Lee, John H., O'Keefe, James H., Milani, Richard and Lavie, Carl J. (2012). Omega-3 fatty acids: Current state in cardiovascular disease. Fish Oil: Production, Consumption and Health Benefits. (pp. 353-366) New York, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.

  • Lee, John H., Lavie, Carl J., O'Keefe, James H. and Milani, Richard (2011). Nuts and seeds in cardiovascular health. Nuts and seeds in health and disease prevention. (pp. 75-82) edited by Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson and Vinood B. Patel. London United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375688-6.10008-8

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