Professor of Medicine Co-director of the Adult Cardiology Non-Invasive Laboratory and Director of Cardiac Stress Testing Laboratory and Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine at UCSF Medical Center. Address: UCSF Medical Center Division of Cardiology 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124 Telephone/FAX/E-mail: Phone: (415) 353-1679 email: eli@itsa.ucsf.edu

Dr. Elias Botvinick is co-director of the Adult Cardiology Non-Invasive Laboratory and director of Cardiac Stress Testing Laboratory and Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine at UCSF Medical Center. His major interests and research focus on the application of non-invasive imaging techniques, including scintigraphy or radionuclide scanning, echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to better evaluate and understand cardiac disease. Botvinick also is interested in the mechanism, safety and clinical value of the range of exercise and pharmacologic stress testing methods, particularly how they apply to the diagnosis and risk assessment of coronary artery disease. Botvinick earned his medical degree from New York University, where he went on to complete his residency in internal medicine. He also completed two fellowships at UCSF, one in cardiovascular disease and another in nuclear medicine. Botvinick is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and nuclear medicine.

Medical School	New York University School of Medicine 1967
Residencies	New York University Medical Center Internal Medicine 1972
Fellowships:	UCSF Medical Center, Nuclear Medicine 1975 UCSF Medical Center, Cardiovascular Diseases 1975
Certifications:	Cardiovascular Disease 1979 Nuclear Medicine 1976 Internal Medicine 1973

Memberships :

American Medical Association

American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine

American Heart Association

American College of Cardiology (Fellow)