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Esther Vorovich, MD

Faculty Member Board Certification Review Faculty

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine

Dr. Vorovich is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine.  She received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania where she went on to complete her internal medicine residency, general cardiology, and advanced heart failure training.  During her cardiovascular training, she also completed a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology.  She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and an active member in numerous national and international professional societies including the Heart Failure Society of America and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.  She is a board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine.  She has published numerous peer reviewed manuscripts and was a coauthor on national society guidelines for clinical competencies in training in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, national consensus statements on management of durable mechanical circulatory support devices and consensus statements on heart failure related cardiogenic shock.

Currently, in her role as an Associate Professor in the Advanced Heart Failure Section, she cares for both inpatients and outpatients with advanced heart failure as well as recipients of heart transplants and mechanical assist devices.  Dr. Vorovich is also the medical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and the multi-disciplinary cardiogenic shock team which is a joint effort with cardiac surgery, cardiac anesthesia, and interventional cardiology colleagues to ensure rapid evaluation of patients with cardiogenic shock as well as appropriate and timely utilization of state-of-the-art temporary mechanical support devices.  Lastly, she also serves as the Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship.