Alexander Paraschos, MD, PhD
Cardiologist, Interventional Cardiologist
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About Me
I am an interventional cardiologist who helps patients in the cardiac catheterization lab by performing procedures like inserting stents and pacemakers. I also provide care in general cardiology and follow patients with coronary disease, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. I have spent more than 20 years at the Kernodle Clinic and helped establish and design its cath lab. I view my patients as family members and try to be conservative about when to intervene. I know there are always risks and drawbacks to any intervention, so I use good judgment to determine when a procedure is warranted. Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my two children, playing golf and going on winter skiing trips with my family.
- Clinical Faculty in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology 2025
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Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
- Paraschos, Alexander, Dwayne Callwood, Marilyn B. Wightman, James E. Tcheng, Harry R. Phillips, Gary L. Stiles, John M. Daniel, and Michael H. Sketch. “Outcomes following elective percutaneous coronary intervention without on-site surgical backup in a community hospital.” Am J Cardiol 95, no. 9 (May 1, 2005): 1091–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.066.
- Glotzer, T. V., R. Yee, A. S. Hellkamp, R. Marinchak, J. Cook, A. Paraschos, G. Radoslovich, et al. “Arrhythmia monitoring through pacemakers - Response.” CIRCULATION 108, no. 15 (October 14, 2003): E109–E109.
- Glotzer, Taya V., Anne S. Hellkamp, John Zimmerman, Michael O. Sweeney, Raymond Yee, Roger Marinchak, James Cook, et al. “Atrial high rate episodes detected by pacemaker diagnostics predict death and stroke: report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the MOde Selection Trial (MOST).” Circulation 107, no. 12 (April 1, 2003): 1614–19. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000057981.70380.45.
- Glotzer, T. V., A. S. Hellkamp, J. Zimmerman, M. Sweeney, R. Yee, R. Marinchak, J. Cook, et al. “Symptoms are an unreliable predictor of the presence of clinically important supraventricular tachycardias: Report of the atrial diagnostics ancillary study of MOST.” In CIRCULATION, 106:603–603. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2002.
- Moliterno, D. J., R. A. Harrington, M. W. Krucoff, P. W. Armstrong, F. VandeWerf, A. Kristinsson, W. Hui, et al. “More complete and stable reperfusion with platelet IIb/IIIa antagonism plus thrombolysis for AMI: The PARADIGM trial.” In CIRCULATION, 94:3232–3232. AMER HEART ASSOC, 1996.
- PARASCHOS, A., D. K. HINES, R. MATSUO, and J. S. KARLINER. “A PHORBOL ESTER ENHANCES BOTH BETA-1-ADRENOCEPTOR DOWN-REGULATION AND ADENYLYL CYCLASE ACTIVITY.” In CIRCULATION, 82:176–176. AMER HEART ASSOC, 1990.
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