Welcome to USF Cardiovascular Services

The mission of the Cardiovascular CRISP (Clinical and Research Integrated Strategic Program) at the University of South Florida is to provide outstanding clinical care, offer comprehensive educational opportunities, and perform cutting edge research, with the ultimate goal of preventing and curing cardiovascular disease.

We have faculty in all the major subspecialties of cardiology that provide expert consultative services as well as the latest techniques in cardiovascular care, both in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. We offer comprehensive training in cardiology for students, residents, and fellows at the University of South Florida as well as proctorships in selected areas of cardiology for physicians in practice. We participate in clinical trials to improve the care and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease. Our goal is to expand the frontiers of cardiac care through research leading to innovations in prevention, diagnosis, and intervention for our patients.

Anne Curtis, M.D.
Division Chief

Newsmakers in Cardiovascular Disease

December 9, 2009 -USF Chief of Cardiology Dr. Anne Curtis is on the Steering Committee of the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF), which was a study to improve the care of over 15,000 patients in the US by targeted efforts to increase the use of guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure. Dr. Curtis was the lead author on an article published in the 2009 December issue of the American Heart Journal that reported on baseline findings from IMPROVE HF. Specifically, she reported on the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients from IMPROVE HF. The study found that CRT is underutilized in many eligible patients in outpatient cardiology practices, and there is a wide variability in utilization among different practices and regions of the country. Click for Full Article

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January 27, 2009 - USF cardiologist Anne Curtis, MD, was recently elected a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, a professional organization that limits membership to only 125 academic cardiologists in the United States. Dr. Curtis, professor of medicine, chief of the USF Division of Cardiology and director of USF Cardiovascular Services, was one of only seven physicians in the country chosen by the AUC at the group's annual scientific and business meeting in January in California. She will be inducted during the AUC meeting held January 2010 in St. Petersburg, FL.
» Dr. Anne Curtis elected to Association of University Cardiologists

June 19, 2008 - USF Chief of Cardiology Anne Curtis, MD, weighs in on the setbacks in rhythm control for atrial fibrillation in the June 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Curtis and colleague Michael Cain, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, comment on the results of the international multicenter Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure trial comparing a rhythm-control strategy with a rate-control strategy in patients with congestive heart failure and a history of atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder.
» USF Cardiology Chief coauthors New England Journal of Medicine editorial