
Howard Lan
Loma Linda University Medical Center, USA
Biography
Howard Lan is a Senior Cardiology Fellow at Loma Linda University Medical Center and will continue his training in interventional cardiology at UCSF Fresno in 2018. He is passionate in the field of STEMI research with goals to identify factors that result in improved outcome in this patient population. He hopes to translate his research work into clinical practice in the future to better help patients who present with STEMI. He is also involved in Heart Failure Research and has found an association between cognitive impairment and higher mortality rate. By identifying heart failure patients who are at higher risks for poor outcome, the goal is to intervene early to improve quality of life and to improve overall survival.