Summary

Creator:

Barbagelata, Alejandro

Abstract:

Dr. Alejandro Barbagelata is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cardiology at Duke University and a member of the Duke University Cooperative Cardiovascular Society (DUCCS) Board of Directors. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on March 26, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. Barbagelata discusses the Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Favaloro Clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Extent:

1 interview (2 CDs, 1 transcript)

Collection ID:

OH.BARBAGELATAA

Background

Scope and Content:

Includes 1 oral history interview with Dr. Alejandro Barbagelata conducted on March 26, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. Barbagelata discusses the Duke Cardiovascular Databank and subsequent variations at Favalaro Clinic in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Biographical / Historical:

Alejandro Barbagelata was born and raised in Argentina. He received his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires and completed a cardiology fellowship at the Favaloro Foundation at Sanatorio Guemes in Buenos Aires. In 1992 Barbagelata was sent to the Duke Clinical Research Institute by Dr. Rene G. Favaloro and worked with Duke to develop the Latino version of the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Diseases from 1992 to 1994. In 2005 he became Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas, Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, TX. In 2006 he became director of an advanced heart failure fellowship program at UTMB. He was the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) primary physician in the Heart Transplant program from 2011 to 2013. He has been involved with the Duke University Cooperative Cardiovascular Society (DUCCS) since 1997, and in 2010 he became a member of the DUCCS Board of Directors. As of 2019, Barbagelata is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine/Cardiology at Duke.Alejandro Barbagelata married Silvina Diaz Usandivaras. They have three daughters.

Acquisition Information:

Accession A2007.115 (March 2007)

Processing information:

Processed by Archives staff: date unknown

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: Interview, March 26, 2007.

Rules or Conventions:

DACS

Related

Related Material:

• Division of Cardiology Records
• Galen S. Wagner Papers

Subjects

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Subjects:

Cardiology.
Database.