Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, EJD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, FICA, is an interventional cardiologist with Cardiovascular Medicine P.C., the Genesis Heart Institute, and UnityPoint-Trinity in the Quad Cities, Iowa. He is also the Founder, President, and Research Director of the Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation and an adjunct clinical associate professor of Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Shammas has been performing interventional procedures for 27 years in both coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He has published more than 400 manuscripts, abstracts, book chapters, and books and has been the principal investigator on more than 220 national clinical trials. His main research interests are the development of techniques for optimal endovascular interventions-with a focus on the triad of vessel prepping, distal embolic protection, and anti-restenotic therapies-and the management of arterial and venous thrombotic occlusions anddeep venous inte
