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Biography: Dr. Poterucha is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specializes in clinical research, cardiac imaging, and clinical cardiology. He received his MD from Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital after which he served on the faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He subsequently pursued fellowships in cardiology and advanced echocardiography at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.Dr. Poterucha's research focuses on using novel tools, including artificial intelligence analysis of cardiovascular testing, to improve the care of patients with cardiovascular disease. This includes the development of diagnostic algorithms using large-scale retrospective database analysis of ECGs and echocardiograms and the prospective validation of those tools. His aim is to ensure that these tools are deployed equitably to improve care in patients experiencing fractured or inadequate medical care.Clinically, Dr. Poterucha's areas of expertise include transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac stress testing. He serves as a clinical cardiologist on patients admitted to NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He is an enthusiastic medical educator and is involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

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Biography: Stacy W. Baird, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She is a cardiologist with expertise in non-invasive imaging, focusing on stress testing, transesophageal echocardiography and 2D-echocardiography in the diagnosis and evaluation of cardiac conditions. Dr. Baird received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and medical residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Cardiovascular Diseases at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Following fellowship, Dr. Baird then completed an Advanced Fellowship in Echocardiography at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, with a focus on the use of 3D-echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiovascular diseases, particularly valvular heart disease. She is board certified in cardiology, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology.