Daniel Edmundowicz, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of Preventive Cardiology in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Institute.
After completing a residency in internal medicine at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, he completed a cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.
As director of Preventive Cardiology, Dr. Edmundowicz has implemented a lipid clinic and a behavioral modification program to prevent cardiovascular disease.
In addition Dr. Edmundowicz directs the electron beam CT (EBT) program within the Cardiovascular Institute and as a result of collaboration with the department of epidemiology within the Graduate School of Public Health, has co-authored several publications describing the clinical utility EBT for detecting sub clinical vascular disease.
In his capacity as the director of the EBT program, he has acquired extensive experience in the use of noninvasive techniques to quantify sub clinical atherosclerosis. He participates in several NIH sponsored prevention trials and is the principal investigator for the EBT core lab for studies evaluating risk factor modification and coronary calcium in various populations including diabetics, women and the elderly.