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He spent an additional three
years of training at Emory in the diagnosis and treatment of the heart and blood vessels.
Dr. Paustian has very specialized training in the procedure of cardiac catheterization,
the management of patients with heart attacks and those patients that require open heart
surgery.
Dr. Paustian is Board Certified in Internal
Medicine, Cardiology and Adult
Echocardiography. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology,
a Fellow of the American College of Physicians,
a Fellow of the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
and a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography.
He moved to Helena from Atlanta in the summer of 1983 (lured to Montana
by his avid interest in outdoor sports, including hunting, fishing, backpacking and
skiing) and in August began his solo cardiology practice.
Dr. Paustian has been selected as one of the
Best Doctors in America
every year since 1996.
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He is on the medical staff at St. Peter’s
Hospital where he has served as the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiology
Department as well as the Fort Harrison VA Medical
Center. Dr. Paustian has served on the Board of Governors representing the State of
Montana for the American College of Cardiology and has been the Medical Director for
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Dr. Paustian and his wife, Jan, have two boys, Ryan and Sean.
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: December 20, 1951
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio
PRESENT POSITION
Consulting invasive and non-invasive solo cardiology
practice in Helena, Montana
EDUCATION
1970-1974 - B.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana
(Note: First year of medical school counted as last year of college.)
1973-1977 - M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, Indiana
1977-1980 - Internship and Residency in Internal
Medicine at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia
1980-1983 - Fellowship in Cardiology at Emory University
Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Internal Medicine 1980
Cardiovascular Diseases 1983
Adult Echocardiography
2002
MEDICAL LICENSURE
States of 1) Montana, 2) Georgia, 3) Indiana
HONORS/AWARDS
1974 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Purdue University)
1976 Diplomate Federal Licensure Examination (FLEX)
1977 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1980 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1983 Diplomate, Cardiovascular Diseases
1985 Fellow, American College of Cardiology
1995 Fellow, American College of Physicians
2002 Fellow, American
Society of Cardiac Angiographers and Interventions
2002 Testamur-National
Board of Echocardiography
2003 Fellow, American
Society of Echocardiography
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
"Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: in Clinical
Essays on the Heart, Vol. 3, J. W. Hurst, Editor
"Holter Monitoring: A Review of Current
Technology" in Cardiology Special Edition Vol. 5, No.1, 1999
INSTITUTIONAL/DEPARTMENTAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Medical Director - ICU St. Peter's Hospital Helena,
Montana; 1983 - December 2000
Medical Director - Cardiology Division, St. Peter's
Hospital, Helena, Montana; 1983 - December 2000
Chairman - Quality Assurance Committee, St.Peter's
Hospital, Helena, Montana; 1984 - 1985
Chairman - Critical Care Committee, St. Peter's
Community Hospital, Helena, Montana, 1986 -December 2000
Cardiovascular Representative - Montana Carrier Advisory
Committee, 1992-1993
Medical Director - Medicare Part B State of Montana,
1993 - 1996
Medical Director - Community I. V. Therapy &
Nutrition Service, Helena, Montana, 1994 - 1996
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Cardiology, 1985 - Present
Governor State of Montana American College of
Cardiology, 1991 - 1994
American College of
Physicians, 1991- Present
American Society of
Echocardiography, 2001-present
MICROSOFT
CERTIFICATION
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