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Stephen Heitner, MD
Researcher Vice President Clinical Research
Cytokinetics, Inc.
280 East Grand Avenue
South San Francisco, California, United States
Stephen Heitner is a Senior Medical Director at Cytokinetics. Previously he worked as a Cardiologist at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He received his medical degree from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa followed by residency in Internal medicine from Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia and fellowship in cardiology from Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey. He has a special interest in amyloidosis, cardiac amyloidosis, cardio-oncology and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Heitner specializes in caring for patients with uncommon and complex cardiac conditions.
Dr. Heitner is also an expert in cardiac imaging, and has implemented the latest developments in cardiac ultrasound technology in to the echocardiography laboratory at OHSU. Through the use of contrast echocardiography, 3D echocardiography, and even newer promising technologies, Dr. Heitner is helping improve the detection of disease, as well as guide non-surgical repair of structural cardiac problems (e.g. transcutaneous valve replacements, septal defect repairs).
Representative Publications:
Routine Papillary Muscle Realignment and Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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