Ezra A. Amsterdam, M.D.
Associate Chief (Academic Affairs), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Master Clinician Teacher, Department of Internal Medicine
Distinguished Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
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Department
Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Cardiology Clinic
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Fax: 800-348-0499
Additional Numbers
Physician Referrals
Clinical Interests
Dr. Amsterdam specializes in management of acute ischemic syndromes, identification and management of low-risk patients with chest pain (immediate treadmill testing, role of panic attack, GERD), post-myocardial infarction risk stratification and management, and prevention of coronary artery disease.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Amsterdam's research interests include: coronary artery disease, clinical pharmacology, noninvasive cardiac testing, exercise physiology, testing and training, women and heart disease, evaluation of low risk patients presenting to ED with chest pain.
Division
Cardiovascular Medicine
Undergraduate School
B.A., Chemistry with high honors, Wesleyan University, Sacramento CA 1958
Medical School
M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY 1962
Internship
Internal Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY 1962-1963
Residency
Cardiology, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY 1963-1965
Fellowship
Special Fellowship, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1968-1969
Fellowship
Cardiology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 1967-1968
Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring List, 2015
Walter Bleifeld Memorial Award, Distinguished contribution in the Field of Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2015
Outstanding clinician Award, Department of Internal Medicine, UCDMD, 2015
2014 School of Medicine Research Award in recognition of Mentoring Medical Research Fellowship Student Phong Ha (Class of 2016), UC Davis School of Medicine, 2014
2014 School of Medicine Research Award in recognition of Mentoring Medical Research Fellowship Student Debbie Chen (Class of 2016), UC Davis School of Medicine, 2014
Amsterdam EA, Takahashi M, Majid Mohammad, Abbas S, Alismail Y, and Venugopal S. Exercise electrocardiographic Testing. ASPC Manual of Preventive Cardiology. 2021 Jan:365-390. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56279-3_16.
Takahashi N, Gall E, Fan DL, Majid M, Amsterdam EA. ST elevation during recovery phase of exercise test. Am J Med. 2020 Nov 1;133(11):1287-1290. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.03.017.
Wu X, Fan D, Huang W, Meng Y, Wan T, Amsterdam EA, Shen Y, Chen Y, Ma D. Contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography predicts neo-intimal coverage of device post-left atrial appendage closure. Cardiol J. 2020 Sep 28. doi:10.5603/CJ.a2020.0125. Epub ahead of print. PMID:32986237.
Prasad P, Sharma AN, Vipparla NS, Majid M, Daniela A, Howell SJ, Wilson MD, Amsterdam EA. Identification and Management of Intermediate Risk Patients in the Chest Pain Unit. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2020 Mar;19(1):26-29. doi:10.1097/HPC.0000000000000202. PMID:31633498.
Wong ND, Amsterdam EA, Ballantyne C, Khera A, Nasir K, Toth PP; American Society for Preventive Cardiology. Spotlight from the American Society for Preventive Cardiology on Key Features of the 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guidelines on the Management of Blood Cholesterol. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2020 Feb;20(1):1-9. doi:10.1007/s40256-019-00358-0. PMID:31286451.
Mathenge N, Fan W, Wong ND, Hirsch C, Delaney CJ, Amsterdam EA, Koch B, Calara R, Gardin JM. Pre-diabetes, diabetes and predictors of incident angina among older women and men in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2020 Jan-Feb;17(1):1479164119888476. doi:10.1177/1479164119888476. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID:31778070.
Venugopal S, Kesarwani M, Chiamvimonvat N, Cadeiras M, Amsterdam E. Pharmacotherapy for Cardiovascular Conditions. Advanced Pharmacology for Prescribers, Springer Publishing Company. 2020;17:203-218. doi:10.1891/9780826195470.0017.
Howell SJ, Prasad P, Vipparla NS, Venugopal S, Amsterdam EA. Usefulness of pre-discharge cardiac testing in low risk women and men for safe, rapid discharge from a chest paint unit. Am J Cardiol. 2019 Mar 8;123(11):1772-1775. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.039.
Beri N, Dang P, Bhat A, Venugopal S, Amsterdam EA. Usefulness of Excellent Functional Capacity in Men and Women With Ischemic Exercise Electrocardiography to Predict a Negative Stress Imaging Test and Very Low Late Mortality. Am J Cardiol. 2019 Sep 1;124(5):661-665. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.05.065. Epub 2019 Jun 7. PMID:31300200.
Richards JR, Garber D, Laurin EG, Albertson TE, Derlet RW, Amsterdam EA, Olson KR, Ramoska EA, Lange RA. Treatment of cocaine cardiovascular toxicity: a systematic review. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2016 Jun;54(5):345-64. doi:10.3109/15563650.2016.1142090. Epub 2016 Feb 26. PMID:26919414.