A 2021 Cardiovascular Prevention Update

Dr. Michael Miedema is Director of the Nolan Family Center for Cardiovascular Health at Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Director of Cardiovascular Prevention at Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute. Dr. Miedema obtained his medical degree and completed a cardiovascular fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical School and also has a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a leading national expert in cardiovascular prevention. He serves as an Associate Editor for the digital content for the Prevention Section of the American College of Cardiology. He served on the executive review committee for the 2018 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines, and was a member of the 2019 ACC/AHA Guidelines Committee for the Primary Prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Thomas Knickelbine is director of lipid research at Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute, where he has actively practiced cardiology since 1996. He is co-director of HeartScan Minnesota®, which he founded in 1999 and helped pioneer the initial calcium scoring program in the state of Minnesota. He has published multiple abstracts, presentations and papers surrounding the need for early detection and optimal treatment of coronary artery plaque. Dr. Knickelbine is board certified in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular CT and has Level III training in cardiac and peripheral CT. His special interests include preventive cardiology and lipid management, coronary calcium scoring, echocardiography, diagnostic imaging, and coronary angiography.

Dr. Elizabeth Tuohy is a cardiologist at Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute and serves as Medical Director of the Heart Disease Prevention Clinic in St. Paul at United Hospital. She earned her Medical Degree from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship training at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. 

Dr. Tuohy’s cardiology practice interests include heart disease prevention, complex lipid management, general cardiology, as well as interpretation of multiple modalities of non-invasive cardiac imaging including echocardiography, nuclear imaging and cardiac CT. Dr. Tuohy is also active in teaching the United Family Medicine residents during her inpatient rounding service at United Hospital. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and National Lipid Association. Dr. Tuohy sees patients in St. Paul, Hastings, and Shoreview, MN.