David J. Moliterno, MD, was named the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions on Jan. 11.
Moliterno, who was previously an associate editor of the journal, will assume his responsibilities with the July 2017 issue. He replaces Spencer B. King III, MD, who had been the journal’s editor-in-chief since its inception in 2008.
Moliterno is the chair of the department of internal medicine at the University of Kentucky and an interventional cardiology faculty member at the Gill Heart Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.
During his two-decade career, Moliterno’s primary research interest has been acute coronary syndromes, according to an American College of Cardiology news release.
Moliterno was named the chief of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Kentucky in 2003. He previously worked at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed multiple fellowships in cardiovascular medicine.
Executive Editor
Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.