Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Steven R. Bergmann, M.D., Ph.D., provides leadership and oversight for the Office of Faculty Affairs. The office is responsible for all aspects of faculty academic life in the School of Medicine including appointments, promotions, tenure, grievances, sabbaticals, and retirement. The office also assists faculty and chairs in navigating the academic system. Before joining the University of Connecticut in April, 2014, Dr. Bergmann held faculty positions at Washington University, the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He was most recently the chief of the Thomas Killip Division of Cardiology at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, and vice chair of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Bergmann received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University, his Ph.D. from Hahnemann Medical College, and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. His research interests include the use of positron emission tomography for the quantification of heart blood flow and metabolism, the evaluation and treatment of chest pain, cardiac stress testing, and evaluation of the efficacy of therapeutic interventions designed to mitigate myocardial dysfunction. Dr. Bergmann is also interested in the development of clinical pathways in improving patient care, decreasing hospital length of stay, and enhancing patient outcomes. Articles： Mortality in the coronary care unit. Ratcliffe, Justin A; Wilson, Eelin; Islam, Sirajul; Platsman, Zlata; Leou, Konstantinos; Williams, Gwendolyn; Lucido, David; Moustakakis, Emmanuel; Rachko, Maurice; Bergmann, Steven R Coronary artery disease 2014 Jan;25(1):60-5 Identification of residual risk factors for the development of venous thromboembolism in medical inpatients receiving subcutaneous heparin therapy for prophylaxis. Kato, Shumei; Shimada, Yuichi J; Friedmann, Patricia; Kashan, Glenn; Husk, Gregg; Bergmann, Steven R Coronary artery disease 2012 Jun;23(4):294-7 Carotid plaque, compared with carotid intima-media thickness, more accurately predicts coronary artery disease events: a meta-analysis. Inaba, Yoichi; Chen, Jennifer A; Bergmann, Steven R Atherosclerosis 2012 Jan;220(1):128-33 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: analysis of risk factors in medical inpatients. Kato, Shumei; Takahashi, Koichi; Ayabe, Kengo; Samad, Reza; Fukaya, Eri; Friedmann, Patricia; Varma, Mala; Bergmann, Steven R British journal of haematology 2011 Aug;154(3):373-7 Prediction of future cardiovascular outcomes by flow-mediated vasodilatation of brachial artery: a meta-analysis. Inaba, Yoichi; Chen, Jennifer A; Bergmann, Steven R The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2010 Aug;26(6):631-40 Quantity of viable myocardium required to improve survival with revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A meta-analysis. Inaba, Yoichi; Chen, Jennifer A; Bergmann, Steven R Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2010 Aug;17(4):646-54 No evidence of increased prevalence of premature coronary artery disease in New York City police officers as predicted by coronary artery calcium scoring. Wanahita, Nikolas; See, Jia Lin; Giedd, Kenneth N; Friedmann, Patricia; Somekh, Nir N; Bergmann, Steven R Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010 Jun;52(6):661-5 Telemetry monitoring guidelines for efficient and safe delivery of cardiac rhythm monitoring to noncritical hospital inpatients. Dhillon, Sandeep K; Rachko, Maurice; Hanon, Sam; Schweitzer, Paul; Bergmann, Steven R Critical pathways in cardiology 2009 Sep;8(3):125-6 Impact of single or multicentre study design on the results of trials examining the efficacy of adjunctive devices to prevent distal embolisation during acute myocardial infarction. Inaba, Yoichi; Chen, Jennifer A; Mehta, Nisha; Bergmann, Steven R EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2009 Aug;5(3):375-83