Dr. Wilentz graduated AOA from the NYU School of Medicine after receiving his BA in English from Columbia University. After his Interventional fellowship with Dr. Gruentzig, in 1986 he became Associate Chief of the Cath Lab at Lenox Hill. From 1993 through 2005 he directed the Interventional Cardiology Labs at Beth Israel and St. Luke's Roosevelt, and returned to Lenox Hill this year. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association's Council on Clinical Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention. He has appeared as a panelist in the ACC's video learning series on acute intervention in MI and has been a preceptor for physicians learning carotid intervention both in the cath lab and using the simulator.
Dr. Wilentz' expertise in complex coronary interventions including rotoblator, bifurcational and left main stenting and reopening of chronic total occlusions dates from his early training with Dr. Gruentzig, the father of coronary angioplasty. Dr. Wilentz did his peripheral vascular and carotid training with the team of Max Amor in Nancy, France, and with Drs. Roubin and Iyer at Lenox Hill. He is widely published and has been an investigator in new devices for carotid stenting with distal protection, outpatient coronary stenting, invasive follow-up of congenital heart disease, ASD / PFO closure and invasive treatment of peripheral and renovascular disease.
Dr. Wilentz does evaluation of patients with complex cardiac and vascular disease, including stroke prevention and relief of heart pains and claudication (exercise-related calf pain or heaviness). He is known for his acceptance of patients who have been told there is "nothing that can be done." He performs complex coronary procedures, carotid stenting, renal artery stenting, as well as peripheral vascular atherectomy and stenting and catheter repair of PFO and ASD.
Experience
Academic
January 2003 - February 2006
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
July 1994 - Present
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
March 1992 -July 1993
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cornell University Medical College
July 1986 - March 1992
Instructor in Medicine
New York Medical College
July 1985 - June 1986
Fellow in Interventional Cardiology
Emory University
July 1984 - June 1985
Instructor in Medicine
Boston University
July 1982 - June 1984
Fellow in Medicine
Boston University
July 1980 - June 1982
Research Fellow in Medicine
Harvard University
June 1976 - June 1980
Clinical Fellow in Medicine
Harvard University
Hospital
February 2006 - Present
Associate Clinical Director of Research
Lenox Hill Interventional Cardiac and Vascular Services
130 East 77th Street - 9 Black Hall, New York NY 10021
August 2001 - February 2006
Director, Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology
St. Luke's Roosevelt Medical Center S&R3
1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY 10025
December 1998 - December 2000
Associate Attending Physician
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY 10011
January 1999 - Present
Associate Physician
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY 10003
July 1993 - December 1998
Director: Interventional Cardiology
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003
January 1989 - June 1993
Associate Physician
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021
October 1988 - June 1993
Assistant Chief: Hemodynamics Laboratory and
Interventional Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021
September 1986 - December 1988
Assistant Adjunct Physician
Director of Teaching in Invasive Cardiology
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021
July 1984 - June 1985
Staff Cardiologist and Assistant Visiting Physician
Boston City Hospital and Boston University Hospital, Boston, MA 02118
Education & Training
Academic Training
September 1972 - June 1976
New York University School of Medicine, M.D.
New York, NY, 10016
September 1968 - June 1972
Columbia College, Columbia University
New York, NY 10027. B.A.
Postdoctoral Traning
May - July 2000
Fellowship in Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Polyclinique d'Essey
Essey-les-Nancy 54270, France
July 1985 - June 1986
Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology
Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA 30322
July 1982 - June 1984
Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA 02118
July 1979 - June 1982
Clinical and Research Fellowships in Hematology,
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
June 1976 - June 1979
Internship, Junior and Senior Resident in Internal Medicine,
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
Honors & Awards
May, 2002
Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Sept, 1981
National Research Service Award, Public Health Service
June, 1976
Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Chapter, New York University School of Medicine
Appointments & Memberships
Fellow, American Heart Association's Council on Clinical Cardiology
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention
Lenox Hill Hospital
Department of Interventional Cardiology
130 East 77th Street,
9th floor
New York, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 434-2606
Fax: (212) 434-2610
Email:jwilentz@lenoxhill.net Map This Location
