Spas Kotev, MD
Instructor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
Current Positions
- Instructor of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine
- Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care Downtown
- Medical Director, Cardiology, University of Iowa Health Care Downtown
Education
- MD, Medical University of Sofia Faculty of Medicine, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
- Fellow, Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
Licenses & Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate, National Board of Echocardiography
- Diplomate, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
- Diplomate, Certification Board of Cardiovascular CT
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
- Diplomate, American Board of Vascular Medicine
- Diplomate, American Board of Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Medicine
Selected Publications
- Najam Wasty, M. Z. Khakwani, Spas Kotev, Catalin Boiangiu, Omar Hasan, Manjusha Anna, Rajiv Tayal, Khalil Kaid, Gail Baker, Marc Cohen. Ubiquitous Nature of Distal Athero/Thromboembolic Events during Lower Extremity Atherectomy Procedures Involving the Superficial Femoral Artery. Int J Angiol. 2016 Dec; 25(4): 252–257
- Tayal R, Barvalia M, Rana Z, LeSar B, Iftikhar H, Kotev S, Cohen M, Wasty N.Totally Percutaneous Insertion and Removal of Impella Device Using Axillary Artery in the Setting of Advanced Peripheral Artery Disease. J Invasive Cardiol. 2016 Sep;28(9):374-80.
- Kotev S, Anna M, Iftikhar H, Tayal R, Cohen M, Wasty N. Percutaneous treatment of stent-graft (Viabahn®) thrombosis employing a second stentgraft. J Invasive Cardiol. 2015 May;27(5):E65-7
- R. Tayal, B. Lesar, A. Seliem, S. Kotev, A. Weinberg, Z. Iqbal, O. Hasan, G. Rana, D. Iyer, M. Anna, H. Iftikar, A. Emporelli, P. Pan-file, M. Cohen, and N. Wasty. Predictors of Aortic Arch Type: Implications in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Being Evaluated for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 62, Issue 18, Supplement 1, 29 October 2013