Farouc Jaffer MD, PhD, FSCAI

Dr. Farouc Jaffer graduated from Stanford University in 1990 with a B.S. in Mathematical and Computational Sciences and received an MD and PhD in Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2003, he joined the Cardiology Division as faculty.

Dr. Jaffer is currently a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of Coronary Intervention and the Director of the Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI Program and CTO PCI Fellowship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. The MGH is a leading center for treating highly complex coronary blockages, such as CTOs. Many patients without options have successfully undergone CTO PCI and have experienced meaningful reductions in angina (chest pain) and shortness of breath.

Dr. Jaffer is also a Principal Investigator in the MGH Cardiovascular Research Center, where his NIH-funded laboratory develops novel molecular imaging approaches to image high-risk plaques and blood clots, to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and venous thrombosis.