Academic Interests
Dr. Lauer practices Cardiology at the Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Passavant. He is trained in transthoracic and transesopheal echocardiography and exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography. He also specializes in myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary angiography, cardiac anatomy and function, left ventricular morphology and function,and pulmonary vein anatomy.
- BS, Northwestern University, 1988
- MD, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1992
- Residency, Internal Medicine, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, 1995
- Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, 1998
Education & Training
Recent Publications
Lauer WJ, Carlson TA. Images in cardiovascular medicine: Myocardial bridging. Circulation. 1998; 98(8): 821.
