Manuel D. Cerqueira, MD, is an internationally recognized thought leader, educator, and researcher in the fields of cardiology and nuclear medicine. He is currently at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he is Chairman of Nuclear Medicine in the Imaging Institute, a Staff Cardiologist in the Heart and Vascular Institute, and Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He was formerly at Georgetown University Medical Center, where he was Chief of Cardiology, and at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

A native of Portugal, Dr. Cerqueira earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine at Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, and in Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Nuclear Cardiology, and Cardiovascular CT.

As an educator, Dr. Cerqueira has lectured on all aspects of cardiovascular care throughout the United States, on six continents, and in major cities of the world. He is a regularly invited speaker and organizer of symposia and scientific meetings. His work has been recognized by his peers who selected him for listing in the “Best Doctors in America” and as a lifetime member for listing in Strathmore’s Who’s Who.

As a researcher and academician, Dr. Cerqueira has had continuous grant funding for developmental research efforts in nuclear cardiology and the operation of a Nuclear Cardiology Central Laboratory. His major research efforts have focused on measuring the effects of various treatments for acute myocardial infarction, the development of new perfusion and thrombus imaging agents, and protocols and safety of pharmacologic stress testing. He has authored or co-authored 170 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 28 book chapters and has editorship of a textbook on Nuclear Cardiology.

He has worked closely as a consultant with industry in the development of new imaging technologies and served as Chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Medical Use of Isotopes of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as a member of the Diagnostic Imaging Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee, and as the American College of Cardiology representative to the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the Practice Expense Committee.