Stanford School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine In the Department of Medicine

Tim Assimes, MD, MS

Instructor of Medicine


Tim Assimes, MD, MS Academic Profile

Medical School:

  • McGill University
    Montreal, Canada
    1994

Clinical Interests:

  • General Cardiology
  • Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Board Certifications:

  • Internal Medicine, 1999
  • Cardiovascular Medicine, 2004

Research Interests:

  • Genetic Epidemiology of Complex Cardiovascular Traits
  • Pharmacoepidemiology

Selected Publications:

  • Assimes T, Hlatky MA
    "Cardiac outcomes occurred more frequently with PCI than CABG or medical therapy in coronary artery disease."
    ACP J Club 2004 Nov-Dec; 141: 3: 57
  • Suissa S, Assimes T, Brassard P, Ernst P
    "Inhaled corticosteroid use in asthma and the prevention of myocardial infarction."
    Am J Med 2003; 115: 5: 377-81
  • Suissa S, Assimes T, Ernst P
    "Inhaled short acting beta agonist use in COPD and the risk of acute myocardial infarction."
    Thorax 2003; 58: 1: 43-6
  • Assimes TL, Lessard ML
    "The use of perioperative corticosteroids in craniomaxillofacial surgery."
    Plast Reconstr Surg 1999; 103: 1: 313-21; quiz 322
  • Assimes TL, Malcolm I
    "Torsade de pointes with sotalol overdose treated successfully with lidocaine."
    Can J Cardiol 1998; 14: 5: 753-6

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