sherman sorensen md

F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.S.C.A.I., F.A.S.E., F.A.S.N.C.
gerald polukoff md - sorensen cardiovascular group  
Office Addresses:
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Outpatient Care Center
5169 S Cottonwood Street Suite 610
Murray, Utah 84107
phone: 801.507.3656
fax: 801.507.3657
 
Personal Data:

Marital Status: Married to Stephanie Polukoff, OTR
Date of Birth: November 28, 1960
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan

 
Education: Postgraduate Education:

High School
Clearwater High School
Clearwater, Florida

College
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Major- Chemistry
Dates: 9/78 – 5/82

Medical School
American University of the Caribbean
Montserrat, British West Indies
Dates: 6/82 – 6/85 Degree: M.D.

Internship
Deaconess Hospital
St. Louis University Affiliate Teaching Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
7/1/85 – 6/30/1986 Internal Medicine

Residency
Deaconess Hospital
St. Louis University Affiliate Teaching Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
7/1/1986 – 6/30/1988 Internal Medicine

Fellowship-I
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
7/1988 – 6/1990: Cardiovascular Disease

Fellowship-II
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah
1/01/2006-12/31/2006: Interventional Cardiology
Board Certifications:  
American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine: 9/15/1988

American Board of Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Certification:
Cardiovascular Disease: 11/6/1991

American Board of Internal Medicine
Recertification:
Cardiovascular Disease: 1/2002

National Board of Echocardiography:
Certified: 6/2007

American Board of Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Certification:
Interventional Cardiology: 11/2007

Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
Certified: 12/2008
Clinical Experience:


PRIVATE PRACTICE


8/1990 – 7/00: Heart Clinic of Corpus Christi:
Practice Scope included; Cardiac Catheterization, Coronary Angioplasty, Coronary Stent, Coronary Atherectomy, Peripheral Angioplasty and Stent, Cardiopulmonary Support (CPS), Pacemaker Implantation, Intraoperative assessment of Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators, Intensive and Coronary Care, and General Cardiology.

gerald polukoff md - sorensen cardiovascular group

ACADEMIC PRACTICE

Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiology Attending Physician.
11/00 – 2//2008: University of Utah School of Medicine.
Attending areas included: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Intensive Care, General Cardiology, Outpatient Cardiology, Non-Invasive Laboratory and Echocardiography Laboratory.

Staff Cardiologist: Intermountain Medical Center Salt Lake City, Utah.
6/2008-8/2011: Private Practice Cardiology:The Heart Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Practice Scope includes; Invasive and Interventional Cardiology. Peripheral Angiopraphy,Intensive and Coronary Care, General
Cardiology and Outpatient Cardiology.

CURRENT POSITION

Staff Cardiologist: Intermountain Medical Center and St. Marks Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
8/2011-present: Private Practice Cardiology: Sorensen Cardiovascular Group, Salt Lake City, UT.
Practice focus: Structural Heart Disease: Evaluation and Treatment of Septal Defects and Evaluation and Treatment of Venous Disease.
Practice Scope includes; Invasive and Interventional Cardiology.   Peripheral Angiopraphy, Intensive and Coronary Care, General Cardiology Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, Transesophageal echordiography and Outpatient Cardiology.

 

Licensure/ Certification:

Texas 06/89-2/11 # H6919
Utah 05/99-1/12 # 99-370938-1205
Idaho 05/07-6/11 # M9904
Arizona 05/07-11/10 # 36937
Oregon 10/09-12/11 # 150356

Locum Tenens:

2007-2008: Assignments completed in Arizona,
Idaho and Texas.

 
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Professional Organizations:


Fellow American Heart Associaton
President – American Heart Association:
Corpus Christi Division; 1992 –1994

Fellow American College of Cardiology

Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography

Fellow of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Fellow Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.



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Academic and Teaching:

Clinical Instructor/Internal Medicine:
University of Texas Medical Branch,
7/1988 – 6/1990

Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, 9/1991 – 8/1996

Adjunct Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of
Cardiology, 11/2000 – 2/2008


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Publications:


Risk of valvular heart disease associated with use of fenfluramine.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 6/2003

Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Patients Taking Dexfenfluramine and Fenfluramine- Phentermine.
Coastal Bend Medicine. 7/2000

Large Population of Americans at Risk.
Coastal Bend Medicine. 10/1997

Clinical Experience With Intracoronary Tissue Plasminogen Activator: Results of a Multicenter Registry.
Intracoronary t-PA Registry Investigators.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 34:196- 201 (1995)

 
 
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