Gary Gershony, MD
ASC PHYSCN DIPLOMATE
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Gershony grew up in Toronto, Canada and attended the University of Toronto where he graduated from medical school. He continued his training in internal medicine and general cardiology at the University of Toronto where he also served as Chief Medical Resident.
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Dr. Gershony subsequently completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Emory University under the auspices of Dr. Andreas Grüntzig, the inventor of coronary and peripheral angioplasty. From 1994-1998 Dr. Gershony was Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center. Following that he practiced interventional cardiology at John Muir Health Cardiovascular Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was the Director of Cardiovascular Research, Education and Technology, and founded a successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program starting in 2011. Dr. Gershony’s research interests include novel devices for complex coronary and peripheral angioplasty, transcatheter valve therapies and local drug-delivery to prevent restenosis. He has participated in numerous multi-center clinical trials as a Principal Investigator. Dr. Gershony has been board certified in general cardiology and interventional cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Royal College of Physicians (Canada), the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Gershony has authored over 100 manuscripts and abstracts in the field of cardiology and is a regularly invited faculty lecturer to the preeminent U.S. and international interventional cardiology meetings. Dr. Gershony has also served on the adjunct faculty of the Stanford Biodesign Program and is the author of 11 issued medical device patents. These patents led to the formation of two successful interventional cardiology companies (Vascular Solutions and AngioScore) that brought these innovative medical device technologies to widespread clinical use in the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Gershony joined the Division of Cardiology at UCSF in September of 2026.
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Publications (4)
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PaclitaxelCoronary RestenosisAngioplasty, BalloonAlloysCoronary StenosisPeripheral Vascular DiseasesIschemiaPercutaneous Coronary InterventionCoated Materials, BiocompatiblePopliteal ArteryCardiovascular AgentsEquipment DesignAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac CathetersTunica Intima
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A novel drug-coated scoring balloon for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis: Results from the multi-center randomized controlled PATENT-C first in human trial.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2015 Scheller B, Fontaine T, Mangner N, Hoffmann S, Bonaventura K, Clever YP, Chamie D, Costa R, Gershony G, Kelsch B, Kutschera M, Généreux P, Cremers B, Böhm M, Speck U, Abizaid A -
Inhibition of neo-intimal hyperplasia in porcine coronary arteries utilizing a novel paclitaxel-coated scoring balloon catheter.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2013 Cremers B, Schmitmeier S, Clever YP, Gershony G, Speck U, Scheller B -
A provisional strategy for treating true bifurcation lesions employing a scoring balloon for the side branch: final results of the AGILITY trial.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2013 Weisz G, Metzger DC, Liberman HA, O'Shaughnessy CD, Douglas JS, Turco MA, Mehran R, Gershony G, Leon MB, Moses JW -
Results of the multicenter first-in-man study of a novel scoring balloon catheter for the treatment of infra-popliteal peripheral arterial disease.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2007 Scheinert D, Peeters P, Bosiers M, O'Sullivan G, Sultan S, Gershony G