2010

• 2011-present - Chairman of the Division of Cardiology at St Francis Hospital
• 2011-present - Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St Francis Hospital
• 2010-present - Stern Cardiovascular Foundation
• 2009-2010 - Borgess Heart Institute 

• 2009-2010 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Borgess Heart Institute/Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• 2006-2009 Cardiology Fellowship University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
• 2003-2006 Internal Medicine Residency University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
• 1999-2003 Medical Degree Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
• 1997-2001 Bachelor of Science in Biology, cum laude Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

• 2011-2021 American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
• 2009-2019 American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
• 2007-2017 American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

• 2011 Patient’s Choice Award
• 2010 Patients’ Choice Award
• 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor Award
• 2009 Consumer’ Research Council of America - America’s Top Cardiologists
• Dec 2008 Fellow Teaching Award, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee. Awarded to the fellow voted “best teacher” by internal medicine residents and interns
• Feb 2008 Cardiovascular Case Reports Scholar, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana. SSCI award for outstanding case report
• Feb 2007 Trainee Award, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana. SSCI research award for innovative research project
• 1997-1999 American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. National merit based scholarship
• 1997-1999 Dean’s List, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Dean’s List in all semesters at RPI
• 1997-1999 Dean’s Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Merit based scholarship  

• 2009-Present Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
• 2008-Present American Heart Association
• 2006-Present American College of Cardiology
• 2006-Present American Federation for Medical Research
• 2004-Present American College of Physicians
• 2003-Present Tennessee Medical Association
• 2003-Present Memphis Medical Society
• 1999-Present American Medical Association

• Baptist Memorial Hospitals
• Saint Francis Hospital
• Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett
• Methodist Hospitals

• 2007-2009 Fellowship Project, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Karl T Weber, M.D. Researched Vitamin B12, transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin levels in patients with biventricular and left ventricular heart failure.
• 2006-2009 Fellowship Project, University of Tennessee Health Science Center Karl T Weber, M.D. Analyzed the levels of zinc and selenium in African American patients with compensated and decompensated heart failure.
• 2000 Research Assistant, Albany Medical Center Kyran Dowling, MD. Analyzed the use of Tirofiban, aspirin, and heparin to decrease thrombosis in coated stents.
• 1998-1999 Research Assistant, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Julie Stenken, PhD. Used microdialysis coupled to chromatographic separation methods to analyze the effectiveness of various drugs.

• Mar 14, 2009 Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Course, Memphis, Tennessee Presentation – Cardiovascular Disease review for American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification Examination sponsored by the Tennessee chapter of the American College of Physicians
• Feb 21, 2008 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana Poster – Paulus BM, LaGuardia SP, Battin DL, Zafarullah H, Newman KP, Weber WT - Hepatic Function in Patients with and without decompensated biventricular failure
• Feb 21, 2008 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana Presentation – “A Complex Case of Leg Pain.” Patent Foramen Ovale case report and discussion
• Mar 20, 2007 Memphis Academy of Internal Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee Presentation – Zinc and Selenium Dyshomeostasis in African Americans with and without heart failure
• Feb 8, 2007 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana Poster – Paulus BM, Bhattacharya SK, Johnson PL, Nelson MD, Newman KP, Weber KT - Zinc and Selenium Dyshomeostasis in African Americans with and without heart failure
• Feb 8, 2007 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana Poster - Barkoudah E, Paulus BM, Shook MS, Weber KT - Apathetic hyperthyroidism and the heart
• Feb 8, 2007 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, New Orleans, Louisiana Poster - Mehr AJ, Paulus BM, Weber KT - A variant of multiple endocrine abnormalities  

• Dowling K, Paulus B, Siskin G, Stainken B, Dolen E, Quarfordt S, Mitchell N, Sansivero G. The effect of a platelet glycoprotein 2b/3a receptor inhibitor on thrombus formation with covered stent placement. A feasibility study in canine models [abstract]. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2001: 24 Suppl 1; S156.
• Barkoudah E, Paulus BM, Shook MS, Weber KT. Apathetic hyperthyroidism and the heart [abstract]. J Investig Med. 2007; 55 (Supplement 1): S257.
• Mehr AJ, Paulus BM, Weber KT. A variant of multiple endocrine abnormalities [abstract]. J Investig Med. 2007; 55 (Supplement 1): S257.
• Paulus BM, Bhattacharya SK, Johnson PL, Nelson MD, Newman KP, Weber KT. Zinc and selenium dyshomeostasis in African Americans with and without heart failure [abstract]. J Investig Med. 2007; 55 (Supplement 1): S255.
• Zafarullah H, Paulus BM, LaGuardia SP, Battin DL, Shahbaz AU, Alturkmani R, Davis RC, Smith JL, Weber KT. Elevated Serum Cobalamin in patients with decompensated heart failure [abstract]. J Investig Med. 2008; 56 (1): 344-345
• Paulus BM, LaGuardia SP, Battin DL, Zafarullah H, Newman KP, Weber KT. Hepatic function in patients with and without decompensated biventricular failure [abstract]. J Investig Med. 2008; 56 (1): 373-374.
• Paulus BM, Fischell TA. Retrieval devices and techniques for the extraction of intravascular foreign bodies in the coronary arteries. J Interv Cardiol. 2010 June; 23 (3): 271-276. 

• Structural Heart Disease
• Consultative Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology (including such procedures as cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, and stent placement)
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Peripheral Vascular Disease