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Amit Desai, MD, Cardiology, Boston, MA

AmitDesaiMD

Cardiology • Boston, MA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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  • Office

    75 Francis Street
    Brigham And Women's Hospital Cardiovascular Division
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone+1 857-307-4000

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2001 - 2004
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License 2011 - 2019
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
    American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
  • Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Remote Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction  
    Akshay S Desai, Thomas Gaziano, Benjamin Scirica, Calum A Macrae, JAMA Cardiology
  • Effect of Dapagliflozin on Worsening Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death in Patients with Heart Failure with and Without Diabetes  
    Akshay S Desai, Mikhail N Kosiborod, Marc S Sabatine, JAMA
  • Navigator-Driven Remote Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Program Design and Initial Fe...  
    Thomas A Gaziano, Calum A Macrae, Benjamin M Scirica, Akshay S Desai, Journal of Cardiac Failure
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Lectures

  • Setting up an Ambulatory Hemodynamic Clinic:The Essentials 
    2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
  • Test Your Knowledge: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias 
    2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
  • Best of ACC.13: Take Home Messages for the Clinician (Boston) 
    American College of Cardiology Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts - 4/26/2013
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Authored Content

  • Prognostic Models Derived in PARADIGM-HF and Validated in ATMOSPHERE and the Swedish Heart Failure Registry to Predict Mortality and Morbidity in Chronic Heart FailureApril 2020
  • Navigator-Driven Remote Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Program Design and Initial FeasibilityAugust 2018
  • 2017 Cardiovascular and Stroke Endpoint Definitions for Clinical TrialsMarch 2017

Press Mentions

  • AIM-POWER: Remote, App-Based Intervention Boosts GDMT Use in HFrEF
    AIM-POWER: Remote, App-Based Intervention Boosts GDMT Use in HFrEFFebruary 13th, 2025
  • Systolic Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure in Heart Failure: Pooled Participant-Level Analysis of Four Trials
    Systolic Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure in Heart Failure: Pooled Participant-Level Analysis of Four TrialsNovember 21st, 2024
  • GDMT Uptake Remains Dismal in HFrEF: What’s the Right Fix?
    GDMT Uptake Remains Dismal in HFrEF: What’s the Right Fix?November 13th, 2024
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