James T. Heywood MD FACC
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation
Dir, Heart Failure Recovery and Research Program, Dir, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Associate Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Scripps Clinic
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9898 Genesee AveLa Jolla, CA 92037
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Summary
- Dr. James Heywood is a cardiologist in La Jolla, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Naval Medical Center San Diego, Scripps Green Hospital, and Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He received his medical degree from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in general cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, transplant cardiology, and congestive heart failure.
Education & Training
Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1987
Scripps Mercy HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1981 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Home-Based Fluid Status Monitoring in Heart Failure Patients Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 09
- Dapagliflozin And Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients With CardioMEMS® Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsMisclassification of Pulmonary Hypertension With Current Hemodynamic Criteria.Maya Guglin, Kartik Munshi, Elizabeth Volz, Mosi Bennett, Terrie Ann Benjamin
Chest. 2025-01-01 - 1 citationsWild type cardiac amyloidosis: is it time to order a nuclear technetium pyrophosphate SPECT imaging study?Christine P Shen, Christopher T Vanichsarn, Amitabh C Pandey, Kristen Billick, David S Rubenson
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023-01-01 - 18 citationsSustained Reduction in Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Hospitalizations During 2 Years of Ambulatory Monitoring.J Thomas Heywood, Sandip Zalawadiya, Robert C Bourge, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Akshay S Desai
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2023-01-01
Press Mentions
LVAD Keeps Mom’s Heart Going While Waiting for a TransplantFebruary 23rd, 2015
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