JorgePlutzkyMD

Cardiology • Boston, MA

Preventive Cardiology

Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

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Office
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur Nrb 7
Brigham And Women's Hospital Cardiovascular Division
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-525-4360

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1986

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
NC State Medical License 1988 - 1999

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2004

Clinical Trials

Lovaza Mechanisms of Action Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Unknown status
Phase 4
Randomized Controlled Trial of Alert-Based Computerized Decision Support for Optimizing Low-Density Lipoprotein Management Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 08
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Sub-Investigator

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Contemporary treatment patterns of overweight and obesity: insights from the Mass General Brigham health care system.
John W Ostrominski, Kavishwar B Wagholikar, Kelly Olsson, Ozan Unlu, David Zelle
Obesity. 2024-12-18
Semaglutide Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With History of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Obesity.
Subodh Verma, Scott Emerson, Jorge Plutzky, Steven E Kahn, Signe Stensen
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024-11-18
1 citations
Semaglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Outcomes in People With Overweight or Obesity (SELECT): Outcomes by Sex.
Subodh Verma, Helen M Colhoun, Dror Dicker, G Kees Hovingh, Steven E Kahn
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024-10-22

Lectures

Primary Care Congress for Cardiometabolic Health 2013
Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts - 4/23/2013

Authored Content

Cardiovascular Risk and Statin Eligibility of Young Adults After an MI Partners YOUNG-MI RegistryJanuary 2018

Press Mentions

12 Diseases and Health Conditions Local Biotech Companies Are Tackling Right NowFebruary 21st, 2023
Fighting the Historic Disparities of Women’s Heart Disease with Martha Gulati, MDOctober 5th, 2022
Statins Myths Debunked: Cholesterol-Busting Pills Don’t Cause Memory Loss or DiabetesAugust 30th, 2022
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Other Languages

Spanish