Sharmila Dorbala MD MPH

Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Non-Invasive Cardiology

Professor of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/BronxCareFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1998 - 2001
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
Kakatiya Medical College NTRClass of 1990

Master of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (MASNC) American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2020
SNMMI-CVC Blumgart Award SNMMI, 2017
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Integrated Dual Exercise and Lexiscan Positron Emission Tomography: IDEALPET Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 4
Imaging Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Pilot Study Using F-18 Florbetapir Positron Emission Tomography Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 23
Terminated
Phase 4
Molecular Imaging of Primary Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 01
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Ultrasound Therapy In Cardiac Amyloidosis Start of enrollment: 2023 Aug 31
Recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Molecular Imaging of Myocardial Fibrosis in Cardiac Amyloidosis Start of enrollment: 2023 Jan 03
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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PubMed

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Perfusion Scoring Improves the Diagnostic Accuracy of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Robert J H Miller, Paul Kavanagh, Mark Lemley, Joanna X Liang, Tali Sharir
Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2025-04-01
From Stabilization to Depletion: Molecular Imaging to Measure Therapeutic Response in ATTR-CA.
Shilpa Vijayakumar, Sharmila Dorbala
Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2025-04-01
2 citations
Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
Ana Carolina do A H Souza, Amelie S Troschel, Jan P Marquardt, Ibrahim Hadžić, Borek Foldyna
European Heart Journal. 2025-03-24

Journal Articles

Original Research Relative Apical Sparing of Myocardial Longitudinal Strain Is Explained by Regional Differences in Total Amyloid Mass Rather Than the Proportion of Am...
Raymond Y Kwong, Sharmila Dorbala, Rodney H Falk, ScienceDirect
Original Investigation Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Risk in Obese Patients
Navkaranbir S Bajaj, Ron Blankstein, Sharmila Dorbala, Ankur Gupta, Deepak L Bhatt, Viviany R Taqueti, Ali Tavakkoli, ScienceDirect
Original Research Deep Learning for Prediction of Obstructive Disease from Fast Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: A Multicenter Study
Sabahat Bokhari, Sharmila Dorbala, Timothy M Bateman, Andrew J Einstein, Mathews B Fish, Balaji K Tamarappoo, Albert J Sinusas, Daniel S Berman, ScienceDirect
Prognostic Value of Vasodilator Response Using Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Sharmila Dorbala, Daniel S Berman, Michael E Merhige, James K Min, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Abstracts/Posters

[Board 15] When I Suspect Cardiac Sarcoid
Sharmila Dorbala, 2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans, New Orleans, 3/18/2019

Lectures

New and Emerging Applications of Nuclear Imaging for the Practicing Cardiologist
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
Cardiac Amyloidosis a Multimodality Approach
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019

Revolutionizing Cardiovascular Imaging with FlurpiridazFebruary 10th, 2025
Attralus Announces Enrollment of First Patient in Phase 3 Trial for the Pan-Amyloid Diagnostic 124I-Evuzamitide (AT-01) for Cardiac AmyloidosisJanuary 15th, 2025
Flurpiridaz Data Shows Promise to Expand and Enhance Cardiac PETSeptember 12th, 2022
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Interplay of Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiac TTR Amyloid in Age Related Cardiac Remodeling in MESA-Multi-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY2022–2026
Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Innovative Imaging and High-dimensional Data Approaches to Improve Outcomes in Cardiac AmyloidosisBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2021–2026
Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Innovative Imaging and High-dimensional Data Approaches to Improve Outcomes in Cardiac AmyloidosisBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2021–2026
Mentoring Patient Oriented Research in Innovative Imaging and High-dimensional Data Approaches to Improve Outcomes in Cardiac AmyloidosisBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2021–2026
Early Detection of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: Defining a Novel Target for HFpEF Treatment and Prevention in Late LifeBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2020–2025
Molecular imaging and cellular toxicity measures for early diagnosis of AL amyloid cardiomyopathyAmerican Heart Association2019–2021
Molecular Imaging of Primary Amyloid CardiomyopathyNIH2016–2020
Molecular imaging and cellular toxicity measures for early diagnosis of AL amyloid cardiomyopathyAmerican Heart Association2016–2019
Prognostic Utility Of Absolute Coronary Microvascular Function By PET/CTNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011