James E. Udelson MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology; Director, Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory, Tufts Medical Center; Professor, Medicine and Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MassachusettsDr. James Udelson is Chief of the Division of Cardiology as well as Director of Nuclear Cardiology at Tufts Medical Center. He is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
He has been the recipient of several NIH grants for studies of the use of cardiac imaging to better understand the physiology of left ventricular function and to favorably influence clinical decision–making. He has directed and/or participated in numerous clinical trials on heart failure and cardiac imaging, focusing on the role of new therapies and how they affect remodeling, physiology, function, and outcomes.
Dr. Udelson has been involved in editorial capacities for several high-impact journals including Circulation, Circulation: Heart Failure, JAMA Cardiology, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), and the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, among others, and has served on numerous national guideline and appropriate-use criteria writing groups. He has participated in a leadership capacity for professional organizations including the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the Heart Failure Society of America. Additionally, he has served on several FDA advisory panels.
Disclosures
- Advisory boards/trial committees: Bayer; MedTrace; LivaNova; scPharmaceuticals; Cardurion; Imbria; Abiomed; Merck; Cytokinetics; Medtronic; Reprieve Cardiovascular; Alleviant Medical
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Prognosis of Adults With Borderline Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
- Scar Detection by Pulse-Cancellation Echocardiography: Validation by CMR in Patients With Recent STEMI
- Effects of Arterial Stiffness on Brain Integrity in Young Adults
- Diagnostic Strategies for the Evaluation of Chest Pain
- Cardiovascular Imaging in Emergency Department Patients With Chest Pain
- Coronary CT Angiography for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Era of High-Sensitivity Troponins
- 2015 Top Stories in Cardiology: Cardiac Imaging
- CT Angiography and SPECT Accuracy for Diagnosing Coronary Artery Disease
- Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes of Assessing Fractional Flow Reserve With CTA
- MY APPROACH to Outpatients With Suspected CAD