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:
- CMR Light-Chain Amyloidosis to Guide Treatment
- Evolution of Myocardial Tissue Injury Over a Decade After STEMI
- Prognostic Implications of Cardiac MR-Modeled LV Filling Pressure
- CAC Scoring for Risk Stratification of Sudden Cardiac Death
- ACC 2022: Recommendations From Dr. James Udelson
- CCTA-Derived Adverse Geometric Characteristics Inform Risk Stratification of Patients With Stable CAD
- Clinical Importance of Left Atrial Infiltration in Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis
- 2021 Top Story in Cardiology: The Continuing Evolution of Coronary CT Imaging
- Mitral Annular Disjunction of Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Association of Coronary Artery Calcium Score With Qualitatively and Quantitatively Assessed Adverse Plaque