Benjamin Morgan Scirica MD
Senior Physician and Director, Innovation, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group, Boston, MassachusettsDr. Benjamin Scirica is a senior physician and Director of Innovation in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a Senior Investigator at the TIMI Study Group (an academic research organization based at Brigham and Women's Hospital that has performed over 75 clinical trials in cardiometabolic diseases).
His research interests center on the risk stratification, management, and the identifation of novel therapies to improve outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes and cardiometabolic disorders.
Dr. Scirica has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and is a reviewer for multiple journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The Lancet, Circulation, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
Disclosures
- Institutional research support to Brigham and Women’s Hospital from: Amgen; Better Therapeutics; Boehringer Ingelheim; Merck; Novo Nordisk; Pfizer; Verve Therapeutics
- Consulting fees from: AbbVie (DSMB); Amgen; AstraZeneca (DSMB); Bayer; Boehringer Ingelheim (DSMB); Elsevier Practice Update Cardiology; Hanmi (DSMB); Lexeo (DSMB); Novo Nordisk; Verve Therapeutics; and equity in Health [at] Scale; Arboretum Lifescience
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2016 Top Stories in Cardiology: At Last, Diabetes Drugs Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes
- Impact of Myocardial Infarction vs Bleeding Types on Mortality After Acute Coronary Syndrome
- AHA Scientific Sessions 2016: Recommendations From Dr. Ben Scirica
- Cardiac Biomarkers as a Prognostic Tool for Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
- Semaglutide Improves Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
- Medical Treatment and Revascularization Options in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Disease
- Evidence Associated With the Efficacy and Safety of Statin Therapy
- Induction of Therapeutic Hypothermia Decreases Rate of Return of Spontaneous Circulation
- Pioglitazone Prevents Diabetes in Insulin-Resistant Patients With Cerebrovascular Disease
- ESC 2016: Recommendations From Dr. Ben Scirica