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:
- QoL and Functional Outcomes Favorable 12 Months After Cardiac Arrest
- Sex Differences in Response to Mental Stress in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
- Statins, Revascularizations, and Underascertainment Do Not Account for Discrepancy Between Observed and Predicted Cardiovascular Risk in Women
- Targeted Temperature Management and Impact on Systemic Vascular Resistance and Myocardial Function After Cardiac Arrest
- CAD Progression in Asymptomatic Type 2 Diabetics
- New Guidelines for Detecting Young People at Risk for Sudden Death
- Long-Term Benefits of Blood-Pressure Lowering in Type 2 Diabetics
- Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and Subclinical Myocardial Damage
- Saxagliptin Treatment in Heart Failure Patients
- A Cardiovascular Prevention Polypill Improves Adherence