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:
- ESC 2014: Hot Line Picks in Coronary Artery Disease and Atrial Fibrillation
- ESC 2014: Recommendations From the Editorial Board of PracticeUpdate Cardiology
- Type 1 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the AHA and ADA
- Glycemic Control and Mortality in Patients With Diabetes Undergoing PCI
- Transition of Patients From Blinded Study Drug to Open-Label Anticoagulation
- Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control on Ischemic Heart Disease
- Sex Differences in Young Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Early Initiation of Beta-Blocker Therapy Decreases Cardiac Events After Initial MI
- Exercise Capacity Predicts CABG Benefit in Patients With Ischemic LV Dysfunction
- Ranolazine in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Stable Angina