Overview
Dr. Peter Libby is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Libby received his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now BWH). He also completed a research fellowship in cellular physiology at HMS. Dr. Libby is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.The author of some 400 original peer-reviewed publications, some 450 reviews, chapters, or other publications, Dr. Libby also serves as an Editor of the leading textbook of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Libby's clinical and research interests include vascular biology, atherosclerosis and preventive cardiology. The research laboratory that Dr. Libby directs studies the messengers created by the body that may produce arterial plaque and blockages, as well as normal and abnormal function of smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Dr. Libby is perennially named a top cardiologist. His research has received funding from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Dr. Libby has received research recognitions on four continents including the highest research awards from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology, the Anitschkow award from the European Atherosclerosis Society, The Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine, and the Earl Benditt award for vascular biology.
Dr. Libby is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atherosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 520 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 170 articles in the study of Atherosclerosis.
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Locations
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Dr. Paul M. Ridker is director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, a translational research unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). A cardiovascular medicine specialist, he is also the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard School of Medicine (HMS).Dr. Ridker received his medical degree from HMS. He then completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at BWH. Dr. Ridker is board certified in internal medicine. He provides outpatient services at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, a public-health clinic affiliated with BWH and HMS. His clinical interests include coronary artery disease and the underlying causes and prevention of atherosclerotic disease.Dr. Ridker is the author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications, 150 reviews and book chapters, and five textbooks related to cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Ridker’s primary research focus has involved inflammatory mediators of heart disease and the molecular and genetic epidemiology of hemostasis and thrombosis, with particular interests in biomarkers for coronary disease, “predictive” medicine, and the underlying causes and prevention of atherosclerotic disease. Between the years 2000 and 2010, he was among the 10 most often cited researchers in cardiovascular medicine worldwide. Dr. Ridker been listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly and named a top cardiologist by Boston Magazine. Dr. Ridker is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atherosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Unstable Angina, High Cholesterol, Coronary Heart Disease, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- AtherosclerosisDr. Libby isElite. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Distinguished
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)Dr. Libby isDistinguished. Learn about Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA).
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Libby isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Libby isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Heart AttackDr. Libby isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Thoracic Aortic AneurysmDr. Libby isDistinguished. Learn about Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.
- Advanced
- Carotid Artery DiseaseDr. Libby isAdvanced. Learn about Carotid Artery Disease.
- Familial HypertriglyceridemiaDr. Libby isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Hypertriglyceridemia.
- High CholesterolDr. Libby isAdvanced. Learn about High Cholesterol.
- MyocarditisDr. Libby isAdvanced. Learn about Myocarditis.
- Unstable AnginaDr. Libby isAdvanced. Learn about Unstable Angina.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic SyndromeDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.
- AnginaDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- AngioplastyDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Libby isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.