
Overview
Dr. Christine E. Seidman is the director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Program and a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). In addition, she is the Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.She received her medical degree from The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed an internal medicine residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Seidman is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Her clinical interests include cardiovascular medicine and genetics.Dr. Seidman also leads the Seidman Laboratory to elucidate genetic causes for heart disease and other disorders. Notable achievements include the discovery of the first genetic cause of congenital heart malformations. Dr. Seidman promotes collaboration between the Laboratory and the BWH Cardiovascular Genetics Center to translate research discoveries into better diagnostics and improved management strategies. She has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles and received research funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Seidman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Danon Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 278 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Danon Disease.
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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.
1 Clinical Trials
Tufts Medical Center
Barry Maron is a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Maron is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Danon Disease. His top areas of expertise are Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cardiomyopathy, Myocardial Contusion, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. Jane A. Leopold is the director of the Women's Interventional Cardiology Health Initiative at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). An interventional cardiovascular medicine specialist, she is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).She received her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and two fellowships at Boston Medical Center—cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. Dr. Leopold is board certified in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology.Dr. Leopold developed the Women’s Interventional Cardiology Health Initiative at BWH, which uses advanced invasive diagnostic imaging and functional assessment devices to diagnose chest pain syndromes in women. The author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Leopold’s research interests include preclinical and clinical studies in pulmonary arterial hypertension and she is the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health funded center at BWH to perform deep phenotyping in patients with Groups 1-5 pulmonary hypertension. She also studies mechanisms by which aldosterone influences vascular structure and function and cardiovascular disease in women. Her research has received support from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. Dr. Leopold is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Danon Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Heart Attack, Angioplasty, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
Brigham And Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
William Sauer is a Cardiologist in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Dr. Sauer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Danon Disease. His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- CardiomyopathyDr. Seidman isElite. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)Dr. Seidman isElite. Learn about Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
- Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Distinguished
- Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)Dr. Seidman isDistinguished. Learn about Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Advanced
- Danon DiseaseDr. Seidman isAdvanced. Learn about Danon Disease.
- Endocardial FibroelastosisDr. Seidman isAdvanced. Learn about Endocardial Fibroelastosis.
- Heart FailureDr. Seidman isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- ArachnodactylyDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Arachnodactyly.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Bicuspid Aortic ValveDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Seidman isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.


