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 Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy. 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 13 articles in the study of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
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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
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. Neal K. Lakdawala is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is also an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).Dr. Lakdawala received his medical degree from The University of Texas HSCSA. He completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a clinical and research fellowship in cardiovascular disease at BWH and a master’s degree in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Lakdawala is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.His clinical expertise includes cardiomyopathy, cardiac sarcoidosis, congestive heart failure, cardiovascular genetics and heart transplantation. Dr. Lakdawala’s research and peer-reviewed publications investigate early phenotypes in genetic cardiomyopathy to identify physiology-based therapeutics for heart failure. He has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Heart Failure Network. Dr. Lakdawala is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.
Department Of Cardiology
Dominic Abrams is a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Abrams is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Long QT Syndrome, Timothy Syndrome, Heart Block, Long QT Syndrome 5, and Cardiac Ablation.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Krishna Aragam is a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Aragam is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiomyopathy, and Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
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.