Overview
Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, is the Director of Strategic Planning for the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical activities are focused on patients with valvular heart disease, other structural heart diseases and aortic diseases, although he also maintains a large practice of general cardiology. Since 2001, he has been named annually among the Top Doctors in Boston and the U.S.O'Gara served as President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2014-15. Additional ACC leadership positions include his roles as Co-Chair of the ACC 2012 Scientific Session program committee, co-directorship of the ACC Board Review Course for Certification and Recertification, and Editor-in-Chief of the ACC Self-Assessment Program (ACCSAP). He served as Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA's) Council on Clinical Cardiology from 2003-2005 and as the inaugural Editor of Heart Insight magazine from 2006 to 2011. In 2011, he received the Paul Dudley White Award from the Boston Division of the AHA Founder's Affiliate and has also been recognized with the Laennec Master Clinician Award (2011) and the Laennec Clinician Educator Award (2012). O'Gara was Chair of the writing committee for the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients with ST-Elevation MI and has participated in several other guideline, expert consensus, scientific advisory and appropriate use criteria writing groups.He is currently the Vice-Chair for the AHA/ACC Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. He is also the Steering Committee Co-Chair of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cardiothoracic Surgery Network, which has completed 3 groundbreaking, randomized controlled trials in cardiac surgery. O’Gara serves as Associate Editor for JAMA Cardiology and is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation. He has lectured widely and authored or co-authored over 250 original manuscripts, chapters, critical reviews, statements and editorials.
Dr. O'gara is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH). His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 271 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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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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Areas of Expertise
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- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. O'gara isElite. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Mitral Valve RegurgitationDr. O'gara isElite. Learn about Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
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- Aortic DissectionDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Bicuspid Aortic ValveDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- EndocarditisDr. O'gara isDistinguished. Learn about Endocarditis.
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- AnginaDr. O'gara isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- ArrhythmiasDr. O'gara isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- AtherosclerosisDr. O'gara isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. O'gara isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- CardiomyopathyDr. O'gara isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
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- Aase SyndromeDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Aase Syndrome.
- Abruzzo-Erickson SyndromeDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Abruzzo-Erickson Syndrome.
- Acrodermatitis EnteropathicaDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
- Acrorenal Mandibular SyndromeDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Acrorenal Mandibular Syndrome.
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. O'gara isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.