Overview
Leora Balsam is a Cardiologist in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Balsam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse. Her top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Marfan Syndrome, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Transplant.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 108 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article in the study of Mitral Valve Prolapse.
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Locations
55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655
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.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
David Milan is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Milan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Prolapse, Atrial Fibrillation, Long QT Syndrome, Bidirectional Tachycardia, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Dr. Thomas Edward Noonan is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In addition, he is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.Dr. Noonan received his medical degree from Pennsylvania State Hershey College of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a cardiology fellowship at Boston Medical Center. He is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.The author of more than four peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Noonan’s research focuses on cardiomyopathy and coronary stenosis. Dr. Noonan’s clinical interests include adult cardiology, cardiac catheterization, and echocardiography. Rhode Island Monthly has listed him as a Top Doctor/Cardiology. Dr. Noonan is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM), 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
- Distinguished
- Heart Bypass SurgeryDr. Balsam isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Bypass Surgery.
- Advanced
- Aortic DissectionDr. Balsam isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Experienced
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Balsam isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.

