
Overview
Dr. Marc Alan Pfeffer is a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the Victor J. Dzau professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Pfeffer received his medical degree from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now BWH). Dr. Pfeffer is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.Dr. Pfeffer - along with Dr. Janice Pfeffer and Dr. Eugene Braunwald - is credited with introducing the concept that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) could mitigate adverse ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction and that ACEI use would result in increased survival and other clinical benefits.His clinical interests include cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease. The author of over 450 peer-reviewed publications, he has received research funding from the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health. Dr. Pfeffer has been listed as one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly and named a top cardiologist by Boston Magazine. Dr. Pfeffer is the recipient of the Clinical Research Prize and the James Herrick Award, both from the American Heart Association.
Dr. Pfeffer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Acute Coronary Syndrome, and Pacemaker Implantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 358 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 3 articles in the study of Tricuspid Regurgitation.
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Locations
75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115
70 Francis St, 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.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ignacio Cruz is a Cardiologist in Boston,, Massachusetts. Dr. Cruz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
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 Tricuspid Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Massachusetts General Hospital
Judy Hung is a Cardiologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Hung is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation. Her top areas of expertise are Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement.
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
- Heart FailureDr. Pfeffer isElite. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Distinguished
- Heart AttackDr. Pfeffer isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Pfeffer isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Pfeffer isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)Dr. Pfeffer isAdvanced. Learn about End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Low Blood PressureDr. Pfeffer isAdvanced. Learn about Low Blood Pressure.
- Low Potassium LevelDr. Pfeffer isAdvanced. Learn about Low Potassium Level.
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Pfeffer isExperienced. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.

