Dennis M McNamara MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Cardiovascular Disease Genetics
Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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200 Lothrop StreetWing 5b PuhPittsburgh, PA 15213
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 1993- Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Genetic Predictors of Outcome in HCM Patients Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 22
- Study Looking at the Recovery of New Onset Cardiomyopathy Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
- Investigation in Pregnancy Associate Cardiomyopathy Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsMid-Term Reassessment of Waitlist and Posttransplant Outcomes Under the 2018 Heart Allocation System: Improved All-Cause Survival.Yeahwa Hong, Nidhi Iyanna, Ander Dorken-Gallastegi, Umar Nasim, Edward T Horn
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2025-10-01 - 9 citationsAssociation of agonal phase duration with heart utilization and post-transplant outcomes in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation.Yeahwa Hong, Nicholas R Hess, Ander Dorken-Gallastegi, Nidhi Iyanna, Gavin W Hickey
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025-05-01 - 3 citationsCathepsin-D and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from IPAC.Vincenzo B Polsinelli, Karen Hanley-Yanez, Charles F McTiernan, Kalgi Modi, Jennifer Haythe
American Heart Journal Plus. 2025-01-01
Lectures
- Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease: At the Heart of Mother and the Baby2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
- 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): The Pregnancy MeetingSociety for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Dallas, Texas - 2/6/2012
Press Mentions
New Data from the Phase II ARCHER Trial Demonstrate CardiolRx(TM) Improves Heart Structure in Patients with Acute Myocarditis, Supporting Expansion Across Inflammatory Cardiac ConditionsDecember 1st, 2025- Cardiol Therapeutics Announces First Patient Enrolled in ARCHER, a Phase II Clinical Trial of CardiolRx(TM) for Treatment of Acute MyocarditisAugust 3rd, 2022
- A Simple Blood Test Could Save New Mothers. Why Aren’t More Doctors Using It?July 13th, 2021
Grant Support
- (1/2) Randomized Evaluation of Bromocriptine in Myocardial Recovery Therapy for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (REBIRTH)UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2021–2026
- Racial Genomic Differences And Heart Failure OutcomesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2012
- Immune Activation And Myocardial Recovery In Peripartum CardiomyopathyNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2010
- Genetic Modulation Of Left Ventricular RecoveryNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2008
- Cytokines And LV Recovery In Recent Onset CardiomyopathyNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2006
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