Flora Sam MD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

732 Harrison Ave3rd FloorBoston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-638-7490
Fax+1 617-414-8742

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Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 1998 - 2000
Boston Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1996 - 1998
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1994 - 1996
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1994
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestInternship, Internal Medicine, 1991 - 1992

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1994 - 2027

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member Association of University Cardiologists (AUC), 2018
Fellow (FHFSA) Heart Failure Society of America, 2016
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Integrated Myocardial and Plasma Lipidome Across the Human Obesity-Heart Failure Spectrum.
David J Polhemus, Annie Butt, Craig Resch, Kathryn Tsai, Vatsa A Batra
Research Square. 2026-07-17
Molecular insights in HIV-associated cardiac dysfunction.
María Valero-Muñoz, Eng Leng Saw, David R Pimentel, Adam C Gower, Suman Srinivasa
Communications Medicine. 2025-12-31
3 citations
White Adipose Tissue in Obesity-Associated HFpEF: Insights From Mice and Humans.
María Valero-Muñoz, Eng Leng Saw, Hannah Cooper, David R Pimentel, Flora Sam
JACC. Basic to Translational Science. 2025-08-01

Other

Role of endothelin in heart failure
Sam F, Givertz MM
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/role-of-endothelin-in-heart-failure
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-19

Press Mentions

Naomi Hamburg, MD, Appointed Interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular InstituteNovember 21st, 2019
Journal of the American College of Cardiology Ï¿½ 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc. Published by Elsevier IncOctober 12th, 2014
NitroMed Heart Drug for Blacks ApprovedJune 24th, 2005

Grant Support

Mechanistic underpinnings of increased adipose tissue in HFpEFBOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS2019–2025
Novel Insights Into The Pathogenesis Of Light Chain Cardiac AmyloidosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2011
Follistatin-Like 1 And The Cardiac Secretome In Human Heart FailureNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2011
Role Of Aldosterone In Cardiac RemodelingNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2009
Role Of Aldosterone In Cardiac RemodelingNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005–2007