
Gilead Lancaster MD FACP, FACC, FASE
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology
Program Director: Cardiovascular Fellowship Yale New Haven Health at Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
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226 Mill Hill AveBridgeport, CT 06610
Phone+1 203-384-3442
Fax+1 203-384-3829
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Summary
- Dr. Gilead Lancaster is a cardiologist based in Bridgeport, CT, specializing in adult adult heart disease, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He completed his medical education at Tel Aviv University School of Medicine and furthered his training with a residency in internal medicine, and a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital (now the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). Dr. Lancaster serves as Program Director of the general cardiology fellowship at Bridgeport Hospital (Connecticut) and an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. He has expertise in general cardiology, hypertension, coronary artery disease, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. His publications cover various cardiology topics, including articles in The American Journal of Cardiology and BMJ Open. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Cardiology, and has received CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification.
He is also involved in health care system reform and has published published 2 books, a chapter and several articles on the subject.
Education & Training
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/MorningsideFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1986 - 1988
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
University at BuffaloInternship, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1984
Tel Aviv University SacklerClass of 1983
Columbia UniversityBS, Biology/Chemistry, 1974 - 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CT State Medical License 1991 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FASE) American Society of Echocardiography
- Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2016
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsIncidence and Predictors of Candida Endocarditis in Hospitalized Patients With Candidemia: Insights From the National Inpatient Sample (2016 to 2022).Didien Meyahnwi, Bekure B Siraw, Yordanos Tafesse, Yussif Issaka, Tawanda Zinyandu
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2025-11-01 - 1 citationsIn-Hospital Outcomes and 30-Day Readmission Rate After Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Liver Cirrhosis: A Contemporary Propensity-Matched Analysis.Abhinav Aggarwal, Sun-Joo Jang, Swarnima Vardhan, Fabricio Malaguez Webber, Md Mashiul Alam
Structural Heart. 2024-11-01 - 1 citationsCrossroads of Care: Navigating Injection Drug Use-Associated Endocarditis.Anton Stolear, Maxim Dulgher, Lila Kaminsky, Fabio Ramponi, Gilead Lancaster
Cureus. 2024-06-01
Journal Articles
- Continuous, Real-Time, Noninvasive Hemodynamic Cardiac Doppler Monitoring With a Novel Hands-Free Device: A Feasibility Study Compared to Standard EchoGilead I. Lancaster, Ilan Hay and Michael Eldar, J. Med. Devices 11(3), 031001 (Jun 27, 2017) (6 pages) Paper No: MED-15-1272; doi: 10.1115/1.4036024, 6/27/2017
Books/Book Chapters
Committees
- Member, American College of Cardiology Health Affairs 2015 - 2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Connecticut Governor, ACC Board of Governors
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
External Links
- EMBRACEhttp://theembraceplan.org
- EMBRACE Bookhttps://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12954/building-unified-american-health-care-system
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