James T. Heywood MD FACC

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Dir, Heart Failure Recovery and Research Program, Dir, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Associate Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Scripps Clinic

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9898 Genesee AveLa Jolla, CA 92037
Phone+1 858-824-5333

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Summary

Dr. James Heywood is a cardiologist in La Jolla, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Naval Medical Center San Diego, Scripps Green Hospital, and Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He received his medical degree from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and has been in practice 37 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in general cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, transplant cardiology, and congestive heart failure.

Education & Training

Loma Linda University Health Education ConsortiumFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1987
Scripps Mercy HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1984
University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1980

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1981 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
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 Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification MEDSEEK Empower, SymphonyCare, LLC, 2012, 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012, 2014-2017

Clinical Trials

Home-Based Fluid Status Monitoring in Heart Failure Patients Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 09
TERMINATED
Dapagliflozin And Pulmonary Artery Hemodynamics in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients With CardioMEMS® Start of enrollment: 2020 Dec 01
UNKNOWN
PHASE4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Misclassification of Pulmonary Hypertension With Current Hemodynamic Criteria.
Maya Guglin, Kartik Munshi, Elizabeth Volz, Mosi Bennett, Terrie Ann Benjamin
Chest. 2025-01-01
22 citations
Sustained Reduction in Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Hospitalizations During 2 Years of Ambulatory Monitoring.
J Thomas Heywood, Sandip Zalawadiya, Robert C Bourge, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Akshay S Desai
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2023-01-01
3 citations
Wild type cardiac amyloidosis: is it time to order a nuclear technetium pyrophosphate SPECT imaging study?
Christine P Shen, Christopher T Vanichsarn, Amitabh C Pandey, Kristen Billick, David S Rubenson
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023-01-01

Lectures

How the Use of Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurement Can (Could) Help You Manage Your Heart Failure Patient (Vital Metrix)
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/26/2019