RobertTownsendColeMDFHFSA

Cardiology • Atlanta, GA

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, MCS; Director of HF Research; Samsky Advanced Heart Failure Center

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Office
95 Collier Rd NW
Suite 3000
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone+1 404-605-1964
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Summary

Dr. Robert Cole is a cardiologist in Falls Church, VA. He received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and has been in practice 13 years. He specializes in heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, left-sided heart failure, critical care medicine, and heart failure and transplantation.

Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2008 - 2011
Emory University School of MedicineChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2008
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
VA State Medical License 2019 - 2022
National Board of EchocardiographyCardiology

Clinical Trials

Targeting Acute Congestion With Tolvaptan in Congestive Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 3
Guiding Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Genetically Targeted Therapy for the Prevention of Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Right Ventricular Failure After Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Completed
A Study to Assess the Effect of Intravenous Dose of (aMBMC) to Subjects With Non-ischemic Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Inorganic Nitrite Delivery to Improve Exercise Capacity in HFpEF Start of enrollment: 2016 Aug 10
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

How to Skydive Without a Parachute: Don't Get on the Plane!
Robert Townsend Cole> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2022 Jun 1
12 citations
Effects of a Novel Nitroxyl Donor in Acute Heart Failure: The STAND-UP AHF Study
G. Michael Felker, John J.V. McMurray, John G.F. Cleland, Christopher M. O'Connor, John R. Teerlink, Adriaan A. Voors, Jan Belohlavek, Michael Böhm, Maria Borentain, H...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2021 Feb 1
1 citations
A manifesto of collaborative longitudinal cardiovascular care in heart failure
Anuradha Lala, Ashwin Ravichandran, Christopher V. Chien, Arthur Rashad Garan, Benjamin D’Souza, Michael Z Tong, Ajay Srivastava, Jared J Herr, Dale Yoo, Robert T. Col...> ;Heart Failure Reviews. 2020 Oct 6
12 citations
PredischaRge initiation of Ivabradine in the ManagEment of Heart Failure: Results of the PRIME-HF Trial.
Robert J. Mentz, Adam D. DeVore, Gudaye Tasissa, John F. Heitner, Ileana L. Piña, Anuradha Lala, Robert T. Cole, David D. Lanfear, Chetan B. Patel, Mahazarin Ginwalla,...> ;American Heart Journal. 2020 May 1
15 citations
Sex differences in eligibility for advanced heart failure therapies
Rebecca Steinberg, Aditi Nayak, Celena O'Connell, Sharon Burford, Ann Pekarek, Neile Chesnut, Robert T. Cole, Divya Gupta, S. Raja Laskar, Kunal Bhatt, Michael A. Burk...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2020 Mar 16
1 citations
Validating patient prioritization in the 2018 Revised United Network for Organ Sharing Heart Allocation System: A single-center experience.
Aditi Nayak, Tiffany Dong, Yi-An Ko, Neile Chesnut, Ann Pekarek, Robert T. Cole, Kunal Bhatt, Divya Gupta, Michael A. Burke, S. Raja Laskar, Tamer Attia, Andrew L. Smi...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2020 Mar 1
4 citations
De Novo Belatacept in a Kidney-After-Heart Transplant Recipient.
Austin Schenk, Douglas J. Anderson, Robert T. Cole, Idelberto R. Badell, Christopher P. Larsen> ;Transplantation Direct. 2020 Jan 1
13 citations
PCSK9 Inhibition in Patients with Heart Transplantation: A Case Series
Pratik B. Sandesara, Devinder S. Dhindsa, Benjamin Hirsh, Maan Jokhadar, Robert T. Cole, Laurence S. Sperling> ;Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2019 Sep 1
5 citations
Decisional regret in left ventricular assist device patient-caregiver dyads.
Eric Stahl, Neal W. Dickert, Robert T. Cole, S. Raja Laskar, Alanna A. Morris, Andrew L. Smith, J. David Vega, Divya Gupta> ;Heart & Lung. 2019 Sep 1
7 citations
Heart Failure Site-Based Research in the United States: Results of the Heart Failure Society of America Research Network Survey
Mitchell A. Psotka, Susan E. Ammon, Mona Fiuzat, Biykem Bozkurt, Robert T. Cole, Stephen J. Greene, David Kraus, Bonnie Ky, Colleen K. McIlvennan, Palak Shah, John R. ...> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2019 Apr 10
40 citations
Practical guidance on the use of sacubitril/valsartan for heart failure.
Andrew J. Sauer, Robert T. Cole, Brian C. Jensen, Jay D. Pal, Nakul Sharma, Amin Yehya, Justin M. Vader> ;Heart Failure Reviews. 2019 Mar 1
26 citations
Racial differences in the development of de-novo donor-specific antibodies and treated antibody-mediated rejection after heart transplantation.
Robert T. Cole, Jonathan Gandhi, Robert A. Bray, Howard M. Gebel, M. Yin, Nikolaz Shekiladze, An Young, Aubrey Grant, Ian Mahoney, S. Raja Laskar, Divya Gupta, Kunal B...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2017 Nov 1
5 citations
Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
Stephen J. Greene, Stephen E. Epstein, Raymond J. Kim, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Robert T. Cole, Allen S. Anderson, Jane E. Wilcox, Hal Skopicki, Sergey Sikora, Lev Verkh, Ni...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2017 Apr 1
141 citations
Efficacy and Safety of Tolvaptan in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure
G. Michael Felker, Robert J. Mentz, Robert T. Cole, Kirkwood F. Adams, Gregory F. Egnaczyk, Mona Fiuzat, Chetan B. Patel, Melvin R. Echols, Michel G. Khouri, James M. ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Mar 21
19 citations
De novo DQ donor-specific antibodies are associated with worse outcomes compared to non-DQ de novo donor-specific antibodies following heart transplantation.
Robert T. Cole, Jonathan Gandhi, Robert A. Bray, Howard M. Gebel, Alanna A. Morris, Andrew A. McCue, M. Yin, S. Raja Laskar, Wendy Book, Maan Jokhadar, Andrew L. Smith...> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2017 Apr 1
108 citations
Intravenous Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Safety and Efficacy Results of a Phase II-A Randomized Trial.
Javed Butler, Stephen E. Epstein, Stephen J. Greene, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Sergey Sikora, Raymond J. Kim, Allen S. Anderson, Jane E. Wilcox, Nikolai Tankovich, Michael J....> ;Circulation Research. 2017 Jan 20
385 citations
Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Kenneth B. Margulies, Adrian F. Hernandez, Margaret M. Redfield, Michael M. Givertz, Guilherme H. Oliveira, Robert T. Cole, Douglas L. Mann, David J. Whellan, Michael ...> ;JAMA. 2016 Aug 2
Making a case for ivabradine: Should we SHIFT our focus to OPTIMIZE outcomes?
Robert T. Cole> ;American Heart Journal. 2016 Mar 1
9 citations
Nonadherence in the Advanced Heart Failure Population
Jonathan Gandhi, Andrew A. McCue, Robert T. Cole> ;Current Heart Failure Reports. 2016 Feb 15
332 citations
Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Margaret M. Redfield, Kevin J. Anstrom, James A. Levine, Gabe A. Koepp, Barry A. Borlaug, H.H. Chen, Martin M. LeWinter, Susan M. Joseph, Sanjiv J. Shah, Marc J. Semig...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Dec 9
41 citations
Gender differences in the risk of stroke during support with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device
Alanna A. Morris, Ann Pekarek, Kris Wittersheim, Robert T. Cole, Divya Gupta, Duc Nguyen, S. Raja Laskar, Javed Butler, Andrew L. Smith, J. David Vega> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2015 Dec 1
19 citations
Tolvaptan in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure Rationale and Design of the TACTICS and the SECRET of CHF Trials
G. Michael Felker, Robert J. Mentz, Kirkwood F. Adams, Robert T. Cole, Gregory F. Egnaczyk, Chetan B. Patel, Mona Fiuzat, Douglas Gregory, Patricia Wedge, Christopher ...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2015 Sep 1
23 citations
Improved Outcomes for Women on the Heart Transplant Wait List in the Modern Era.
Alanna A. Morris, Robert T. Cole, S. Raja Laskar, Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, J. David Vega, Andrew L. Smith, Javed Butler> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2015 Jul 1
2 citations
Oral Sodium and Potassium Binders in Heart Failure
Alanna A. Morris, Robert T. Cole, Javed Butler, Divya Gupta> ;Current Heart Failure Reports. 2015 Apr 1
5 citations
Current perspectives on hydralazine and nitrate therapies in heart failure.
Robert T. Cole, Divya Gupta, Javed Butler> ;Heart Failure Clinics. 2014 Oct 1
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