Udelson, James E., MD

Academic Title:

Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Division/Program Title:

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Director, Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory

Co-Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Center

Office:

800 Washington St., #70
Boston, MA 02111

Phone:

617-636-8066

Accepting New Patients

Fax:

617-636-2276

Email Address:

judelson@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Education and Post Graduate Training:

Medical School:  New York Medical College, 1977-1981
Internal Medicine Residency: Newton-Wellesley Hospital 1981-1984; Chief Medical Resident 1983-1984

Cardiology Research Fellowship: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 1985-1987

Cardiology Fellowship: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston MA 1987-1989

Board Certifications:

Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Specialties:

Cardiology
Medicine

Cardiac imaging

Heart failure

Clinical Interests:

Cardiac imaging

Heart failure

Research Interests:

Physiology/pathophysiology of ventricular performance
Pharmacotherapy of heart failure

Cardiovascular imaging

Selected Publications:

1. Udelson JE, Smith WB, Hendrix GH, Painchaud CA, Ghazzi M, Thomas I, Ghali JK, Selaru P, Chanoine F, Pressler ML, Konstam MA. Acute hemodynamic effects of conivaptan, a dual V1A and V2 vasopressin receptor antagonist, in patients with advanced heart failure. Circulation 2001;104:2417-23
2. Udelson JE, Beshansky JR, Ballin DS, Feldman JA, Griffith JL, Heller GV, Hendel RC, Pope JH, Ruthazer R, Spiegler EJ, Woolard RH, Handler J, Selker HP. Myocardial perfusion imaging for evaluation and triage of patients with suspected acute cardiac ischemia: A randomized, controlled trial. JAMA 2002;288:2693-2700
3. Udelson JE, Heller GV, Wackers FJ, Chai A, Hinchman D, Coleman PS, Dilsizian V, DiCarli M, Hachamovitch R, Johnson JR, Barrett RJ, Gibbons RJ. Randomized, controlled dose-ranging study of the selective adenosine A_2A receptor agonist binodenoson for pharmacologic stress as an adjunct to myocardial perfusion imaging. Circulation 2004 109: 457-64
4. Udelson JE, McGrew FA, Flores E, et al.  Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the effect of oral tolvaptan on left ventricular dilatation and function in patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:2151-9
5. Udelson JE, Pressler SJ, Sackner-Bernstein J, Massaro J, Ordronneau P , Lukas MA, Hauptman PJ. Compliance with once daily versus twice daily carvedilol in patients with heart failure: the Compliance And Quality of Life Study Comparing Once-Daily Controlled-Release Carvedilol CR and Twice-Daily Immediate-Release Carvedilol IR in Patients with Heart Failure (CASPER) Trial. J Card Fail 2009 – in press

Honors and Awards:

• "Boston's Best Doctors" (Cardiology), Boston Magazine, February, 1997, February, 2006

Professional Affiliations:

Associate Editor, Circulation, 2004-ongoing  

Editor-in-Chief, Circulation: Heart Failure 2008 - 2013

American College of Cardiology: Board of Directors, Chair of Governance Committee

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Past-President

US Food and Drug Administration:   Member, Medical Imaging Drug Advisory Committee, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 2001-2004 / Special Government Employee 2001- present / Member, Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Panel, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 2009

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Gender:

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