CardioVascular Center

Preventive Cardiology Center

Experts in helping you avoid heart disease

At the Preventive Cardiology Center at Tufts Medical Center, our highly skilled cardiologists, pharmacists and other health care professionals are dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease. If you are at risk, we will work with you to develop a treatment plan to help avoid the onset of a serious heart condition. Or if you have already been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, our team will develop a personalized care plan to help you lead a healthy and fulfilling life.

The Cardiology Prevention team, which includes nationally known experts in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment, carefully assesses your individual needs and chooses the latest and most effective treatments for managing cholesterol levels and high blood pressure. We have particular expertise in treating women with, or at risk for, heart disease. Our team includes physicians, nurses, dietitians, and pharmacists, all of whom partner with your doctor or cardiologist  to help you stay heart healthy.

Research focused on promising, new therapies

Our center is continually involved in leading-edge research related to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, opening up potential opportunities for patients interested in taking part in clinical trials. Doctors from our program have conducted advanced research into areas such as hyperlipdemia and hypertension.

Heart health video series

Through a series of three heart health videos, Advanced Heart Failure Attending Physician Jenica Upshaw, MD:

  • Shares tips to help reduce your risk of heart disease.
  • Stresses the importance of exercise and knowing your risk factors if you have a family history of heart disease.
  • States that 40% of heart disease is preventable – the secret to wellness is maintaining healthy habits over time.

 

Robert M. Blanton, Jr., MD

Robert M. Blanton, Jr., MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Cardiologist; Investigator and Co-Director, Mouse Physiology Core Laboratory, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4322
Fax #: 617-636-1444

General cardiology, preventive cardiology

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Jonas B. Galper, MD, PhD

Jonas B. Galper, MD, PhD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Director, Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and CardioVascular Signaling, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4322
Fax #: 617-636-4833

General cardiology, molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases

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Gordon S. Huggins, MD

Gordon S. Huggins, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) Center for Translational Pharmacology and Genomics; Cardiologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4322
Fax #: 617-636-5999

Genetic mechanisms in cardiovascular cells including analysis of human trains and disease as a discovery platform biological studies, genetic susceptibility to heart and vascular diseases and molecular regulation of gene expression in cardiomyocytes and cardiomyocyte precursor cells.

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Ayan R. Patel, MD

Ayan R. Patel, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Director, Cardiovascular Imaging and Hemodynamic Laboratory; Director, Cardiac Amyloidosis Program; Director, Women's Heart Center; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-4184
Fax #: 617-636-5913

Echocardiography, heart failure, women's heart disease, cardiac amyloidosis

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