CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Goals: The division seeks to expand its general cardiovascular medicine fellowship program to support the development of physician-scientists. The division also looks forward to its continued progress along a four-year path towards a healthier, more sustainable valuation approach to its physician faculty.

Clinical Areas of Excellence:
coronary and ischemic heart disease; structural heart disease; heart failure; aortic disorders; peripheral vascular disease; rhythm disorders; cardiovascular disease prevention; cardiovascular informatics and technology

Education Areas of Excellence:
electrocardiography; interventional cardiology; structural heart cardiac interventions; cardiac electrophysiology; advanced cardiac imaging; clinical patient management

Research Areas of Excellence:
ischemic heart disease; heart failure; arrhythmias

LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATION

SUBHA RAMAN, MD, MSEE
Medtronic Zipes Professor of Cardiology Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Institute Vice President of Cardiovascular Services (IU Health)

ALEXANDER SMOLENSKY, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Service Line Leader

JEFFREY BREALL, MD, PHD
Professor of Clinical Medicine Interim Associate Service Line Leader

ADAM BEACH
Division Administrator

LAURA THOMPSON
Service Line Administrator

JULIE CLARY, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine

RICHARD KOVACS, MD
Chief Medical Advisor/Chief Medical Officer, American College of Cardiology

SUBHA RAMAN, MD
Immediate Past President, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

KEY CLINICAL EDUCATORS

Upasana Jarori, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Abhishek Khemka, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

FEATURED FACULTY

SUPARNA CLASEN, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

• An outstanding leader in the field of cardio-oncology
• Has secured national recognition for the cardio-oncology program via external designation as a CardioOncology Center of Excellence
• Has grown clinical services as well as research initiatives with her multidisciplinary team

ROHAN DHARMAKUMAR, PHD
Executive Director of the Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center Charles Fisch Professor of Cardiology

• An outstanding leader for cardiovascular research
• Has helped grow an extramurally funded research portfolio delivering high impact through both multidisciplinary recruitment as well as mentorship of existing faculty

FELLOWSHIPS

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship (three years)
Director: Deepak Bhakta, MD
Associate Program Director for Research: Ankit Desai, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship (one year)
Director: Elisabeth von der Lohe, MD
Associate Program Director for Research: Rolf Kreutz, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship (two years)
Director: John Miller, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship (one year)
Director: Maya Guglin, MD, PhD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship (two years)
Director: Stephen Cook, MD

Cardiovascular Innovations Fellowship (one year)
Director: Subha Raman, MD, MSEE

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

• Liu T, Howarth AG, Chen Y, Nair AR, Yang HJ, Ren D, Tang R, Sykes J, Kovacs MS, Dey D, Slomka P, Wood JC, Finney R, Zeng M, Prato FS, Francis J, Berman DS, Shah PK, Kumar A, Dharmakumar R. Intramyocardial Hemorrhage and the “Wave Front” of Reperfusion Injury Compromising Myocardial Salvage. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jan 4;79(1):35-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.10.034. PMID: 34991787.
• Chen Z, Sung YL, Chen PS, Li X, Guo J. Na+, K+-Pump/Phospholemman Are Concentrated at Intercalated Discs for Conduction. Circ Res. 2022 Jul 22;131(3):283-285. doi: 10.1161/ CIRCRESAHA.122.321167. Epub 2022 Jun 30. PMID: 35770663; PMCID: PMC9308724.
• Cokic I, Chan SF, Guan X, Nair AR, Yang HJ, Liu T, Chen Y, Hernando D, Sykes J, Tang R, Butler J, Dohnalkova A, Kovarik L, Finney R, Kali A, Sharif B, Bouchard LS, Gupta R, Krishnam MS, Vora K, Tamarappoo B, Howarth AG, Kumar A, Francis J, Reeder SB, Wood JC, Prato FS, Dharmakumar R. Intramyocardial hemorrhage drives fatty degeneration of infarcted myocardium. Nat Commun. 2022 Oct 27;13(1):6394. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33776-x. PMID: 36302906; PMCID: PMC9613644.

ASSOCIATED INSTITUTE/ RESEARCH CENTERS IUH/IUSM

Cardiovascular Institute
Director: Subha Raman, MD

Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center
Director: Rohan Dharmakumar, PhD Charles Fisch Chair in Cardiology