Specialty Divisions
Cardiovascular Medicine
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine at IU School of Medicine strives for excellence in patient care, research and teaching.
Led by Interim Director Richard J. Kovacs, MD, the division’s physicians, scientists, staff, and trainees work diligently to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease while helping individuals and families maintain good cardiovascular health. The division’s academic expertise offers Hoosiers the highest quality heart and vascular care and fosters relentless innovation that fuels better health for the people of Indiana and beyond.
The division offers ACGME-accredited and highly competitive fellowship programs in cardiovascular medicine including adult congenital heart disease, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology and interventional cardiology. These programs attract candidates of the highest quality. In fact, cardiovascular medicine fellows have received awards within the Department of Medicine and in competitions at national scientific meetings.
Honors & Awards
- Dr. Khadijah Breathett: 10% Most Published, Top 10% Most Cited, Top 10% Most Press Mentions annually since 2021
- Dr. Suparna Clasen: NCI-Funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer
- Dr. Thomas Everett: IU School of Medicine Showalter Scholar in 2024
Professional Society Leadership
- Dr. Douglas Zipes: Harvard Medical School Alumni Council
- Dr. Deepak Bhakta: Vice Chair, Clinical Guidelines Committee, Heart Rhythm Society
- Dr. Khadijah Breathett: Immediate Past Chair, Heart Failure & Transplant Committee for the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Leadership Committee for Quality of Care & Outcomes Research; National Research Committee, Clinical Cardiology Leadership Council Leadership Committee, American Heart Association; Immediate Past Chair & Social Determinants of Health Committee for Epidemiology and Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Councils; Advocacy Committee, Heart Failure Society of America; Research Committee, Association of Black Cardiologists
- Dr. Gabriel Gruionu: Biomedical Engineering Society Nominating Committee
- Dr. John Miller: Co-Chair, Heart Rhythm Board Review Course
National Service
- Dr. Deepak Bhakta: Program Committee, American College of Cardiology; Finance Committee, International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners; Selection Committee Team Leader: Content Editor-in-Chief, Cardio-oncology Course Vice Chair, CV Team Leader, American College of Cardiology
- Dr. Khadijah Breathett: Vice-Chair to ACC/AHA 2024 Update to the 2020 Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Heart Failure Writing Committee; Chair, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation workshops on improving access of global heart and lung transplantation; Data in Heart Failure Authorship Group for Heart Failure Society of America annual statistics
- Dr. Vincent Chen: Panelist, Zurich International Consensus Guideline Committee for Inherited Cardiomyopathy
- Dr. Julie Clary: Member, HeartPAC Executive Committee
- Dr. Suparna Clasen: International Cardio-Oncology Working Groups
- Dr. Thomas Everett: Co-Chair, NIH ZRG1 RCCS A02 Cardiovascular Sciences SEP; Member, HRS – Research Fellowship Awards Committee; Reviewer, NIH MPPB Integrative Myocardial Physiology B study section; Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program; Program Evaluator/Visit Assignment Coordinator, Biomedical Engineering Society Accreditation Activities Committee,
- Dr. Gabriel Gruionu: Biomedical Engineering Society Industry Committee; Panel Chair “Best Practices for Interacting with Industry: NDAs, Industry Sponsored Research and Beyond.” Biomedical Engineering Society 2024 Annual Meeting
- Dr. Onyedika Ilonze: Member, Cardiogenic Shock Working Group
- Dr. Richard Kovacs: Chief Medical Officer, American College of Cardiology
Senior Editorship Positions
- Dr. Khadijah Breathett: Associate Editor, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes; Editorial board and Guest Editor, American Heart Journal; Editorial Board, Healio, Cardiology Today
- Dr. Suparna Clasen: Cardio-Oncology Section Editor, Frontiers in Oncology Journal and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Journal; Trusted Reviewer Board, Cardio-Oncology Journal
- Dr. Loren Field: Associate Editor, Cardiovascular Research
- Dr. Richard Kovacs: Editorial Board, Pharmacology
- Dr. John Miller: Associate Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology; Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm; Editorial Board, Journal of the American College of Cardiology – Clinical Electrophysiology; Editorial Board, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Review; Editorial Board, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
- Dr. Douglas Zipes: Section Editor, Heart Rhythm Journal