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  • 2004 - Libin/AHFMR Prize in Cardiovascular Research
  • 2003 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2002 - King Faisal Prize
  • 2001 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For their pioneering work in cardiovascular research which has dramatically reduced the mortality rate for heart attacks.
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1973 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Eugene Braunwald is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work encompasses 90 publications in medicine, with substantial emphasis on subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

The main topics of Eugene Braunwald's research include heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, acute myocardial infarction research, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, and lipoproteins and cardiovascular health.

Recent notable publications by Braunwald and co-authors feature:

  • Effect of Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • Valsartan in early-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a randomized phase 2 trial, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Prospective ARNI vs. ACE inhibitor trial to Determine Superiority in reducing heart failure Events after Myocardial Infarction (PARADISE-MI): design and baseline characteristics, 2021, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Coexistence and outcome of coronary artery disease in Takotsubo syndrome, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Cost-effectiveness of Sacubitril-Valsartan in Hospitalized Patients Who Have Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2020, JAMA Cardiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eugene Braunwald include:

  • Marc S. Sabatine
  • Adrian F. Hernandez
  • Pradeep Natarajan
  • Gregg C. Fonarow
  • Roxana Mehran

Braunwald's research has been published predominantly in the following venues, with a notable number of contributions:

  • JAMA Cardiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including the Libin/AHFMR Prize in Cardiovascular Research (2004), Distinguished Scientist Award by the American Heart Association (2003), King Faisal Prize (2002), and the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2001) for pioneering cardiovascular research that has influenced mortality rates for heart attacks.

Additional honors include fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1989), the James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology from the American Heart Association (1981), election to the National Academy of Medicine (1974) and the National Academy of Sciences (1974), fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1973), and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

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  • The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels

    F. M. Sacks;M. A. Pfeffer;L. A. Moye;J. L. Rouleau

  • Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Henry Buchwald;Yoav Avidor;Eugene Braunwald;Michael D. Jensen

  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Executive summary and recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (committee on the management of patients with unstable angina)

    Eugene Braunwald;Elliott M. Antman;John W. Beasley;Robert M. Califf

  • Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Stephen D. Wiviott;Eugene Braunwald;Carolyn H. McCabe;Gilles Montalescot

  • EFFECT OF CAPTOPRIL ON MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. RESULTS OF THE SURVIVAL AND VENTRICULAR ENLARGEMENT TRIAL

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Eugene Braunwald;Lemuel A. Moyé;Lofty Basta

  • Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine

    Eugene Braunwald

  • Intensive versus moderate lipid lowering with statins after acute coronary syndromes.

    Christopher P. Cannon;Eugene Braunwald;Carolyn H. McCabe;Daniel J. Rader

  • Edoxaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation

    Robert P. Giugliano;Christian T. Ruff;Eugene Braunwald;Sabina A. Murphy

  • Comparison of the efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Christian T Ruff;Robert P Giugliano;Eugene Braunwald;Elaine B Hoffman

  • The TIMI Risk Score for Unstable Angina/Non–ST Elevation MI: A Method for Prognostication and Therapeutic Decision Making

    Elliott M. Antman;Marc Cohen;Peter J. L. M. Bernink;Carolyn H. McCabe

  • Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. Experimental observations and clinical implications.

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Eugene Braunwald

  • The stunned myocardium: prolonged, postischemic ventricular dysfunction.

    E Braunwald;R A Kloner

  • Saxagliptin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Benjamin M. Scirica;Deepak L. Bhatt;Deepak L. Bhatt;Eugene Braunwald;P. Gabriel Steg

  • Cytochrome P-450 Polymorphisms and Response to Clopidogrel

    Jessica L. Mega;Sandra L. Close;Stephen D. Wiviott;Lei Shen

  • Addition of Clopidogrel to Aspirin and Fibrinolytic Therapy for Myocardial Infarction with ST-Segment Elevation

    Marc S. Sabatine;Christopher P. Cannon;C. Michael Gibson;Jose L. López-Sendón

  • C-Reactive Protein Levels and Outcomes after Statin Therapy

    Paul M Ridker;Christopher P. Cannon;David Morrow;Nader Rifai

  • TIMI Frame Count A Quantitative Method of Assessing Coronary Artery Flow

    Gibson Cm;Cannon Cp;Daley Wl;Dodge Jt

  • Comparison of early invasive and conservative strategies in patients with unstable coronary syndromes treated with the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban.

    Christopher P. Cannon;William S. Weintraub;Laura A. Demopoulos;Ralph Vicari

  • Bariatric surgery. A systematic review and meta-analysis

    H. Buchwald;Y. Avidor;E. Braunwald

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Morrow
David A. Morrow Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sabina A. Murphy
Sabina A. Murphy Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christopher P. Cannon
Christopher P. Cannon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elliott M. Antman
Elliott M. Antman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert P. Giugliano
Robert P. Giugliano Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marc S. Sabatine
Marc S. Sabatine Brigham and Women's Hospital
C. Michael Gibson
C. Michael Gibson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Carolyn H. McCabe
Carolyn H. McCabe Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephen D. Wiviott
Stephen D. Wiviott Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marc A. Pfeffer
Marc A. Pfeffer Harvard Medical School

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