update from section chief
cardiovascular medicine
Eric J. Velazquez, MD
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he Section of Cardiovascular Medicine is a diverse and integrated community
that includes clinicians, investigators, and educators. The section’s 193 faculty provide world-class patient-centered care and transform cardiovascular medicine through innovative research, scholarship, and training. The section strives to expand dynamic collaborations among clinicians and investigators within the section, the larger Yale community, and Yale New Haven Health. Over the past year, the section has focused on recruiting outstanding faculty and the development of our early-career faculty and trainees. Under the leadership of Eric J. Velazquez, MD, the section has established an administrative and leadership team to expand support for clinical and research operations. To fully realize these ambitions, Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, vice chief for Clinical Operations; Daniel Price, MD, vice chief for
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Ambulatory Programs; Lauren Baldassarre, MD, vice chief for Faculty Life; Jeffrey Bender, MD, senior vice chief for Academic Development; and Edward Miller, MD, PhD, vice chief for Education; along with clinical program and research center leadership working towards developing strategic goals and are focusing on opportunities for integration between the section’s expansive areas of research and clinical activities, and in con-
cert with colleagues across the department, health system, school, and university. The clinical programs within cardiovascular medicine include 15 faculty-led inpatient services, five general services, and sub specialty services at Yale New Haven Health and also at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The section’s faculty group practice sees patients at 21 ambulatory sites with approximately 300 ambulatory sessions
