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Paul M. Ridker

Paul M. Ridker MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Cardiology, Internal Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Dr. Paul M. Ridker is director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, a translational research unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). A cardiovascular medicine specialist, he is also the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard School of Medicine (HMS).

Dr. Ridker received his medical degree from HMS. He then completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at BWH. Dr. Ridker is board certified in internal medicine. He provides outpatient services at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, a public-health clinic affiliated with BWH and HMS. His clinical interests include coronary artery disease and the underlying causes and prevention of atherosclerotic disease.

Dr. Ridker’s primary research focus has involved inflammatory mediators of heart disease and the molecular and genetic epidemiology of hemostasis and thrombosis, with particular interests in biomarkers for coronary disease, “predictive” medicine, and the underlying causes and prevention of atherosclerotic disease. Between the years 2000 and 2010, he was among the 10 most often cited researchers in cardiovascular medicine worldwide.
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  • Speciality Family Medicine ...
  • Calendar Jul 21 - 28, 2019
  • Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Speciality Internal Medicine and General Medicine ...
  • Calendar Apr 28 - May 02, 2019
  • Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Speciality Cardiology
  • Calendar Mar 16 - 18, 2019
  • Location New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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  • Speciality Vascular Disease ...
  • Calendar Oct 24 - 27, 2018
  • Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA