Physician :: Wilson S. Colucci, MD

Physician Profile

Wilson S. Colucci, MD

Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Myocardial Biology Unit
Director, Cardiomyopathy Program
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Center

Academic Appointment:

Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Medical School:

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA (1975)

Residency:

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston MA (1978)

Post Residency:

Chief Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston MA (1981)
Fellowship in Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA (1980)

Board Certification:

Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease

Special Interest(s):

Cardiomyopathy
Congestive heart failure

Publications:

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Bio:

The Thomas J. Ryan Professor of Medicine and Professor of Physiology, he is Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Center at Boston Medical Center, and Head of the Myocardial Biology Unit at Boston University School of Medicine. He is the author of over 160 peer-review publications, as well as numerous reviews, chapters and books dealing with the pathophysiology of myocardial failure. He has received the Clinician-Scientist and Established Investigator Awards of the American Heart Association, the Medal of Merit from the International Society of Heart Research, and was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He is a member of several American Heart Association Councils, including Basic Science, High Blood Pressure, and Circulation, and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Association of University Cardiologists. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Heart Failure Society of America, an organization of which he is a founding member. He has been a member of numerous peer-review groups and currently is the Co-chairman of the American Heart Association, Northeast Affiliate, Scientific Peer Review Committee, and a member of the National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular and Renal Study Section.