Marc Pfeffer, MD
Enriched profileVictor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marc Pfeffer is Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 906 publications with 146,152 citations (h-index 168); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Marc Alan Pfeffer, MD, is Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School. The public record shows 906 publications with 146,152 citations (h-index 168), centered on Coronary Artery Disease / ACS. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (1985–2011).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Coronary Artery Disease / ACS
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 19 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- ARISE - Aggressive Reduction of Inflammation Stops Events
Sponsor: AtheroGenics
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20254 payments
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20254 payments
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20252 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2019)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Blood & clotting
100%Factor Xa inhibitor100%Xarelto100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2011 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2026$517,060R01CA281977 - Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2025$512,586R01CA281977 - Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2024$482,829R01CA281977
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Multiparametric Assessment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Heart Failure: An Analysis From PARAGON-HF.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Clinical Trial2025 - Natural Language Processing to Adjudicate Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Global Clinical Trials.
Circulation. Heart failure
Article2025 - Relationship Between Cardiac Structure and Function With Renal Function Trajectory and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights From the PARAGON-HF Trial.
Circulation. Heart failure
Clinical Trial2024
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/marc-pfeffer-md
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
newsroom.heart.org/news/dr-marc-a-pfeffer-to-be-receive-the-2023-eugene-braunwald-academic-mentorship-award
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗ - ResearchGate
researchgate.net/publication/281852232_Profile_Marc_A_Pfeffer_MD_PhD
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →researchgate.net ↗ - YouTube
youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗
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- PhD
Physiology and Biophysics, University of Oklahoma
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Cardiovascular Disease
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗ - Board Certified
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗ - Senior physician
Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗
- James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievements in Clinical Cardiology
American Heart Association
2013provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- An Expert Interview With Marc Pfeffer
MD, PhD (Medscape/CME expert interview feature)
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