Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Michael Widlansky, MD, is Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. The public record shows 172 publications with 9,340 citations (h-index 34), centered on Coronary Artery Disease / ACS, Heart Failure. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 10 NIH-funded awards (2009–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Nature communications
- Top research focus: Coronary Artery Disease / ACS
- 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 12 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pilot Study Lp299v Supplementation in Chronic Heart Failure
Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
InvestigatorCompletedNCT05752760 - Vascular Aging and Lp299v Study in Healthy Adults
Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT05296395 - Impact of Lp299v on Vascular Function in Patients With PASC
Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT05227170
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Amgen Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Eli Lilly and CompanyProgram year20221 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
10 NIH research awards on record, funded 2009–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Human Coronary Artery Plaque Transcriptomes and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Medical College of Wisconsin
FY2026$665,481R01HL173778 - Cardiometabolic Impact of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Transmasculine Young Adults
Medical College of Wisconsin
FY2025$779,771R01HL177518 - Human Coronary Artery Plaque Transcriptomes and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Medical College of Wisconsin
FY2025$673,960R01HL173778
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Chromatin State Maps of Blood Pressure-Relevant Renal Segments Reveal Potential Regulatory Role for SNPs.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.
2025 - Role of the circulating milieu in age-related arterial dysfunction: a novel ex vivo approach.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
2024 - Coronary Plaque Sampling Reveals Molecular Insights Into Coronary Artery Disease.
Circulation research
2023
Contact
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Office address
9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- Board Certified
Cardiovascular Disease (ABIM)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗ - Board Certified
Internal Medicine (ABIM)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗ - Fellow
American College of Cardiology (FACC)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Member
American Heart Association scientific councils: Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine …
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →fcd.mcw.edu ↗ - Chair
Human Research Affairs Committee, MCW Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →fcd.mcw.edu ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (Academic Chief / Associate Chief for Academic Affairs; Cardiovascular Fellowship Director)
- Director
Human Vascular Translational Research Core, MCW Cardiovascular Research Center
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/mwidlansky
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researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Widlansky
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Facebook
facebook.com/Cardiovascular.Center.MCW/posts/michael-e-widlansky-md-mph-northwestern-mutual-professor-in-cardiovascular-medic/1055674659894066
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mwidlansky (Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, MCW)
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