Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, is Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist, Faculty, Cardiovascular Medicine (Heart and Vascular Center) at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. The public record shows 1,168 publications with 90,361 citations (h-index 101), centered on Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Diabetes Treatment and Management. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 34 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation
- Top research focus: Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 34 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 134 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 540.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Flow Regulation by Opening the SepTum in Patients With Heart Failure; a Prospective, Randomized, Sham-controlled, Double-blind, Global Multicenter Study
Sponsor: Occlutech International AB
InvestigatorActive, not recruitingNCT05136820
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
34 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20252 payments$49,773openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202517 payments$34,916openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.Program year20259 payments$22,384openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Systolic blood pressure and albuminuria reduction mediate cardiovascular benefits of finerenone in T2 diabetes and CKD.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation
2026 - A Framework for Risk-Based Implementation of Combination Therapy in CKD: Who, Why, When, and How?
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2026 - Safety and Synergy of Finerenone and Empagliflozin in Lowering Blood Pressure.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.
2026 - Optimal serum potassium concentrations in heart failure: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
European heart journal
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Inhibitors in Patients with Covid-192,171 citations2020
- 03The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk2,098 citations2022
- 04The Global Health and Economic Burden of Hospitalizations for Heart Failure2,038 citations2014
- 05
Contact
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Office address
70 Francis Street, Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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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
- 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 →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗
- MPH
Northwestern University
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Internal Medicine
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Associate Editor
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
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Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Co-Director
Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Host
"Heart Failure in Focus" podcast (Radcliffe Cardiology)
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CardioNerds podcast episode 382 "SGLT Inhibitors: The Data Supporting SGLT Inhibition with Dr. Muthiah Vaduganathan"
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Online presence
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- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/muthu-vaduganathan-8ba56bab
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researchgate.net/profile/Muthiah-Vaduganathan
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- Instagram
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