Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Robert A. Harrington, MD, is Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University. The public record shows 1,021 publications with 79,367 citations (h-index 124), centered on Coronary Artery Disease / ACS. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Circulation
- Top research focus: Coronary Artery Disease / ACS
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 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; 13 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Former Chair/Member
FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee
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Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- A Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study of PRT060128, a Novel Intravenous and Oral P2Y12 Inhibitor, in Non-Urgent PCI
Sponsor: Portola Pharmaceuticals
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00751231 - A Safety and Efficacy Study to Confirm the Cardioprotective Effects of MC-1 in Patients Undergoing High-Risk CABG
Sponsor: Medicure
InvestigatorPhase 3CompletedNCT00402506 - A Comparison of Ticagrelor (AZD6140) and Clopidogrel in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sponsor: AstraZeneca
InvestigatorPhase 3CompletedNCT00391872
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Janssen Research & Development, LLCProgram year20255 payments
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20252 payments
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202511 payments
NIH funding
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Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Multiplex Apolipoprotein Panel Improves Cardiovascular Event Prediction and Cardiovascular Outcome by Identifying Patients Who Benefit From Targeted PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
2025 - Sex Differences in Revascularization, Treatment Goals, and Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease: Insights From the ISCHEMIA Trial.
Journal of the American Heart Association
2024 - Age and Aspirin Dosing in Secondary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association
2024
Contact
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Office address
1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
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
- B.A. in English
magna cum laude, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
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Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester
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Interventional Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- 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 →weill.cornell.edu ↗
- Member
American Heart Association Board of Directors
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Association of American Physicians
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Previously Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and Chair
Department of Medicine, Stanford University
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Host
"The Bob Harrington Show", a podcast series of interviews on cardiology and the practice of medicine, presented by theheart.org and Medscape
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- "A Conversation with Dr. Robert Harrington on Leadership in Academic Medicine"
Weill Cornell Population Health Sciences feature
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/robert-harrington-md-e978d65a
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/posts/cornell-university_dr-robert-harrington-named-dean-of-weill-activity-7070067000802201600-9CQz
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