Jagat Narula, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.R.C.P. [Edin, Hon]
Chief, Division of Cardiology and Associate Dean
Cardiologist
Dr. Narula, after completing cardiology training in India at the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences, Delhi, relocated to Boston in 1989. He completed fellowships in
heart failure and transplantation, nuclear cardiology and cardiology research at
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He subsequently joined
Massachusetts General cardiology faculty. Later, he moved to Hahnemann University
School of Medicine, Philadelphia, where he was Thomas J. Vischer Professor of Medicine,
chief of the Division of Cardiology, vice chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine,
and director of Heart Failure and Transplant Center. He joined University of California,
Irvine in 2003 as professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Cardiology and associate
dean.
Narula is a nationally and internationally acclaimed investigator in clinical and basic
cardiology research. His major areas of interest have focused on two questions: first,
“Why does the heart fail and is it possible to reverse heart failure?” and
second, “Who experiences heart attack and is it possible to identify such individuals
beforehand?” He has contributed significantly to the development of novel noninvasive
imaging techniques. His research is funded, in part, by grants from the National Institutes
of Health.
Narula has authored more than 300 research publications and edited more than 20 books
or special journal supplements. He has been named “best young investigator”
on several occasions by the Cardiovascular Council, Society of Nuclear Medicine and the
American Society of Nuclear Cardiology for his research contributions. He serves on
various committees of the American Heart Association. He has been an associate editor
of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and editor of the Heart
Failure Clinics of North America.
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