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Dr. Rich is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He serves as the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, as well as the Program Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr Rich earned his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York where he graduated with Honors (Alpha Omega Alpha). He completed a residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts where he was awarded the Harvard Teaching Award. He completed fellowships in cardiology and advanced heart failure and transplant at the University of Chicago Hospital, Pritzker School of Medicine, where he also served as chief fellow. He joined the faculty at the University of Chicago before being recruited to Northwestern. In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr. Rich has broad research interests within the fields of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension and is actively involved in both single- and multi- center clinical trials. Prominent areas of research interest of his focus on right ventricular dysfunction from a variety of causes (including pulmonary hypertension and in the LVAD supported patient) as well as improving clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure and those treated with LVADs. Dr Rich is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America, an elected member of the ACCP Pulmonary Vascular Disease Steering Committee, and is currently serving as a voting member of the HFSA’s Board of Directors. Dr. Rich has published numerous research abstracts, manuscripts, reviews, and book chapters, and is frequently invited to deliver educational lectures at national and international meetings.
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Mechanical Circulatory Assistance, Ventricular Assist Devices,
Complex cardiovascular diseases, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs), Heart Transplantation, Personalized, compassionate Medicine
Certifications and Licenses
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology | |
Internal Medicine | |
Cardiovascular Disease |
Training Experience
2005 | Internship, Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School |
2007 | Residency, Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School |
2011 | Fellowship, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Medicine, Albert Einstein College
… → 2004
Research interests keywords
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplantation
- Hypertension
- Mechanical Circulatory Assistance
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Ventricular Assist Devices
- Genomic Medicine/Personalized Medicine
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program - FELLOWSHIP GRANT #21801
7/1/21 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Novel measures to assess ventricular assist device patient-reported outcomes: Findings from the MCS A-QOL study
Grady, K. L., Kallen, M. A., Beiser, D. G., Lindenfeld, J. A., Teuteberg, J., Allen, L. A., McIlvennan, C. K., Rich, J. D., Yancy, C., Lee, C. S., Denfeld, Q. E., Kiernan, M., Walsh, M. N., Adler, E., Ruo, B., Stehlik, J., Kirklin, J. K., Bedjeti, K., Cella, D. & Hahn, E. A., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Colonization with Multidrug-resistant Organisms in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
Roberts, S. C., Nam, H. H., Kumar, R. N., Wu, T., Harap, R. S., Pham, D. T., Rich, J. D. & Stosor, V., Aug 1 2022, In: ASAIO Journal. 68, 8, p. 1048-1053 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support
Hayward, C., Adachi, I., Baudart, S., Davis, E., Feller, E. D., Kinugawa, K., Klein, L., Li, S., Lorts, A., Mahr, C., Mathew, J., Morshuis, M., Müller, M., Ono, M., Pagani, F. D., Pappalardo, F., Rich, J., Robson, D., Rosenthal, D. N., Saeed, D., & 5 others , Oct 2022, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 164, 4, p. 1120-1137.e2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hyponatremia Is a Powerful Predictor of Poor Prognosis in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients
Tibrewala, A., Wehbe, R. M., Wu, T., Harap, R., Ghafourian, K., Wilcox, J. E., Okwuosa, I. S., Vorovich, E. E., Ahmad, F. S., Yancy, C., Pawale, A., Anderson, A. S., Pham, D. T. & Rich, J. D., Dec 1 2022, In: ASAIO Journal. 68, 12, p. 1475-1482 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiparametric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detects Altered Myocardial Tissue and Function in Heart Transplantation Recipients Monitored for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Abbasi, M. A., Blake, A. M., Sarnari, R., Lee, D. C., Anderson, A. S., Ghafourian, K., Khan, S. S., Vorovich, E. E., Rich, J. D., Wilcox, J. E., Yancy, C. W., Carr, J. & Markl, M., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 30, 4, p. 263-275 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations