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Research Interests
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 |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, Albert Einstein College
… → 2004
Research interests
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplantation
- Hypertension
- Mechanical Circulatory Assistance
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Ventricular Assist Devices
- Genomic Medicine/Personalized Medicine
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Grants
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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship
7/1/20 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
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Prot#OCS-CAR-03202019: Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Heart For Resuscitation, Preservation and Assessment of Hearts from Donors after Circulatory Death (DCD Heart Trial)
Ghafourian, K., Pham, D. T. & Rich, J. D.
3/19/20 → 3/19/23
Project: Research project
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TRANSFORM-HF (ToRsemide compArisoN with furoSemide FOR Management of Heart Failure) Study
Yale University, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
12/15/18 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Association of cigarette smoking and adverse events in left ventricular assist device patients
Youmans, Q. R., Zhou, A., Harap, R., Eskender, M. H., Anderson, A. S., Ezema, A. U., Ghafourian, K., Ohiomoba, R., Pham, D. T., Rich, J. D., Vorovich, E. E., Wilcox, J. E., Yancy, C. W. & Okwuosa, I. S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Artificial Organs.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating Biventricular Myocardial Velocity and Interventricular Dyssynchrony in Adult Patients During the First Year After Heart Transplantation
Sarnari, R., Blake, A. M., Ruh, A., Abbasi, M. A., Pathrose, A., Blaisdell, J., Dolan, R. S., Ghafourian, K., Wilcox, J. E., Khan, S. S., Vorovich, E. E., Rich, J. D., Anderson, A. S., Yancy, C. W., Carr, J. C. & Markl, M., Sep 1 2020, In: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 52, 3, p. 920-929 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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History of cigarette smoking and heart transplant outcomes
Ohiomoba, R. O., Youmans, Q. R., Akanyirige, P. W., Ezema, A. U., Anderson, A. S., Bryant, A., Jackson, K., Mandieka, E., Pham, D. T., Raza, Y., Rich, J. D., Yancy, C. W. & Okwuosa, I. S., Oct 2020, In: IJC Heart and Vasculature. 30, 100599.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of Health Literacy and Social Support on Self-Efficacy Regarding Self-Care among Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): Findings from the Mechanical Circulatory Support: Measures of Adjustment and Quality of Life (MCS A-QOL) Study
Hahn, E. A., Wortman, K., Teuteberg, J. J., Rich, J. D., Yancy, C. W., Cella, D., Allen, L. A., McIlvennan, C. K., Kiernan, M. S., Lindenfeld, J., Klein, L., Murks, C. M., Lee, C. S., Denfeld, Q., Walsh, M. N., Ruo, B., Buono, S. K., Cummings, P. & Grady, K. L., Apr 1 2020, In: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. 39, 4, p. S435-S436Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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More Frequent Hospitalizations and Worse Quality of Life with Late Right Heart Failure Compared to Early Right Heart Failure after Left Ventricular Assist as Destination Therapy
Teuteberg, J., Hiesinger, W., Cowger, J. A., Rich, J., Najjar, S. S., Jacoski, M., Markham, D. & Rogers, J., Apr 1 2020, In: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. 39, 4, p. S91-S92Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review