Lisa de las Fuentes, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research Core Laboratory
- Phone: 314-362-1076
- Fax: 314-747-8170
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Education
- BA Human Biology: Stanford University, Stanford, CA (1991)
- MD Medicine: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX (1996)
- Medical Intern: Parkland Memorial Hospital/Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1997)
- Medical Resident: Parkland Memorial Hospital/Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX (1999)
- Fellowship, Cardiology: Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2003)
- Fellowship, Nuclear Cardiology: Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2003)
- Genetic Epidemiology Master of Science Program, Division of Biostatistics: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2008)
Recognition
- NIH Loan Repayment Program, Competitive Scholarship, 2006
- NIH Loan Repayment Program, Competitive Scholarship, 2005
- Burton E. Sobel Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research, 2003
- AstraZeneca Young Investigators’ Forum, Clinical Fellow Category, 3rd Place, 2003
- NIH Loan Repayment Program, Competitive Scholarship, 2003
- American Heart Association / Wyeth-Ayerst Women in Cardiology Travel Grant, 2001
- Richard Mays Smith Award in Internal Medicine, 1996
Clinical Interests
In-patient care and testing only. Heart disease, heart conditions, hypertension, dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac hypertrophy, genetics in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiac metabolism, cardiac energetics, cardiac aging, coronary artery disease, ventricular infarction.
Research Interests
Dr. de las Fuentes is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, with a joint appointment in the Division of Biostatistics at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also the Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research Core Laboratory (CIRCL) at Washington University, with expertise in a variety of imaging modalities and clinical assessments used to characterize cardiovascular and cardiometabolic traits. She has a 15-year history of collaborative clinical and translational research working with talented multi-disciplinary teams of investigators studying a wide-range of factors that contribute to hypertension and cardiovascular disease traits, including environmental, metabolic, nutritional, lifestyle, and genetic/genomic/pharmacogenomic factors. Dr. de las Fuentes is also invested in identifying barriers to optimal cardiovascular health on a global scale. She is co-investigator of the Research Coordinating Center (RCC) for the Heart, Lung, and Blood Co-morbiditieS Implementation Models in People Living with HIV (HLB-SIMPLe) Alliance which investigates implementation strategies for improving hypertension care among people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is also co-investigator of the Addressing HyperteNsion and Diabetes through Community-Engaged Systems in Puno, Peru (ANDES study) which investigates implementation strategies for improving hypertension care among people from predominantly indigenous populations in underserved areas of Peru and multiple PI for a capacity building D43 grant in Peru.