Maddox Attends First FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee Meeting
Thomas Maddox, MD, MSc, vice president of Digital Products and Innovation for BJC HealthCare and a professor in the Cardiovascular Division, has been appointed to the inaugural FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee. The committee will advise the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on digital health technologies (DHT’s) and guide on policies and regulations for their use. The first meeting was held in late November 2024 and focused on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its use in healthcare.
Sweitzer Named Director of CTSA TWD and CRTC (Links to an external site)
Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, Named as Director of Clinical and Translational Science Award Translational Workforce Development (CTSA TWD) and Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) at WashU Medicine
Joynt Maddox on Cardiovascular Deaths in Rural Areas
Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox was recently quoted in an article published in the Health News section of United Press International reporting on a surge in cardiovascular deaths in younger adults living in rural areas.
Where to See Us: WashU Cardiovascular Division at AHA 24
Your guide to catching our Washington University Cardiovascular faculty and fellows at the AHA Scientific Sessions in Chicago!
Polypill proposed to change the heart failure treatment paradigm (Links to an external site)
Justin Chen, MD, First Year Cardiology Fellow, First Author along with Anubha Agarwal, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Co-Director, Program in Global Cardiovascular Health, WashU Medicine Cardiovascular Division, Senior Author, have published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Leadership Announcement – Interventional Cardiology (Links to an external site)
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Marc Sintek, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, has been appointed as the next Director of the BJH Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Dr. Sintek has served as Associate Director of the Cath Lab since 2023 and will take the reins from Dr. Jas Singh
Agarwal, Huffman, and Hively Publish in JACC: Advances on Polypill Trials
In a new paper published in JACC: Advances, Drs. Anubha Agarwal, Mark Huffman, and Global Health Clinical Research Coordinator Adam Hively, MPH examine the history of polypill trials. The paper, titled “More Than a Decade of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Polypill Trials: Lessons for Heart Failure Polypills” marks the first publication for Hively, as the Global Health team within the WashU cardiovascular division continues research into this lifesaving therapy.