John Hwa, MD, PhD, FRACP
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Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Co-Director Yale Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology, Cardiovascular MedicineBiography
Dr. Hwa received his medical degree (First Class Honors) from the University of Sydney, Australia. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Cardiology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He then pursued further studies in the Department of Molecular Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation during which time he completed his doctoral thesis through Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Hwa was then awarded a Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue studies at M.I.T in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate, H. Gobind Khorana. He joined the faculty At Dartmouth (Pharmacology and Toxicology and Medicine) in 2000, and moved to Yale (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine) in 2009.
Appointments
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellow
- M.I.T. (2000)
- PhD
- Case Western Reserve Univ (1996)
- Research Fellow
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation (1996)
- Resident/Fellow
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Australia (1992)
- MD
- University of Sydney (1986)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
Media
platelet uptake by vascular smooth muscle cell
Confocal and electron microscopy demonstrating whole platelet uptake by a vascular smooth muscle cell5027963
Coronary angiogram, DNA sequence, and structural homology data for an R212C patient
News
- May 19, 2024Source: The Guardian
‘It was smart to marry the competition’: meet the ‘power couples’ who work together
- April 01, 2024
Yale Faculty Present Groundbreaking Clinical Research at the 2024 American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
- July 05, 2023
Hwa to Co-Lead Yale Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology
- April 27, 2023
Study Uncovers Reduced Exercise Tolerance and Other Changes in Long COVID