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Lauren A. Baldassarre, MD, FACC

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
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Additional Titles

Vice Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Life, Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiology Director of Cardiac MR/CT, Advanced Cardiovascular CT/MR Program

Director, Cardio-Oncology, Cardiovascular Medicine

Director, Cardio-Oncology Advanced Training Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine

Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cardiovascular Medicine

Contact Info

Cardiovascular Medicine

15 York Street, PO Box 208017

New Haven, CT 06520-8017

United States

About

Titles

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Vice Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty Life, Cardiovascular Medicine; Cardiology Director of Cardiac MR/CT, Advanced Cardiovascular CT/MR Program; Director, Cardio-Oncology, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Cardio-Oncology Advanced Training Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine; Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cardiovascular Medicine

Biography

My research interests include the integration of multimodality cardiovascular imaging into clinical and translational research, with a focus on cardiovascular magnetic resonance and cardiovascular computed tomography. This includes the application of cardiovascular imaging to cardiovascular disease prevention, acute myocardial infarction, cardio-oncology, valve disease and cardiovascular disease in women. Watch a video with Dr. Lauren Baldassarre>>

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2013)
Fellowship
Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University (2012)
Residency
New York Presbyterian Hospital (2009)
MD
Georgetown University School of Medicine (2006)
MS
Georgetown University (2002)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Lauren A. Baldassarre's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Clinical Trials

Current Trials

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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    Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Guidelines Committee

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    American College of Cardiology, Cardio-Oncology Leadership Council

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    International Cardio-Oncology Society, Imaging Work Group

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    Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Cardiology Special Interest Group

Clinical Care

Overview

Lauren Baldassarre, MD, is a cardiologist at Yale Medicine and director of the Cardio-Oncology Program at the Yale Cancer Center.

Cardio-oncology is a relatively new field that helps patients manage the cardiac side effects of therapies they’re receiving for cancer treatment (such as chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy). The goal of the cardio-oncology program is to diagnose and treat those side effects as early as possible.

Dr. Baldassarre first became interested in cardio-oncology during her cardiology fellowship, and she decided to pursue and complete an additional year of fellowship training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. That fellowship focused on advanced cardiac imaging with cardiac MRI and caring for cancer patients with cardiac questions or complications. It was a way for Dr. Baldassarre to combine her interests in women’s heart disease and cardiac imaging, and introduced her to the field of cardio-oncology. In 2013, she arrived at Yale Medicine and became the director of the cardio-oncology program in 2015.

As the director, Dr. Baldassarre’s goals have been to offer care to any patient who might benefit from cardiovascular risk assessment and monitoring not only at the main hospital, but also at Yale Medicine satellite sites, and to expand research and clinical trials that investigate ways to diagnose cardiac complications from cancer earlier.

When meeting with new patients, Dr. Baldassarre takes a thorough history and physical and completes a cardiovascular risk assessment based on the type of cancer therapy they will be receiving. Patients can also expect to undergo some cardiac imaging as part of that risk assessment.

“I really hope to be able to put patients at ease,” says Dr. Baldassarre. “I know that patients are concerned especially when they’re going through so much already.” She walks them through established monitoring and treatments protocols, which may be used to prevent complications or treat them, if they do arise.

In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Baldassarre researches the cardiac side effects of immunotherapy, one of the most promising therapies for cancer. She is also an associate professor (cardiology) at Yale Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

    Certification Organization
    AB of Nuclear Cardiology
    Original Certification Date
    2016
  • Cardiovascular Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2012
  • Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

    Certification Organization
    Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
    Original Certification Date
    2012

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Cardiovascular Medicine

15 York Street, PO Box 208017

New Haven, CT 06520-8017

United States

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