Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Director CME, Section of Cardiology, Internal Medicine; Co-Director Limb Preservation Program, Yale New Haven Health System; Co-Director Vascular Outcomes Program, Internal Medicine; Primary Member, Yale Institutional Review Board; Member, Yale School of Medicine Progress Committee; Medical Director Vascular Medicine - YNHH, Internal Medicine; Honorary Clinical Reader in Centre, Clinical Pharmacology in the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University; Consultant, Center For Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Interventional Cardiology Item-Writing Task Force, Task Force, American Board Of Internal Medicine
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Professor; Co-Director, Vascular Medicine Outcomes (VAMOS) Program, Internal Medicine; Associate Professor Medicine, Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Dr. Kim Smolderen is a licensed clinical psychologist and outcomes researcher and expert in vascular disease, specifically in studying psychological risk factors, including depression, in peripheral artery disease (PAD) and its relationship with outcomes. She also studied the quality of care of depression screening and treatment in acute coronary infarction populations, as well as mechanisms of depression that are linked to cardiovascular outcomes. She is a Belgian native and completed her clinical training at the local Tilburg teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. She obtained her PhD in Health and Medical Psychology from the Tilburg University, the Netherlands in 2009, following which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular outcomes supported by the American Heart Association at the Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City. Since 2020, Dr. Smolderen is...
Peripheral Vascular Faculty
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Director CME, Section of Cardiology, Internal Medicine; Co-Director Limb Preservation Program, Yale New Haven Health System; Co-Director Vascular Outcomes Program, Internal Medicine; Primary Member, Yale Institutional Review Board; Member, Yale School of Medicine Progress Committee; Medical Director Vascular Medicine - YNHH, Internal Medicine; Honorary Clinical Reader in Centre, Clinical Pharmacology in the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University; Consultant, Center For Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Interventional Cardiology Item-Writing Task Force, Task Force, American Board Of Internal Medicine
Professor; Co-Director, Vascular Medicine Outcomes (VAMOS) Program, Internal Medicine; Associate Professor Medicine, Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Dr. Kim Smolderen is a licensed clinical psychologist and outcomes researcher and expert in vascular disease, specifically in studying psychological risk factors, including depression, in peripheral artery disease (PAD) and its relationship with outcomes. She also studied the quality of care of depression screening and treatment in acute coronary infarction populations, as well as mechanisms of depression that are linked to cardiovascular outcomes. She is a Belgian native and completed her clinical training at the local Tilburg teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. She obtained her PhD in Health and Medical Psychology from the Tilburg University, the Netherlands in 2009, following which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular outcomes supported by the American Heart Association at the Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City. Since 2020, Dr. Smolderen is... Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Director Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director Endovascular Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Attaran studied as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, Canada. He attended medical school at the University of Sheffield, UK, with Honors. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Arizona before completing his interventional cardiology fellowship at Yale University. Dr. Attaran is the Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program and the Endovascular Fellowship Training Program. His interests outside interventional cardiology include treatments for peripheral arterial and venous disease. He is involved in a number of national and international research studies in cardiovascular disease therapies. He has served on the American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry, Research and Publications Committee. He is a member of the Vascular Disease Council and Publications... Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Clinician
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nagpal is an Interventional Cardiologist with additional specialized training in peripheral vascular interventions. His path into medicine began at Amherst College where he graduated cum laude, majoring in Neuroscience and receiving the honor for best thesis. He then went on to medical school at Emory University School of Medicine where he decided to pursue a career in Interventional Cardiology. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and was selected to be a Chief Medicine Resident for an additional year. He continued his training at Yale in Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Interventions, and Interventional Cardiology and is currently a faculty member in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine.Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr Regan is a board certified interventional cardiologist with clinical interests in coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease.Biostatistician
I am a PhD Biostatistician for the Vascular Medicine Outcomes research program at Yale University School of Medicine. My primary research interest is the study of health outcomes and associated risk factors in cardiovascular disease patient populations. My current research covers the development and application of statistical methods to study mortality and amputation outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease and critical limb ischemia. In addition, my work examines the relationship between risk factors and patient reported outcomes using national cardiovascular registry databases. My research includes use of descriptive and predictive methodologies and modeling such as time-to-event survival models, linear or logistic regression, and machine learning methods such as random forest predictive models. My background in health outcomes research includes previous work studying... Clinical Fellow
Dr. Lindsey E. Scierka, MD, MPH, is a physician and researcher specializing in cardiovascular medicine, currently serving as a fellow in the Yale New Haven Hospital Cardiology Fellowship Program. She is a former T32 Vascular Outcomes Research Fellow with the Vascular Medicine Outcomes Program (VAMOS) at Yale University, where her clinical expertise and research focus on the intersection of vascular disease and psychosocial factors, including social determinants of health and mental health comorbidities. Dr. Scierka’s research has led to numerous peer-reviewed publications and abstracts, highlighting her commitment to advancing patient-centered outcomes in cardiovascular care. Dr. Scierka earned her MD from the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and her MPH from New York Medical College with a concentration in Health Policy and Management. She...