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Albert Sinusas, MD

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
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Additional Titles

Chairman, Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC), Internal Med/Cardiology

Director, Animal Research Laboratories, Internal Med/Cardiology

Chairman, Yale Radioactive Safety Committee (RSC), Internal Med/Cardiology

Chairman, Yale Radioactive Investigation Drug Committee (RIDC), Internal Med/Cardiology

Director, Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), Internal Med/Cardiology

Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, Internal Med/Cardiology

Board of Directors, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) -Nuclear/PET, Internal Med/Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine

About

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Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Chairman, Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Animal Research Laboratories, Internal Med/Cardiology; Chairman, Yale Radioactive Safety Committee (RSC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Chairman, Yale Radioactive Investigation Drug Committee (RIDC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), Internal Med/Cardiology; Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, Internal Med/Cardiology

Positions outside Yale

Board of Directors, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) -Nuclear/PET, Internal Med/Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine

Biography

Albert J. Sinusas, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FASNC is Professor of Medicine (Section of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, and Director of the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), and Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at Yale New Haven Hospital. He received a BS degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MD degree at University of Vermont, College of Medicine, and completed training in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma, and training in cardiology and nuclear cardiology at the University of Virginia. He joined the faculty at Yale University School of Medicine in 1990 where he has remained. Dr. Sinusas has served as a standing member of the Clinical and Integrated Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS), and standing member and chair of Medical Imaging (MEDI), and Clinical Translational Imaging Sciences (CTIS) study sections of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Sinusas has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Cardiovascular Council (CVC), Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence (MICoE), and Center for Molecular Imaging Innovation and Translation (CMIIT) of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), and Board of Directors of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He was the 2008 recipient of the SNMMI Hermann Blumgart Award. His research is directed at development, validation and application of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging approaches for the assessment of cardiovascular pathophysiology, including the targeted molecular assessment of myocardial ischemic injury, angiogenesis, arteriogenesis, and post–infarction atrial and ventricular remodeling, and peripheral artery disease. The investigation of these biological processes involves, ex vivo and in vivo imaging in animal models of cardiovascular disease and humans. This translational research employs the 3–D modalities of X-ray computed tomography (CT) and fluoroscopy, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, echocardiography, and MR imaging in an animal physiology laboratory and clinical environment. Dr. Sinusas is the principal investigator of several NIH grants involving multi-modality cardiovascular imaging, and directs a NIH funded T32 grant providing training in multi-modality molecular and translational cardiovascular imaging. He is the author of over 250 peer reviewed publications and invited reviews related to cardiovascular imaging, and co-edited a textbook entitled Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging published in 2007 and Hybrid Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine in 2018.

Appointments

Education & Training

Fellow
University of Virginia (1989)
Resident
University of Oklahoma (1986)
MD
University of Vermont (1983)
BSc (Hon)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biology (1979)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Cardiology; Cardiovascular System; Echocardiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; Positron-Emission Tomography; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Translational Research, Biomedical

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Albert Sinusas's published research.

Publications

2024

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)

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    Yale New Haven Hospital CTA Credentialing Committee

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    Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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    Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

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    JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Clinical Care

Overview

Albert Sinusas, MD, is a specialist in cardiovascular medicine. He is director of the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC), director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at Yale New Haven Hospital, and chair of the Yale Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) and Yale Radiation Safety Committee.

In his clinical practice, Dr. Sinusas supervises and interprets ECG and cardiopulmonary stress tests, SPECT and PET radiotracer-based imaging studies and cardiovascular computed tomography.

Dr. Sinusas’ research interests include evaluation of cardiac function, myocardial strain, myocardial perfusion, and coronary flow in ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease, microvascular disease, and peripheral artery disease, for cardiovascular risk assessment. His work focuses on analyzing the impact of atherosclerosis and cardiac injury on heart muscle function and flow and heart repair and creating novel therapeutics and new tools for molecular based imaging and heart scan analysis. He also explores the use of deep learning in predicting risks after heart imaging.

Dr. Sinusas is a recipient of the Hermann Blumgart Award. His research has received support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the American Heart Association.

Dr. Sinusas is a professor of medicine, radiology and biomedical imaging at Yale University School of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University.

Clinical Specialties

Cardiovascular Medicine; Nuclear Medicine; Cardiac Imaging

Board Certifications

  • Cardiovascular Disease

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    1989
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    1987

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Cardiovascular Medicine

P.O. BOX 208017, 789 HOWARD AVENUE, DANA 3

New Haven, CT 06520

United States

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