Flora Sam, MD
Professor, Medicine
Biography
Dr. Sam is a clinical heart failure cardiologist and a physician-scientist. She is translational researcher and is PI of her NIH funded lab. She is an expert in cardiac myocyte biology and in mechanisms of myocardial remodeling in cardiomyopathy, both in humans and animal models. She is a recognized expert in “heart failure with preserved ejection fraction” (HFpEF) /diastolic heart failure and “heart failure with reduced ejection fraction” (HFrEF)/systolic heart failure and cardiomyopathies
The Sam lab is focused on three major areas of investigation:
1) Pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic mechanisms that mediate cardiac remodeling in heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy and hypertension.
2) Investigating the relationship between matrix markers and heart failure in humans with cardiac amyloid and scleroderma.
3) Investigating cross talk between adipocyte-derived factors, myokines and cardiokines in heart failure.
all of which are directed to novel pathways to provide therapeutic insights into drug development
Other Positions
- Active Staff Hospital Privileges, Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Education
- University of the Witwatersrand, MD
Publications
- Published on 1/16/2018
Hulsmans M, Sager HB, Roh JD, Valero-Muñoz M, Houstis NE, Iwamoto Y, Sun Y, Wilson RM, Wojtkiewicz G, Tricot B, Osborne MT, Hung J, Vinegoni C, Naxerova K, Sosnovik DE, Zile MR, Bradshaw AD, Liao R, Tawakol A, Weissleder R, Rosenzweig A, Swirski FK, Sam F, Nahrendorf M. Cardiac macrophages promote diastolic dysfunction. J Exp Med. 2018 Feb 05; 215(2):423-440. PMID: 29339450.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/25/2017
Valero-Muñoz M, Backman W, Sam F. Murine Models of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: a "Fishing Expedition". JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2017 Dec; 2(6):770-789. PMID: 29333506.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/1/2016
Valero-Munoz M, Li S, Wilson RM, Boldbaatar B, Iglarz M, Sam F. Dual Endothelin-A/Endothelin-B Receptor Blockade and Cardiac Remodeling in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Nov; 9(11). PMID: 27810862.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/27/2016
Tanaka K, Valero-Muñoz M, Wilson RM, Essick EE, Fowler CT, Nakamura K, van den Hoff M, Ouchi N, Sam F. Follistatin like 1 Regulates Hypertrophy in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2016 Jun; 1(4):207-221. PMID: 27430031.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2016
Valero-Muñoz M, Li S, Wilson RM, Hulsmans M, Aprahamian T, Fuster JJ, Nahrendorf M, Scherer PE, Sam F. Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Induces Beiging in Adipose Tissue. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Jan; 9(1):e002724. PMID: 26721917.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/11/2015
Connors LH, Sam F, Skinner M, Salinaro F, Sun F, Ruberg FL, Berk JL, Seldin DC. Heart Failure Resulting From Age-Related Cardiac Amyloid Disease Associated With Wild-Type Transthyretin: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study. Circulation. 2016 Jan 19; 133(3):282-90. PMID: 26660282.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/21/2015
Hulsmans M, Sam F, Nahrendorf M. Monocyte and macrophage contributions to cardiac remodeling. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2016 Apr; 93:149-55. PMID: 26593722.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/20/2015
Lindsey ML, Mayr M, Gomes AV, Delles C, Arrell DK, Murphy AM, Lange RA, Costello CE, Jin YF, Laskowitz DT, Sam F, Terzic A, Van Eyk J, Srinivas PR. Transformative Impact of Proteomics on Cardiovascular Health and Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2015 Sep 1; 132(9):852-72. PMID: 26195497.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/22/2015
Tahir U, Sam F. Withdrawal of heart failure medications in peripartum cardiomyopathy after myocardial recovery. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jul 1; 190:212-3. PMID: 25920029.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/24/2015
Tahir U, Doros G, Sam F. Delayed myocardial recovery in peripartum cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 1; 184:310-2. PMID: 25731846.
Read at: PubMed
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