William E. Boden, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am ABIM board-certified in both Internal Medicine and the subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease. Since 1979, I have held university appointments at Brown University, Wayne State University, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston University, the University of Connecticut, State University of New York in Buffalo, and Albany Medical College. For the past 27 consecutive years, I have held leadership roles as either a Chief of cardiology or Chief of Medicine at both federal VA facilities and in the academic private sector, all of which have had strong affiliations with their respective academic health centers. In 2016, I re-joined the VA Boston MAVERIC Center as the Scientific Director, Clinical Trials Network, for the VA New England Healthcare System, and as the Research Lead Physician, for VISN 1.

I have extensive prior experience in clinical trials and comparative effectiveness research, and have served in a leadership capacity in several important national and international clinical trials, including as Study Chair for VA CSP-funded VANQWISH and COURAGE Trials, as Study Co-Chair of the NIH-funded AIM-HIGH Trial, and as a national co-PI for the NIH-funded ISCHEMIA Trial. My principal research interests include studies in stable ischemic heart disease, post-MI secondary prevention, acute coronary syndromes, and preventive cardiology.

Publications

  • Published 5/20/2025

    White HD, O'Brien SM, Boden WE, Fremes SE, Bangalore S, Reynolds HR, Stone GW, Ali ZA, Parakh N, Lopez-Sendon JL, Wang Y, Chen YQ, Mark DB, Chaitman BR, Spertus JA, Maron DJ, Hochman JS. Use of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Associated Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA Trial. Am Heart J. 2025 May 20. PMID: 40404111.

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  • Published 5/2/2025

    Gorog DA, de Silva R, Boden WE. The year in cardiovascular medicine 2024: the top 10 papers in ischaemic heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2025 May 02; 46(17):1579-1581. PMID: 39995250.

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  • Published 4/28/2025

    Boden WE, Kaski JC, Bairey Merz CN, Marzilli M, Pepine CJ, Crea F, De Caterina R. Myocardial Ischaemic Syndromes: Shifting from a Coronary-centric to a Substrate-based Nomenclature is More Accurate and Inclusive. Eur Cardiol. 2025; 20:e12. PMID: 40343144.

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  • Published 4/1/2025

    Maron DJ, Newman JD, Anthopolos R, Lu Y, Stevens S, Boden WE, Mavromatis K, Linefsky J, Nair RG, Bockeria O, Gosselin G, Perna GP, Demchenko E, Foo D, Shapiro MD, Champagne MA, Ballantyne C, McCullough P, Lopez-Sendon JL, Rockhold F, Harrell F, Rosenberg Y, Stone GW, Bangalore S, Reynolds HR, Spertus JA, Hochman JS. Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy and Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 01; 85(12):1317-1331. PMID: 40139888.

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  • Published 3/1/2025

    Moinul S, Urina-Jassir M, Rodriguez-Taveras J, Peralta AO, Hoffmeister PS, Kinlay S, Yarmohammadi H, Boden WE, Joseph J, Yuyun MF. Meta-Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rhythm Control Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation in the United States. Am J Cardiol. 2025 Jun 15; 245:1-10. PMID: 40032171.

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Other Positions

  • Lecturer in Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
  • Physician Research Lead & Scientific Director, MAVERIC Center
    VA Boston Healthcare System

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Education

  • State University of New York at Brockport, MD
  • Le Moyne College, BS

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