Alexandra Pipilas MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-8902alexandra.pipilas@bmc.org
alane11@bu.edu

Sections
Cardiovascular Medicine
Biography
Alexandra Pipilas, MD received her medical degree from the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Pipilas is currently a Chief Medical Resident at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
Education
Medicine, MD, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Human Physiology, BS, Boston University
Publications
Eromosele OB, Pipilas A, Sherer JA, Schwartz MC. Advocating for an Advanced Cardiac POCUS Curriculum Among Internal Medicine Residents. J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2024; 11:23821205241296957. PMID: 39712651.
Published on 5/1/2024Modzelewski KL, Pipilas A, Bosch NA. Comparative Outcomes of Empagliflozin to Dapagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e249305. PMID: 38696170.
Published on 11/15/2022Cuddy SA, Datar Y, Ovsak G, Saith S, Murphy SP, Bay CP, Haddad M, Lilleness B, Muralidhar V, Pipilas A, Vuong J, Guardino E, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Optimal Echocardiographic Parameters to Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Tc-99m-Bone Avid Tracer Cardiac Scintigraphy for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Nov; 15(11):e014645. PMID: 36378779.
Published on 10/22/2022Pipilas A, Martyn T, Lindenfeld J. Heart Failure Medical Therapy: A Review for Structural/Interventional Cardiologists. Struct Heart. 2022 Nov; 6(6):100082. PMID: 37288122.
Published on 8/24/2022Alreshq R, Cozzolino M, Lilleness B, Pipilas A, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Muralidhar V, Guardino E, Berk JL, Siddiqi OK, Gopal DM, Sanchorawala V, Ruberg FL. Light Chain Testing Abnormalities Among Patients With Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy Referred for Technetium-99m Pyrophosphate Imaging. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Oct 15; 181:105-112. PMID: 36028388.
Published on 1/27/2022Siddiqi OK, Mints YY, Berk JL, Connors L, Doros G, Gopal DM, Kataria S, Lohrmann G, Pipilas AR, Ruberg FL. Diflunisal treatment is associated with improved survival for patients with early stage wild-type transthyretin (ATTR) amyloid cardiomyopathy: the Boston University Amyloidosis Center experience. Amyloid. 2022 Jun; 29(2):71-78. PMID: 35083944.
Published on 1/7/2021Bradford DN, Wilechansky RM, Pipilas AR, Raiti-Palazzolo KM, Sherer JA. Revamping Residency Education during a Pandemic with Twitter-Based Learning. Med Sci Educ. 2021 Apr; 31(2):303-304. PMID: 33432279.
Published on 12/2/2019Lohrmann G, Pipilas A, Mussinelli R, Gopal DM, Berk JL, Connors LH, Vellanki N, Hellawell J, Siddiqi OK, Fox J, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Stabilization of Cardiac Function With Diflunisal in Transthyretin (ATTR) Cardiac Amyloidosis. J Card Fail. 2020 Sep; 26(9):753-759. PMID: 31805416.
Published on 2/15/2019McGregor PC, Manning P, Raj V, Pipilas A, Zhang Y, Rasalingam R, Aragam J. Does Presence of Discrete Subaortic Stenosis Alter Diagnosis and Management of Concomitant Valvular Aortic Stenosis? CASE (Phila). 2019 Apr; 3(2):77-84. PMID: 31049485.