Naomi M. Hamburg MD, MS

Section Chief, Vascular Biology

Joseph A. Vita, MD Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-7260
Naomi Hamburg
Sections

Vascular Biology

Cardiovascular Medicine

Centers

Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute

Framingham Heart Study

Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center

Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

Biography

Dr. Hamburg is the inaugural Joseph A. Vita Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Vascular Biology Section, interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute at Boston University School of Medicine and an Attending in the Cardiovascular Medicine Section at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Hamburg is a recognized expert in the field of Vascular Medicine and the clinical translation of Vascular Biology. Her research work seeks to understand approaches to restore vascular health in patients with cardiometabolic disorders, peripheral artery disease, and to evaluate the impact of novel tobacco products and long COVID. Her work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and foundations since 2006. Dr. Hamburg has held multiple leadership positions in the field of Vascular Medicine including as the Chair of the Peripheral Vascular Disease Council of the American Heart Association, and as a member of the Board of the Society of Vascular Medicine, the American Society of Echocardiography and the Vascular Testing Division of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. She co-Chaired the Advanced Training Statement for Vascular Medicine from the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Vascular Medicine. Dr. Hamburg has authored more than 150 scientific papers in the peer reviewed literature and has served on guideline writing committees. She is a past Associate Editor of the journal Vascular Medicine, and current Associate Editor for Circulation Research. She is passionate about improving the care of vascular diseases and reducing the burden of PAD through education. When not working, she enjoys spending time in the mountains hiking and skiing with her husband and two teenage sons.

Education

MD, Harvard Medical School

AB, Harvard University

Publications

Published on 8/25/2025

Okazaki RA, Rizvi SH, Bretón-Romero R, Zhou Y, Weisbrod RM, Li Z, Farb MG, Farber A, Hamburg NM. Novel microRNA pathways of impaired angiogenesis in human peripheral artery disease adipose tissue. Vasc Med. 2025 Aug 25; 1358863X251359542. PMID: 40855713.

Published on 8/12/2025

Minetti ET, Erythropel HC, Keith R, Davis DR, Zimmerman JB, Krishnan-Sarin S, Hamburg NM. Cardiovascular Health Effects and Synthetic Cooling Agents in E-Cigarettes Labeled as "Clear" Marketed in Massachusetts After the Tobacco Product Flavoring Ban. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Aug 19; 14(16):e036106. PMID: 40792641.

Published on 7/21/2025

Vemulapalli S, Doros G, Weissler EH, Jones WS, Li S, Obrien SM, Beckman JA, Hamburg NM, Jaff MR, Strong MB, Rosenfield K, Menard MT, Farber A, Patel MR. Prediction of 1-Year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia. JACC Adv. 2025 Aug; 4(8):101959. PMID: 40695135.

Published on 7/17/2025

Eberhardt RT, Abola MT, Fukaya E, Ghose T, Gupta K, Hamburg N, Rogers RK, Wells BJ. Funding for vascular medicine fellowships: Learning from the past and planning for the future. Vasc Med. 2025 Aug; 30(4):530-533. PMID: 40671463.

Published on 7/2/2025

Garrett A, Kim B, Gurel NZ, Sie EJ, Wilson BK, Marsili F, Forman JP, Hamburg NM, Boas DA, Roblyer D. Speckle contrast optical spectroscopy for cuffless blood pressure estimation based on microvascular blood flow and volume oscillations. Biomed Opt Express. 2025 Aug 01; 16(8):3004-3016. PMID: 40809974.

Published on 7/1/2025

Cooper LL, Prescott BR, Xanthakis V, Rong J, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Hamburg NM, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Interrelations of aortic spring function, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and left ventricular diastolic function: The Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2025 Jul 01. PMID: 40630593.

Published on 6/30/2025

Okazaki RA, Rizvi SH, Lyons R, Behrooz L, Hamburg NM. Vascular dysfunction in diabetes and pharmacotherapeutic opportunities: a focus on endothelial cell health. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2025 Sep 01; 329(3):H705-H718. PMID: 40588351.

Published on 6/24/2025

Javanmardi E, Okazaki RA, Arash NM, Minetti ET, Weisbrod RM, Rizvi SHM, Li Z, Akubo C, Hamburg NM. Association of Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index with Tonometric Measures and Vasodilator Function Across a Spectrum of Cardiovascular Risk Burden. Am J Hypertens. 2025 Jun 24. PMID: 40554685.

Published on 5/26/2025

Damani DN, Beckman JA, Gray B, Hamburg NM, Levy MS, Gornik HL. Vascular Medicine Patient Information Page: What is a vascular medicine specialist? Vasc Med. 2025 Aug; 30(4):525-529. PMID: 40418658.

Published on 5/16/2025

Zhao J, Hong H, Zhai J, Poudel R, Srivastava S, Stokes AC, Lorkiewicz PK, Jiang T, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A, Hall JL, Hamburg NM, Keith RJ. Clustering analysis of volatile organic compound biomarkers with tobacco exposure and the association with cardiovascular health outcomes in an observation study cohort. Tob Induc Dis. 2025; 23. PMID: 40386170.

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