Naomi M. Hamburg MD, MS
Section Chief, Vascular Biology
Joseph A. Vita, MD Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-7260naomi.hamburg@bmc.org
nhamburg@bu.edu
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
Kaur G, Hamburg NM, Lau ES. Better Late Than Early? The Role of the Vascular Endothelium in Late-Onset Menopause. Circ Res. 2025 Feb 28; 136(5):470-472. PMID: 40014681.
Published on 2/5/2025Cooper LL, Majid S, Wang N, Fetterman JL, Palmisano JN, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Hamburg NM. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of smoking behaviour with central arterial haemodynamic measures: the Framingham Heart Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Feb 05. PMID: 39907713.
Published on 1/24/2025Poudel R, Daniels LB, DeFilippis AP, Hamburg NM, Khan Y, Keith RJ, Kumar RS, Stokes AC, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A. Correction: Smoking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, disease severity, and mortality among patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0318361. PMID: 39854503.
Published on 12/27/2024Pabon MA, Weisbrod RM, Castro C, Li H, Xia P, Kang J, Ardissino M, Economy KE, Yang Z, Shi Y, Kim E, Perillo A, Barrett L, Brown JM, Divakaran S, Cetinbas M, Sadreyev RI, de Marvao A, Wood MJ, Scott NS, Lau ES, Ho JE, Di Carli MF, Roh JD, Hamburg NM, Honigberg MC. Venous Endothelial Cell Transcriptomic Profiling Implicates METAP1 in Preeclampsia. Circ Res. 2025 Jan 17; 136(2):180-190. PMID: 39727051.
Published on 12/23/2024Javanmardi E, Okazaki RA, Hamburg NM. Contemporary insights into the management of pulmonary embolism in women. Vasc Med. 2025 Feb; 30(1):76-78. PMID: 39713908.
Published on 11/25/2024Rawal S, Randhawa V, Rizvi SHM, Sachan M, Wara AK, Pérez-Cremades D, Weisbrod RM, Hamburg NM, Feinberg MW. miR-369-3p ameliorates diabetes-associated atherosclerosis by regulating macrophage succinate-GPR91 signalling. Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Nov 25; 120(14):1693-1712. PMID: 38703377.
Published on 10/1/2024Minetti ET, Hamburg NM, Matsui R. Drivers of cardiovascular disease in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: the threats of oxidative stress. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024; 11:1469492. PMID: 39411175.
Published on 8/14/2024Poudel R, Li S, Hong H, Zhao J, Srivastava S, Robertson RM, Hall JL, Srivastava S, Hamburg NM, Bhatnagar A, Keith RJ. Catecholamine levels with use of electronic and combustible cigarettes. Tob Induc Dis. 2024; 22. PMID: 39144677.
Published on 5/16/2024Cooper LL, Prescott BR, Xanthakis V, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Hamburg NM, Long MT, Mitchell GF. Association of Aortic Stiffness and Pressure Pulsatility With Noninvasive Estimates of Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis: The Framingham Heart Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Jul; 44(7):1704-1715. PMID: 38752348.
Published on 5/14/2024Kosyakovsky LB, Liu EE, Wang JK, Myers L, Parekh JK, Knauss H, Lewis GD, Malhotra R, Nayor M, Robbins JM, Gerszten RE, Hamburg NM, McNeill JN, Lau ES, Ho JE. Uncovering Unrecognized Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Among Individuals With Obesity and Dyspnea. Circ Heart Fail. 2024 May; 17(5):e011366. PMID: 38742409.
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