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
Garshick MS, Schlamp F, Boothman I, Barret T, Kazatsker F, Westby G, Xia Y, Smilowitz NR, Jelic S, Hamburg N, Goldberg I, Berger JS. Validation of Brachial Vein Endothelial Transcriptomics to Assess the Coronary Vasculature. Circ Res. 2026 Jun 01. PMID: 42220240.
Published on 5/1/2026Tao Q, Han J, Ang TFA, Hou L, Liu C, Murabito JM, Lunetta KL, Mez J, Alosco ML, Stein TD, Zhang X, Au R, Farrer L, Palmisano JN, Hamburg NM, Qiu WQ. Peripheral vascular function, including endothelium-dependent measures, and dementia risk: The Framingham Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 May; 22(5):e71396. PMID: 42050369.
Published on 3/19/2026Korzinski TJ, Prescott BR, Hamel-Sellman DJ, Xanthakis V, Cooper LL, Hamburg NM, Tsao CW, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Development and Validation of the AI-HeartAge Model in Framingham and UK Biobank. Hypertension. 2026 Jun; 83(6):e26209. PMID: 41853838.
Published on 1/15/2026Abel ED, Ahima RS, Anderson EJ, Berg DD, Berger JS, Das S, Feinberg MW, Fisher EA, Garshick MS, Giannarelli C, Goldberg IJ, Hamburg NM, Kim SF, Moura FA, Ndumele CE, Newman JD, Sabatine MS, Selvin E, Shah R. A Road Map to Understanding Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes: From the AHA Strategically Focused Research Network in Cardiometabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes. Circ Res. 2026 Jan 16; 138(2):e325798. PMID: 41538415.
Published on 12/10/2025Hamel-Sellman DJ, Prescott BR, Korzinski TJ, Xanthakis V, Cooper LL, Hamburg NM, Tsao CW, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Relations of Artificial Intelligence Vascular Age With Cardiometabolic Disease Progression: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Dec 16; 14(24):e044872. PMID: 41368833.
Published on 11/17/2025Thaweethai T, Donohue SE, Martin JN, Hornig M, Mosier JM, Shinnick DJ, Ashktorab H, Atieh O, Blomkalns A, Brim H, Chen Y, Cortez MM, Erdmann NB, Flaherman V, Goepfert P, Goldman JD, Hamburg NM, Han JE, Heath JR, Jacoby V, Jolley SE, Kelly JD, Kelly SW, Kim C, Krishnan JA, Letts R, Levitan EB, Modes ME, McComsey GA, Metz TD, Mullington JM, Ofotokun I, Okumura MJ, Paredes CC, Patterson TF, Peluso MJ, Reece R, Sherif ZA, Simhan HN, Simmons C, Singh U, Taylor BS, Taylor BD, Trinity JD, Troxel AB, Utz PJ, Vasey AJ, Weinberger E, Wiley Z, Wisnivesky J, Yee LM, Horwitz L, Foulkes AS, Levy BD. Long COVID trajectories in the prospectively followed RECOVER-Adult US cohort. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 17; 16(1):9557. PMID: 41249167.
Published on 10/31/2025Garrett A, Perez A, Ayalon R, Forman J, Hamburg N, Boas D, Roblyer D. Optical methods for cuffless blood pressure measurements. Biophotonics Discov. 2026 Jan; 3(1):010901. PMID: 42028046.
Published on 10/14/2025Javanmardi 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 Oct 14; 38(11):906-913. PMID: 40554685.
Published on 10/13/2025Korzinski TJ, Hategeka C, Prescott BR, Hamel-Sellman DJ, Xanthakis V, Cooper LL, Hamburg NM, Tsao CW, Lin H, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Benjamin EJ. Relations of AI-Vascular Age Estimated From a Peripheral Pressure Waveform With Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2025 Nov; 18(11):e014383. PMID: 41078115.
Published on 8/25/2025Okazaki 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 Oct; 30(5):537-544. PMID: 40855713.
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