Dr. Packer is the Chair for the Department of Clinical Sciences and holder of The Gayle and Paul Stoffel Distinguished Chair in Cardiology. He is the former Chief of the Division of Circulatory Physiology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the past Director of the Heart Failure Center at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. One of the leading experts in the pathophysiology and treatment of heart failure, Dr. Packer has made significant contributions to heart failure research and has been instrumental in the introduction of a number of new treatments. The author of more than 200 papers, he has won numerous honors for teaching and has lectured around the world on the treatment of heart failure, having been honored with a number of prestigious named lectureships. He has served, or currently serves, on the editorial boards of many major medical journals, including Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He has also been elected to a number of societies, including the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is currently on the executive committees of both the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology and is past-President of the Heart Failure Society of America. Dr. Packer is a primary consultant to the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration on the management of heart failure and on matters related to cardiovascular research and drug development and healthcare policy.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pathophysiology
Treatment of heart failure
Congestive heart failure
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Alexandre Mebazaa, MD, PhD; Markku S. Nieminen, MD, PhD; Milton Packer, MD; Alain Cohen-Solal, MD, PhD; Franz X. Kleber, MD; Stuart J. Pocock, PhD; Roopal Thakkar, MD; Robert J. Padley, MD; Pentti P?der, MD, PhD; Matti Kivikko, MD, PhD; for the SURVIVE Investigators, "Levosimendan vs dobutamine for patients with acute decompensated heart failure: the SURVIVE Randomized Trial." JAMA, Vol. 297, No. 17:1883-1891, May 2007
Camille G. Frazier MD, Karen P. Alexander MD, L. Kristin Newby MD, MHS, Susan Anderson MS?, Erik Iverson MS?, Milton Packer MD?, Jay Cohn MD?, Sidney Goldstein MD and Pamela S. Douglas MD, "Associations of Gender and Etiology With Outcomes in Heart Failure With Systolic Dysfunction A Pooled Analysis of 5 Randomized Control Trials" JACC, Vol. 49, No. 13:1450-1458, April 2007
Packer M, "Controlled-release carvedilol: a concluding perspective." Am J Cardiology, Vol. 98, No. 7, Supp.1:67-69, October 2006
Packer M, Lukas MA, Tenero DM, Baidoo CA, Greenberg BH; 369 Study Group., "Pharmacokinetic profile of controlled-release carvedilol in patients with left ventricular dysfunction associated with chronic heart failure or after myocardial infarction." Am J Cardiology, Vol. 98, No. 7, Supp. 1:39-45, October 2006
Packer M, Abraham WT, Mehra MR, Yancy CW, Lawless CE, Mitchell JE, Smart FW, Bijou R, O’Connor CM, Massie BM, Pina IL, Greenberg BH, Young JB, Fishbein DP, Hauptman PJ, Bourge RC, Strobeck JE, Murali S, Schocken D, Teerlink JR, Levy WC, Trupp RJ, Silver MA; Prospective Evaluation and Identification of Cardiac Decompensation by ICG Test (PREDICT) Study Investigators and Coordinators., "Utility of impedance cardiography for the identification of short-term risk of clinical decompensation in stable patients with chronic heart failure." JACC, Vol. 47, No. 11:2245-2252, June 2006
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