Todd Caulfield, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
Medical Director, Interventional Cardiac Research,Providence Heart and Vascular Institute
Todd Caulfield, M.D., FACC, FSCAI Dr. Caulfield heads the clinical trials program at Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, in addition to providing patient care as an interventional cardiologist with Columbia Cardiology Associates at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
As the medical director of Interventional Cardiac Research, he oversees a research team that screens potential studies and selects those thathold the most promise to benefit patients. Under his direction, the program has experienced tremendous growth and success. It is a national leader in the use of new technologies and strategies to re-open chronically blocked arteries. The program also has pioneered new medical therapies to improve the outcomes of angioplasty and stenting procedures. A new and growing area of research within the program is focusing on non-surgical techniques for repairing congenital heart defects.
Prior to joining Providence in 2001, Dr. Caulfield was an interventional cardiology fellow and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston. He was involved in numerous clinical trials of new therapies and devices, including drug-eluting stents, intracoronary brachytherapy, heart-mapping techniques and laser therapy.
In addition to his most recent fellowship, Dr. Caulfield completed a clinical cardiology fellowship at Beth Israel; a clinical fellowship at Harvard Medical School; and a research fellowship in gastrointestinal pathophysiology at Yale School of Medicine. He graduated with distinction from the George Washington University School of Medicine, and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Major Accomplishments
Articles by Dr. Caulfield have been published in the Journal of Physiology, the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Cardiology Review.
While at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Caulfield was selected to serve as the chief medical resident of the largest house-staff program in the school and, at the time, in the country.
Vision for the Future
"My goal is to elevate Providence’s Interventional Cardiac Research program from a regional center of excellence in cardiovascular care into a center with a national reputation,” says Dr. Caulfield. “I expect our program to become nationally known for its innovative patient care, progressive prevention programs and superior clinical outcomes."
More
Read Fixing a Hole in the Heart: No Surgery, No Scar, No Problem - Providence Together Magazine, Spring/Summer 2007 issue
