Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Marc Alan Pfeffer, MD, is Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School. The public record shows 906 publications with 146,152 citations (h-index 168), centered on Coronary Artery Disease / ACS. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (1985–2011).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Coronary Artery Disease / ACS
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 19 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- ARISE - Aggressive Reduction of Inflammation Stops Events
Sponsor: AtheroGenics
InvestigatorPhase 3UnknownNCT00066898
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20254 payments
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20254 payments
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2011 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2026$517,060R01CA281977 - Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2025$512,586R01CA281977 - Therapeutic targeting of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler to regulate GBM chemosensitivity
University of Tennessee Health Sci Ctr
FY2024$482,829R01CA281977
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Multiparametric Assessment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Heart Failure: An Analysis From PARAGON-HF.
Journal of the American Heart Association
2025 - Natural Language Processing to Adjudicate Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Global Clinical Trials.
Circulation. Heart failure
2025
Contact
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Office address
70 Francis Street, Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org ↗
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- PhD
Physiology and Biophysics, University of Oklahoma
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Director
Cardiovascular Grand Rounds program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievements in Clinical Cardiology
American Heart Association
2013provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →newsroom.heart.org ↗
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- An Expert Interview With Marc Pfeffer
MD, PhD (Medscape/CME expert interview feature)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/marc-pfeffer-md
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
newsroom.heart.org/news/dr-marc-a-pfeffer-to-be-receive-the-2023-eugene-braunwald-academic-mentorship-award
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researchgate.net/publication/281852232_Profile_Marc_A_Pfeffer_MD_PhD
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youtube.com/watch
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