Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Michael Zile, MD, is Charles Ezra Daniel Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina. The public record shows 857 publications with 64,688 citations (h-index 123), centered on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 10 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (1993–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Circulation. Heart failure
- Top research focus: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 10 companies
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Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 34 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 482.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- RELIEVE-HFrEF TRIAL: REducing Lung congestIon Symptoms Using the v-wavE Shunt in adVancEd Heart Failure With Reduced EF
Sponsor: V-Wave Ltd
InvestigatorNot, yet, recruitingNCT07696975 - Regression of Fibrosis & Reversal of Diastolic Dysfunction in HFpEF Patients Treated With Allogeneic CDCs
Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT02941705
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
10 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year202526 payments$22,458openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Amgen Inc.Program year20251 payment
- ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 1993–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac ECM Structure and Function
Ralph H Johnson Va Medical Center
FY2026I01BX005943 - Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac ECM Structure and Function
Ralph H Johnson Va Medical Center
FY2025I01BX005943 - Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac ECM Structure and Function
Ralph H Johnson Va Medical Center
FY2024I01BX005943
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Heart rate and atrial fibrillation/flutter in HFmrEF/HFpEF: a participant-level analysis across five randomized clinical trials.
European journal of heart failure
2026 - Normal abundance of immune cells in left ventricular myocardium from patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.
European journal of heart failure
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition versus Enalapril in Heart Failure6,862 citations2014
- 02
- 03Irbesartan in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction1,950 citations2008
- 04
- 05New Concepts in Diastolic Dysfunction and Diastolic Heart Failure: Part I1,178 citations2002
Contact
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Office address
25 Courtenay Drive, Room ART 7067, Charleston, SC 29425
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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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
- M.D.
Rush University School of Medicine
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →getcare.muschealth.org ↗ - Internal Medicine Residency
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →getcare.muschealth.org ↗ - Clinical Cardiology Fellowship
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston
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Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston
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ABIM Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Editorial board member
Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) and Circulation; editorial consultant to Circulation Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and American Journal of Physiology
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →emedevents.com ↗ - Author/co-author on editorial boards of seven cardiology journals per MUSC news release
including Circulation and Circulation Heart Failure
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- 2019 William S. Middleton Award
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's highest honor for research), for outstanding contributions to biomedical research in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
2019verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →musc.edu ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Director of Cardiology
Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC
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Clemson University
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Speaker profile
Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) digital events platform, listing MUSC affiliation for conference/webinar appearances
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/michael-zile-md
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profiles.musc.edu/michael.zile
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Michael-R-Zile-39978906
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250307.892170
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