Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHSA
Email: gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu

Cardiovascular Systems of Care · Heart Failure · Preventative Cardiology

The research interests of this investigator center on acute and chronic heart failure, preventative cardiology, cardiovascular quality of care and outcomes, and implementing treatment systems to improve clinical outcome. published over 1400 research studies and clinical trials in heart failure, disease management, preventative cardiology, and outcomes research. New therapies and management strategies for advanced heart failure and research into the pathophysiology of this disease are conducted at UCLA under his direction. He has also developed and successfully implemented a comprehensive atherosclerosis treatment program at the UCLA Medical Center (Cardiovascular Hospitalization Atherosclerosis Management Program: CHAMP), which served as the model for the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Program. Dr Fonarow serves as PI for ADHERE, OPTIMIZE-HF, IMPROVE-HF, and CHAMP-HF performance improvement registries. He is on the steering committee or serves on the data safety monitoring committee for a number of ongoing randomized clinical trials in heart failure. Dr Fonarow is immediate past chair of the ACC/AHA Task Force for Performance Measures.

Publications

Fonarow GC, Zhao X, Smith EE, Saver JL, Reeves MJ, Bhatt DL, Xian Y, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Schwamm LH. Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative. JAMA 2014;311(16):1632-40.

Fonarow GC, Albert NM, Curtis AB, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Heywood JT, McBride ML, Inge PJ, Mehra MR, O'Connor CM, Reynolds D, Walsh MN, Yancy CW. Improving evidence-based care for heart failure in outpatient cardiology practices: primary results of the Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting (IMPROVE HF). Circulation. 2010;122(6):585-96.

Lewis WR, Peterson ED, Cannon CP, Super DM, LaBresh KA, Quealy K, Liang L, Fonarow An organized approach to improvement in guideline adherence for acute myocardial infarction: results with the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement program. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(16):1813-9.