Professor C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, holds the Irwin and Sheila Allen Chair in Women’s Heart Research, and is Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, the Linda Joy Pollin Women’s Heart Health Program, the Erika J Glazer Women’s Heart Research Initiative, and the Preventive Cardiac Center at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute. She also is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Smidt Medical Center. Professor Bairey Merz’s research interests include women and cardiovascular disease, mental stress and heart disease, the role of exercise and stress management in reversing disease, the role of cholesterol and nutrition management in heart disease, and adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular disease. A prolific lecturer and member of many professional organizations, Professor Bairey Merz, has received numerous investigational grants and chairs the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored WISE (Women’s Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation) initiative, investigating potential methods for more effective diagnosis and evaluation of ischemic heart disease in women. Professor Bairey Merz has received numerous awards and honors and her extensive scientific publication record spans 425+ scientific papers, 315+ abstracts, myriad book chapters, and countless peer-reviewed journals. Recognized as an authority on the subject of heart disease and stress, she has appeared frequently in print and broadcast media. Professor Bairey Merz earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Chicago, her medical degree at Harvard University, and completed her residency at the University of California, San Francisco, where she served as Chief Medical Resident before completing fellowships in clinical cardiology and nuclear cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Smidt Medical Center.
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C. Noel Bairey Merz, John F. Beltrame, Colin Berry, William E. Boden, Paolo G. Camici, Filippo Crea, Judith S. Hochman, Juan Carlos Kaski, Patrick T. O’Gara, Peter Ong, Carl J. Pepine, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Gregg W. Stone Lay Summary – Improvement in the management of myocardial ischaemia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2021.100060
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Benita Tjoe, MD, Lili Barsky, MD, Janet Wei, MD, Bruce Samuels, MD, Babak Azarbal, MD, C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD and Chrisandra Shufelt, MD, MS Lay Summary – Diagnosis and Treatment in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20140
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Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey Merz Lay Summary – An in … Continue reading "Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group"
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C. Noel Bairey Merz, Carl J Pepine, Mary Norine Walsh, Jerome L FlegLay Summary – Discusses the current understanding of INOCA (2017) and the need for future trials and effective therapieshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385930
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Filippo Crea, C Noel Bairey Merz, John F Beltrame, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Paolo G Camici, Coronary Vasomotion Disorders International Study Group (COVADIS)Lay Summary – Shows similarities in the lack of understanding in these two conditionshttps://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/38/7/473/2422085
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C Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – Discusses the various testing available for CMDhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2755842
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Peter Ong, Paolo G. Camici, John F Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Hiroaki Shimokawa, Udo Sechtem, Juan-Carlos Kaski, C. Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – Defines standard criteria to investigate & diagnose microvascular anginahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/319612722_International_standardization_of_diagnostic_criteria_for_microvascular_angina
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Hiroaki Shimokawa, Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Colin Berry, Paolo G Camici, Filippo Crea, Javier Escaned, Tom Ford, Eric Yii, Juan-Carlos Kaski, Takahiko Kiyooka, Puja K Mehta, Peter Ong, Yukio Ozaki, Carl Pepine, Ornella Rimoldi, Basmah Safdar, Udo Sechtem, Kenichi Tsujita, Satoshi Yasuda, John F Beltrame, C Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – 2021 update on Microvascular … Continue reading "Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with microvascular angina: an international and prospective cohort study by the Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study (COVADIS) Group"
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John F. Beltrame, Filippo Crea, Juan Carlos Kaski, Hisao Ogawa, Peter Ong, Udo Sechtem, Hiroaki Shimokawa, C. Noel Bairey MerzLay Summary – Detailed information on Coronary Artery Spasmhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/80/2/80_CJ-15-1202/_html
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