James Januzzi

Dr. Januzzi has been a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiology Division since 2000 where he is the Roman W. DeSanctis Endowed Distinguished Clinical Scholar in Medicine. He is also the Hutter Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is on faculty at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute.

Dr. Januzzi graduated first in his class from New York Medical College in 1994, and subsequently did a residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a cardiology and echocardiography fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since joining the staff at MGH, Dr. Januzzi is an active clinician, with a focus on acute myocardial infarction, chronic coronary artery disease, acute heart failure, chronic heart failure, and aortic disease. He is an active teacher, and has a busy research program, with a specific focus on cardiac biomarker testing. He has published more than 400 manuscripts, and has edited 3 textbooks, and speaks widely on the topic of biomarker testing in heart disease. He has served as the Cardiology Consultant to the Boston Red Sox since 2005.

Clinical Interests

• Heart failure
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Echocardiography
• Aortic disease
• Acute aortic dissection
• Coronary artery disease
• Valvular heart disease

Medical Education

• MD, New York Medical College
• Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

Board Certifications

Cardiovascular Disease