Dr. Reena L. Pande is an Associate Physician in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Medical Director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, and an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pande earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Harvard University followed by her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her internship, residency training, and fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease and Vascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,MA.

As a clinician, Dr. Pande manages patients with heart disease, vascular disease, and cardiac risk factors. Dr. Pande’s research focuses on the mechanism of benefits on exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease. Her research has been published in several cardiovascular journals, including Circulation and Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. She is also the author of several additional published contributions to the medical literature, including book chapters, review articles, and monographs related to cardiovascular disease, with topics including the management of hyperlipidemia in patients with vascular disease, peripheral artery disease, and aortic aneurysms.

 

Selected publications:

Pande RL. Approach to Lipid Therapy in the Patient with Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease. Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 2012; 14(2):177-83.

Wara AK, Foo S, Croce K, Sun X, Icli B, Tesmenitsky Y, Esen F, Lee JS, Subramaniam M, Spelsberg TC, Lev EI, Leshem-Lev D, Pande RL, Creager MA, Rosenzweig A, Feinberg MW. TGF-{beta}1 signaling and Kruppel-like factor 10 regulate bone marrow-derived pro-angiogenic cell differentiation, function, and neovascularization. Blood 2011; 118(24):6450-60.

Pande RL, Perlstein TS, Beckman JA, and Creager MA. Secondary Prevention and Mortality in Peripheral Artery Disease: National Health and Nutrition Examination Study 1999-2004. Circulation 2011; 124(1): 17-23.

Pande RL, Park MA, Perlstein TS, Desai AS, Doyle J, Navarrete N, Copeland-Halperin RS, Redline W, Di Carli MF, Creager MA. Impaired skeletal muscle glucose uptake by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in patients with peripheral artery disease and intermittent claudication. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2011: 31(1):190-6.

Pande RL, Hiatt WR, Zhang P, Hittel N, and Creager MA. A Pooled Analysis of the Durability and Predictors of Treatment Response of Cilostazol in Patients with Intermittent Claudication. Vascular Medicine 2010; 15(3): 181-8.

 

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