David A. Baran, MD

    Section Head of Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS)

    Personal Information

    NameBaran, David A.
    CredentialsMD
    InstitutionCleveland Clinic, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute
    DepartmentDivision of Cardiology
    Office Address2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331

    Education & Training

    Education

    Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL — Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Chemistry — 08/1984–05/1988

    University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL — MD — 08/1988–05/1992

    Post-Graduate Training

    Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, NY — Internal Medicine Categorical Residency — 07/1992–06/1995

    Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, NY — Circulatory Physiology Research Fellowship (Mentor: Dr. Dan Burkhoff) — 07/1995–06/1996

    Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY — Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship — 07/1996–06/1998

    Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, NY — Heart Transplant Training Fellowship (Mentor: Dr. Donna Mancini) — 07/1998–06/1999

    Additional Career Development

    Clinical Development

    C3 Conference — Large Bore Access Training — 06/18/2018

    Abiomed Inc — Impella Training Course — 06/19/2018

    Professional Appointments

    Section Head, Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support — Cleveland Clinic, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Department of Medicine / Division of Cardiology, Weston, FL — 07/2022–Present

    System Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support — Sentara Heart Hospital, Sentara Cardiology Specialists, Norfolk, VA — 08/2017–06/2022

    Director, Heart Failure and Transplant Research — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Newark, NJ — 07/2003–07/2017

    Staff, Heart Transplant Team — Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, New York City, NY — 07/1999–06/2003

    Academic Appointments

    Professor, Department of Medicine — Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine — 08/2024–current

    Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine — Florida Atlantic University — 06/2024–current

    Professor, Department of Medicine — Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA — 09/2017–02/2024

    Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine — Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ — 07/2009–07/2017

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine — Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY — 07/2003–07/2009

    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine — Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY — 07/2000–07/2003

    Instructor, Department of Medicine — Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY — 07/1999–07/2000

    Certification & Licensure

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine — Certificate #162503 — 1995–Present

    American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease — Certificate #162503 — 1999, recertified–Present

    American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine — Certificate #162503 — 2010–Present (recertified)

    Medical Licensure

    New York Board of Medicine — License #194832 — 1992–2003

    New Jersey Board of Medicine — License #25MA07612700 — 2003–2017

    Texas Board of Medicine — License #R2280 — 2017–2019

    Virginia Board of Medicine — License #0101262619 — 2017–Present

    Florida Board of Medicine — License #ME153917 — 2022–Present

    Membership in Professional Societies

    Fellow of the American College of Cardiology — 1997–Present

    American Heart Association, Member, Clinical Cardiology Council — 1997–Present

    International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member — 1998–Present

    American Society of Transplantation, Member, former Executive Council Chair — 2006–Present

    Fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America — 2010–Present

    Fellow of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention — 2014–Present

    Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, Member — 2019–Present

    Professional Services

    Editorial Board Membership

    Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation — 07/2017–Present

    Section Editor, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal — 05/2021–Present

    Editorial Consultant, Journal of Cardiac Failure Intersections — 04/2025–Present

    Editorial Consultant, Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure — 06/2022–Present

    Manuscript Reviewer

    World Journal of Transplantation — 06/2012–05/2014

    American Journal of Transplantation — 07/2014–Present

    Transplant International — 01/2015–Present

    Wound Repair and Regeneration — 02/2015–06/2015

    American Journal of Cardiology — 05/2015–Present

    Transplant Immunology — 01/2016–01/2020

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure — 02/2017–06/2022 (promoted to Editorial Consultant)

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging — 01/2017–Present

    Clinical Transplantation — 03/2017–Present

    American Heart Journal — 01/2017–Present

    Circulation — 04/2018–Present

    Circulation: Heart Failure — 04/2018–Present

    Transplantation — 04/2018–Present

    Chest — 02/2019–Present

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Interventions — 02/2019–Present

    Pediatrics — 05/2019–Present

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology — 09/2019–Present

    Critical Care — 06/2020–Present

    Experimental Gerontology — 07/2020–Present

    European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure — 07/2020–Present

    European Heart Journal — 08/2020–Present

    Cardiac Failure Review — 01/2021–Present

    Heart and Lung — 06/2021–Present

    Grant Review Committees

    American Medical Association — Reviewer, Medical Student Seed Grant Program — 01/2007–06/2008

    Healthcare Analytics and Delivery Science Institute — Reviewer, Grants Committee — 01/2019–06/2022

    Committee Service

    International — International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

    Writing Committee, ISHLT Guidelines in Heart Transplantation, Member — 2008–2009

    Heart Failure / Transplant Medicine Council, Chair — 2009–2010

    Education Workforce, HF / Transplant Medicine Council, Chair — 2010–2014

    Committee for HF / Transplant Medicine Core Competencies Academy (inaugural Academy in Heart Failure, ISHLT 2014, San Diego), Co-Chair — 2012–2014

    Standards Guidelines Workforce, HF / Transplant Medicine Council, Chair — 2014–2016

    Annual Meeting Program Committee, Group Leader (ISHLT Nice, France Meeting) — 2014–2015

    Annual Meeting Program Committee, Group Leader (ISHLT Washington, DC Meeting) — 2015–2016

    Education Committee, Advisors to ISHLT Board of Directors, Member — 2016–2019

    Workforce to Revise the ISHLT Website, Member — 2016–2017

    ISHLT Donor Heart Selection Task Force 1: Donor characteristics and their relationship to post-transplant outcomes, Co-Chair — 2018–2019

    Mechanical Circulatory Support Guidelines, ISHLT Task Force 2, Member — 2019–2021

    ISHLT Special Task Force on Cardiogenic Shock, Co-Chair — 2021–Present

    Annual Meeting Program Committee, Mechanical Circulatory Support Group Leader (ISHLT Denver, CO Meeting) — 2022–2023

    Annual Meeting Program Committee, Post-Heart Transplant Group Leader (ISHLT Prague, Czech Republic Meeting) — 2023–2024

    Elected to the Board of Directors, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation — 3-year term, 2024–2027

    Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention (SCAI)

    Interventional Heart Failure Council, Member — 2014–2019

    Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Classification of Cardiogenic Shock, Co-Chair — 2017–2019

    SCAI Position Statement on Best Practices for Percutaneous Axillary Arterial Access and Training, Vice-Chair — 2020–2021

    SCAI SHOCK Stages Classification Expert Consensus Update, Member — 2021–2022

    SCAI SHOCK Stages Classification Expert Consensus 2025 Update, Co-Chair — 2025–2026

    National — Cardiovascular Research Foundation

    Clinical Events Committee, "Sirolimus-Eluting BX Velocity Balloon-Expandable Stent in a Compassionate Use Registry", Member — 2002–2004

    Clinical Events Committee, EMERALD Trial, Member — 2002–2004

    Clinical Events Committee, EPI Trial, Member — 2002–2004

    Clinical Events Committee, TERAMed/QUANTUM Trial, Member — 2002–2007

    Clinical Events Committee, SECURE Trial, Member — 2002–2004

    Clinical Events Committee, MATRIX Registry, Member — 2003–2007

    Data Safety Monitoring Board, ICON Trial (Ionic vs. Non-ionic contrast to obviate worsening nephropathy after angioplasty in chronic renal failure patients), Member — 2003–2007

    Data Safety Monitoring Board, Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (COAPT Trial), Member — 2012–2015

    Clinical Events Committee, PARACHUTE Trial, Member — 2012–2017

    Other National / Industry

    Invasive Monitoring Attenuation Through Gene Expression (IMAGE) Trial — Steering Committee, Member — 2008–2009

    United Network for Organ Sharing — Membership and Professional Standards, Member at Large — 2013–2015

    United Network for Organ Sharing — Organ Procurement Transplant Network Joint Society Working Group on Primary Surgeon / Physician Qualifications, Member — 2014–2015

    American Society of Transplant — Thoracic Community of Practice, Executive Council, Member — 2014–2016

    Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation — Social Media Workforce Leader (founder) — 2015–2019

    Luitpold Pharmaceutical Trial Group — Steering Committee, Member — 2016–2018

    American Osteopathic Association — Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant Secure Exam Writing Committee, Member — 2019

    Procyrion — Steering Committee, Member — 2020–Present

    CareDx — SHORE Trial, Steering Committee, Member — 2020–Present

    United Network for Organ Sharing — Cardiac Transplant National Committee, Region 11 Representative — 2020–2022

    The Multicenter Collaborative to Enhance Biologic Understanding, Quality, and Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock (VANQUISH Shock) — Executive Committee, Founder and Chair — 2021–Present

    Natera — DEFINE/DETECT Trial, Steering Committee, Member — 2021–Present

    Hospital / Program

    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center — Medical Executive Committee, Member — 2010–2012

    Sentara Norfolk General Hospital — Heart Transplant Quality and Advisory Committee, Chair — 09/2017–09/2021

    Sentara Norfolk General Hospital — Heart Transplant Program, Director — 07/2017–09/2021

    Cleveland Clinic — Heart Failure / Heart Transplant / Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Director — 06/2022–Present

    Educational Committees

    American Board of Internal Medicine — Heart Failure Self Assessment Program Module, Member — 2014–2018

    American College of Cardiology — ACC Self Assessment Program, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Chapter Author — 2021–Present

    Honors & Awards

    University Scholar, College of Natural Science, Florida Atlantic University — 1988 — Award for outstanding scholarship in the class of 1988, College of Natural Science

    Infectious Diseases Special Contribution, Tampa General Hospital — May 1992 — Designed ID consult database for the Department to allow tracking of patients seen in consult, enabling trend analysis and data collection for potential research projects

    Letter of Commendation, Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital — 1993 — Outstanding medical student teaching, based on confidential student evaluations

    Elected to Fellowship, American College of Cardiology — 2000

    Mt. Sinai Hospital Team Excellence Award — 2001 — Overall excellence of cardiac transplant team, shared by all members

    Mentor — Fellow recipient of Abstract Travel Award, Transplant Summit 2005: Defining the Future, San Francisco, October 26–28, 2005

    Mentor — Fellow recipient of Abstract Travel Award, Transplant Summit 2007: Defining the Future, Chicago, October 23–25, 2007

    Mentor — Fellow recipients of Travel Grant Award, AST Fellow in Transplant Training Seminar, Grapevine, Texas — October 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

    Elected to Fellowship, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention — May 2014

    Elected to Fellowship, Heart Failure Society of America — May 2019

    "Top Doc," Coastal Virginia Magazine — 2019–2020 (Cardiology division)

    Teaching Activities

    Curriculum / Course Development

    Design of ACGME curriculum for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine Fellowship, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center — 06/2012–01/2013 — 150 hours; successful accreditation granted

    Invited Lectures — International

    2nd European Investigator's Workshop on Tacrolimus in Thoracic Transplantation, "Tacrolimus Monotherapy: Intermediate Term Results", Munich, Germany — 09/2000

    Invited Lecture, "Results of the Tacrolimus in Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared (TICTAC) Trial", The Transplant Society, Berlin, Germany — 07/2012

    Invited Lecture, "Right Heart Failure, Quo Vadis", Newcastle MCS Annual Symposium, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom — 10/2017

    Invited Lecturer, 8th Annual Newcastle Advances in Mechanical Circulatory Support, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom — 12/2018

    Invited Lecture, European Union Mechanical Support Symposium (EUMS), "Cardiogenic shock the unsolved challenge", Vienna, Austria — 12/2019

    Grand Rounds, Western Ontario University, "Cardiogenic Shock: The Toolbox of 2020", London, Ontario — 01/2020

    Invited Lecture, "Fifth International Conference in Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension in the Polypharmacy and Device Era in Latin America" (Argentina, Virtual), "Cardiogenic Shock: Where Are We at the End of 2020?" — 12/2020

    Invited Lecture, ISHLT Cardiology Professional Community Town Hall, "Cardiogenic Shock: SCAI Classification" — 01/2021

    Webinar, ISHLTv "Around the World of Cardiogenic Shock: Interdisciplinary Research and Education", International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation — 08/2021

    Invited Lecturer, 30th Annual Argentinian Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting (Virtual), "Cardiogenic Shock Risk Stratification and Latest Insights" — 12/2021

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Western Ontario University, "Cardiogenic Shock: Current Updates", London, Ontario — 01/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, "Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: What are Best Practices?" — 08/09/2022

    Invited Lecturer, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, "Temporary MCS as a Bridge to Transplant", Berlin, Germany — 11/18/2022

    Invited Lecturer, 31st Annual Argentinian Cardiovascular Surgery Meeting (Virtual), "Cardiogenic Shock Risk Stratification and Latest Insights" — 12/2022

    Invited Lecturer, Society for Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, "Reach for the SCAI: Cardiogenic Shock Risk Stratification", San Francisco — 01/21/2023

    Invited Lectures — National

    Invited Lecturer, National Association of Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO), "Tacrolimus and Cardiac Transplantation: Less is More", New Orleans — 07/2003

    Invited Lecture, "Status of Induction Therapy and Steroid Sparing Regimens", Transplant Summit: Defining the Future 2007, Chicago, IL — 09/2007

    Invited Lecture, Heart Rhythm Society, St. Jude Sponsored Course, "Heart Failure 2012: A Tale of Drugs and Tin Men" — 05/2012

    Invited Speaker, Heart Failure Society of America, "Beyond Drugs: ECMO, Impella or Nothing" — 09/2016

    Invited Lecturer, Cutting Edge of Transplantation, American Society of Transplantation, Phoenix, AZ — 02/2016

    Invited Lecture / Moderator, American College of Cardiology Meeting, "Short-Term Mechanical Support In Cardiogenic Shock… So Many Devices", Washington, D.C. — 03/2017

    Invited Lecture / Moderator, American College of Cardiology Meeting, "Treating Cardiogenic Shock: Challenging Cases and Complications", Washington, D.C. — 03/2017

    Invited Lecturer / Organizer / Moderator, SCAI Town Hall on Cardiogenic Shock (develop consensus with invited audience participants), at American College of Cardiology Meeting, Washington, D.C. — 03/2017

    Invited Lecture / Moderator, American College of Cardiology Meeting, "Immunosuppression 101", Washington, D.C. — 03/2017

    Invited Lecture, Tandem Heart System: ECMO Applications, ELSO Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD — 09/2017

    Invited Lecture, "Interventional Heart Failure: Devices for Shock", Cedars-Sinai Practicum on Mechanical Circulatory Support, Los Angeles, California — 10/2017

    Invited Lecture, "Cardiogenic Shock: The Role of IABP", Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting Faculty, Denver, Colorado — 10/2017

    Invited Lecture, "Bridging with Percutaneous Devices — Tandem Heart and Impella", AATS 21st Century State of the Art Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure with Mechanical Circulatory Support, Houston, Texas — 03/2018

    Invited Lecture, "Cardiogenic Shock: Devices and Outcomes", Inaugural Houston Shock Symposium, Memorial Hermann Medical Center, Houston, Texas — 04/2018

    Invited Moderator and Lecturer, SCAI, "Treating Cardiogenic Shock: Hold, Fold or Send?" — 04/2018

    Invited Moderator and Lecturer, SCAI, "ECPR — Crashing onto Support: Devices and Protocols" — 04/2018

    Invited Moderator and Lecturer, SCAI, "Interventional Heart Failure: A New Pathway" — 04/2018

    Invited Lecturer, "Future Leaders in Heart Failure Symposium", Heart Failure Society of America, Charlotte, North Carolina — 05/2018

    Invited Lecturer, Heart Failure Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee — 09/2018

    Invited Lecturer, Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT) Congress, San Diego, California — 09/2018

    Faculty Invited Lectures, Houston Shock Symposium, Houston, Texas — 03/2019

    Invited Lecturer, Georgia STEMI Summit, Atlanta, Georgia — 03/2019

    Invited Lecturer, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), Orlando, Florida — 04/2019

    Faculty Invited Lecture, HFSA Future Leaders Symposium, Washington, DC — 05/2019

    Invited Lecturer, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada — 05/2019

    Invited Lecturer, American Society of Transplantation — 06/2019

    Invited Lecturer, SCAI Shock 2nd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts — 09/2019

    Invited Lecturer, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) meeting, Austin, Texas — 09/2019

    Invited Lecturer, Heart Failure Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts — 09/2019

    Invited Lecturer and Discussant, TransCatheter Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, San Francisco — 09/2019

    Invited Lecture, Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (UCARS), "Shock Severity SCAI Classification: How to 'Identify, Communicate and Predict' in the Middle of the Shock Hurricane", Salt Lake City, Utah — 01/2020

    Invited Lecture, Critical Care Clinical Trialists Workshop, "Which Severity of Cardiogenic Shock (SCAI Shock)?", Washington, DC — 02/2020

    Invited Lecture, Critical Care Clinical Trialists Workshop, "Ethics issues in trials", Washington, DC — 02/2020

    Invited Faculty, Houston Shock Conference, Houston, Texas — 03/2020

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), SCAI Conference, "Managing Cardiogenic and Combined shock in COVID patients" — 05/2020

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Florida Chapter American College of Cardiology, "Understanding the data for temporary MCS: A debate that can't go away" — 08/2020

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Acute Cardiopulmonary Shock Conference, Topic: TandemHeart and Tandemlife — 08/2020

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Heart Failure Society of America 2020 Virtual Conference, "Challenges in Defining and Classifying Cardiogenic Shock: Why is it Important to Speak a Common Language?" — 10/2020

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), SCAI SHOCK Virtual Symposium, "Is IABP Appropriate as a First Line or Stabilization Tool?" — 10/2020

    Invited Lecture, New York University Heart Failure Symposium, "Cardiogenic Shock: Classification and Treatment" — 05/2021

    American Transplant Congress (Virtual), "What Do You Mean? Cardiogenic Shock Classification and Practical Applications" — 06/2021

    Critical Care Clinical Trialists (3CT) Workshop (Virtual), Session Chair, "Definition of Refractory Cardiogenic Shock" — 07/2021

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, "Redefining our Definitions: SCAI Staging System" — 09/2021

    Invited Lecturer (in person), SCAI Fall Fellows Course, "Pro's and Cons of MCS" — 12/2021

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), Technology in Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) Inaugural Meeting, New York City, "3IVE: 'Renal Puller' Mechanism of Action" — 02/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), THT Inaugural Meeting, New York City, "Interventional Heart Failure from the Perspective of a Heart Failure Physician" — 02/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), THT Inaugural Meeting, New York City, "How Sick Is My Patient? Risk Stratification in Cardiogenic Shock" — 02/2022

    Invited Lecturer / Panelist, 4th Annual Houston Shock Conference, "Pitfalls of Shock Classification", Houston, TX — 03/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, "MCS Bootcamp: The SCAI is falling — understanding the Shock Pyramid, Classification and patient trajectory" — 09/16/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), ACTION Pediatric Heart Transplant Society, "Bridging to Transplant: ECLS, tMCS: Pitfalls, Pearls and Perspectives" — 12/08/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), "Shock Week: Debate on intensity of support for Cardiogenic Shock: PRO — Go Big or Go Home" — 01/21/2023

    Invited Lecturer, Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium, "Cardiogenic Shock: Everything works and nothing works" — 02/09/2024

    Invited Lecturer, TCT Meeting, "Cardiogenic Shock: Everything works and nothing works" — 02/09/2024

    Invited Lectures — Regional / Eastern

    Invited Lecture, "Transplant with Minimal Immunosuppression", Transplant Society of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey — 05/2005

    Invited Lecturer, "Heart Failure and Implantable Cardiac Devices: Mechanism of Heart Failure", American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Morristown, New Jersey — 01/2006

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Transplant Immunosuppression: Lessons Learned", Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan — 10/2011

    Series of Lectures, National CME Heart Transplant Lecture Series, "Care of the Post-Cardiac Transplant Patient" — 2011 (Wycoff Hospital NY; Mary Washington Hospital Virginia; Jefferson Medical Center, Philadelphia)

    Invited Lecturer, University of Miami School of Medicine — 10/2017

    Invited Lecture, Westchester Cardiovascular Symposium, "Interventional Heart Failure: A New Subspecialty?", Westchester, NY — 10/2017

    Grand Rounds, Stony Brook University Hospital, "Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and the Right Ventricle: Latest Insights", Stony Brook, NY — 05/2018

    Webinar, Virginia Cardiac Services Quality Initiative / Virginia Heart Attack Coalition, "Not All Shock is the Same: Definitions and Nomenclature" — 09/2021

    Invited Lecture (Virtual), Massachusetts General Hospital Advanced Heart Failure Rounds, "The deceptively simple problem of cardiogenic shock" — 10/2021

    Invited Keynote Lecturer (Virtual), Mt. Sinai Advances in Heart Failure Symposium, "Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock" — 01/2022

    Invited Lecturer (Virtual), University of Vermont, "Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock" — 04/2022

    Transplant Grand Rounds, Cleveland Clinic, "Immunosuppression in Heart Transplantation: Less is More" — 11/10/2022

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, University of Florida Jacksonville Campus, "Cardiogenic Shock" — 01/13/2023

    Invited Lecturer, Miami Valves Conference 2023, "Evolution of Cardiogenic Shock" — 02/02/2023

    Invited Lectures — Local

    Invited Lecturer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2003 Update" — 07/2003

    Cardiothoracic Surgery Invited Lecturer, "Immunosuppression: What Do We Really Know?", Westchester County Medical Center, Westchester, New York — 10/2005

    Invited Lecture, "Heart-Kidney Transplantation: A View From Above the Diaphragm", Newark Beth Israel Medical Center — 10/2012

    Invited Lecture, "Critical Care Cardiology: Acute Heart Failure", American Association of Indian Physicians, Jersey City, NJ — 06/2013

    Invited Lecturer, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, Respiratory Conference — 10/2016

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Failure Update", Sentara All Provider Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA — 10/2017

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Transplants and Donor Selection", Lifenet Health, Richmond, VA — 01/2018

    Grand Rounds, Sentara Heart Hospital, "Cardiogenic Shock: Management of Crash and Burn", Norfolk, Virginia — 04/2018

    Invited Lecture, "Cardiogenic shock and the Shock Team Approach", Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Newport News, VA — 10/2019

    Speaker, Inaugural Tidewater Cardiogenic Shock Club, Virginia Beach, VA — 11/2019

    Invited Lecture, Eastern Virginia Medical School Heart Club, "Heart in the Box" — 10/2021

    Grand Rounds — Regional / Eastern

    Transplant Grand Rounds, "Cardiac Transplantation: A Focus on Immunosuppression", Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut — 08/2002

    Invited Lecture, "CHF: Primary Care Update", University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama — 10/2002

    Invited Lecture, "Immunosuppression and Cardiac Transplantation", University of North Carolina Medical Center — 10/2003

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Heart Transplant Immunosuppression", Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina — 03/2004

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Heart Transplant Immunosuppression: New Insights", Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA — 04/2005

    Cardiology Invited Lecture, "Heart Transplant Immunosuppression: New Insights", Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA — 04/2005

    Lecturer / Moderator, Liberty Health Systems Annual Cardiovascular Conference, NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey — 06/2006

    Cardiac Transplant Grand Rounds, "Update in Heart Transplantation", Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut — 09/2006

    Invited Lecturer, "Immunosuppression: What Do We Really Know?", Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina — 10/2006

    Invited Lecture, "Immunosuppression: What Do We Really Know?", Transplant Society of New Jersey, Springfield, NJ — 02/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Immunosuppression: What Do We Really Know?", Transplant Academia, Duke University Medical Center — 05/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Immunosuppression: What Do We Really Know?", Transplant Grand Rounds, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — 05/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Failure: Drugs and Devices", Liberty Health Systems Annual Cardiovascular Conference, NJ Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ — 06/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Right Ventricular Failure", American Association of Critical Care Nursing, Fairfield, NJ — 06/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Failure Update 2007", Pri-Med Institute, White Plains, NY — 09/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Hearts for the Heartless: Heart Transplant and VADs", American Association of Critical Care Nurses Options Conference, New Brunswick, NJ — 03/2010

    Invited Lecture, "Donor Crisis", LiveON Organ Procurement Organization Conference, New York City, NY — 11/2015

    Donald Drew Memorial Lectureship, "Lost In Space: Heart Transplantation in the 21st Century", Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA — 01/2018

    Invited Lecture (Virtual), Stony Brook University Medical Center Grand Rounds, "Cardiogenic Shock: Does Anything Work in 2020?" — 12/2020

    Grand Rounds — Local

    Professor's Rounds, "Update in Congestive Heart Failure", Englewood Hospital, Englewood, New Jersey — 11/1999

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Congestive Heart Failure Case Studies: What Would You Do?", Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY — 06/2000

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Congestive Heart Failure: Latest and Greatest in 2001", Northshore-Long Island Jewish Health System — 07/2001

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Congestive Heart Failure 2002: Case Presentation and Management Approach", Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY — 08/2002

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2003: New Challenges", Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, New York City, NY — 01/2003

    "Tacrolimus and Cardiac Transplantation: New Insights", Westchester County Medical Center, Westchester, New York — 02/2003

    Invited Lecturer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, "High Tech, High Touch Symposium", Newark, New Jersey — 10/2003

    Invited Lecturer, Second Annual Heart Institute of Staten Island Cardiac Symposium, Staten Island, NY — 11/2003

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2004", Harlem Hospital, New York City, NY — 04/2004

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "CHF Update", Mountainside Hospital, Mountainside, New Jersey — 06/2004

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure Update", St. Clare's Hospital, Denville, NJ — 01/2005

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2005", Somerset Medical Center, Somerset, New Jersey — 09/2005

    Medical Resident Rounds, "Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Treatment", Christ Hospital, Jersey City, NJ — 09/2005

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure, Drugs and Devices", Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey — 05/2006

    Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2006 Update", St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ — 09/2006

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure, Drugs and Devices", White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, NY — 10/2006

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure, Drugs and Devices", Cabrini Medical Center, New York City, NY — 10/2006

    Cardiology Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure, Drugs and Devices", St Joseph's Medical Center, Patterson, NJ — 10/2006

    Infectious Disease Fellow's Lecture, "Cardiac Transplantation", Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey — 05/2007

    Invited Lecture, "Heart Failure: Drugs and Devices", Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth, New Jersey — 06/2007

    Medical Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2009: A Tale of Drugs and Tin Men", Trinitas Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ — 08/2009

    Medical Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2009: A Tale of Drugs and Tin Men", Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ — 05/2009

    Medical Grand Rounds, "Heart Failure 2011: A Tale of Drugs and Tin Men", Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ — 03/2011

    VACVPR Speaker, "Heart Failure Update 2019", Portsmouth, Virginia — 05/2019

    Visiting Professorships

    "Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation", Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland — 09/2002

    Cardiology Grand Rounds / Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles — 08/2016

    Cardiology Grand Rounds / Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University — 01/2016

    Other Presentations — International

    Lecture, "Selection for Cardiac Transplantation", Polish Congress of Cardiology, Poznan, Poland — 09/2002

    Panelist, "Advanced Cardiac Failure and Transplantation Session", Polish Congress of Cardiology, Poznan, Poland — 09/2002

    Invited Chair, ISHLT Sunrise Symposium, "Immunobiology for the Clinician", San Francisco — 04/2007

    Other Presentations — National

    Invited Member, Consensus Conference: Critical Care in Thoracic Transplantation (Chair: Dr. Jon Kobashigawa), Seattle, Washington — 06/2018

    Invited Moderator, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, Washington — 06/2018

    Webinar Moderator, American Society for Transplantation: Role of VV and VA ECMO (Dr. Francis Pagani presenting) — 05/01/2019

    Invited Panelist (Virtual), SCAI Conference — 05/2020

    Invited Participant, Forum on Outcome Measures in Thoracic Transplantation (Chair: Dr. Jon Kobashigawa) — 11/2020

    Invited Lecture, Medscape Going Back to the Heart of Cardiology 2020, "AMI Cardiogenic Shock: Real World Insights" — 12/2020

    Webinar, SCAI Cardiogenic Shock First Prospective Validation, Docmatter.com — 05/2021

    SCAI Shock Conference — Chair and Moderator for Session "Focus on Non-Ischemic Shock" — 10/2021

    Invited Moderator, TransCatheter Therapeutics Meeting (TCT), "Cardiogenic shock session" — 11/2021

    Other Presentations — Regional / Eastern

    Duke University Transplant Academia, "Tacrolimus In Cardiac Transplantation: Less Is More", Durham, North Carolina — 10/2002

    Invited Lecture, "CHF: Beyond Triple Therapy", Modern Therapeutics 2002, Huntsville, Alabama — 10/2002

    Webinar, SCAI "So you Want to Start an ECMO Program?", Chair, South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society — 07/2021

    Other Presentations — Local

    Taussig-Bing Anomaly: Case Discussion and Literature Review, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida — 04/1991

    Tuberculous Pericarditis, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida — 01/1992

    Delta Hepatitis, James A. Haley Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Tampa, Florida — 04/1992

    Endocarditis for the Medical Consultant, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY — 12/1994

    Cardiac Transplantation: From Azathioprine to Zenapax, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY — 04/1999

    Cardiac Transplantation: A Fellow's Guide, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY — 05/2000

    Panelist, "What Causes the Progression of Heart Failure?", Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY — 03/2000

    Transplant Rounds, "Tacrolimus: A User's Guide", Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, NY — 01/2001

    Lecture, "Cardiac Transplantation: An Internist's Guide", Lutheran Hospital, Brooklyn, NY — 03/2001

    Controversies in Cardiology (Simon Dack Visiting Professorship): "Treatment of Concomitant Conditions in patients with Heart Failure", Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York — 11/2002

    Core Curriculum, Mount Sinai Cardiology Fellowship Lecture, "Cardiac Transplant: A Fellows Guide", Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, New York — 12/2002

    Panelist, "Neurological Considerations in Anticoagulant Therapy", Mount Sinai Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY — 05/2003

    Trainees / Mentees

    Saad Alvi, MD — 07/2004–07/2005 — Director Internal Medicine Clerkship, Weis Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

    Mamata Alwarshetty, MD — 07/2005–06/2006 — Fellowship in Cardiology at Rush Presbyterian Medical Center; Practicing Interventional Cardiologist

    Sangeetha Balasubramanian, MD — 07/2006–06/2007 — Rheumatologist, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

    Anand Pillai, MD — 07/2007–06/2008 — Cardiology training at Montreal Heart Institute; currently Cardiologist in home state in India

    Arun Patil, MD — 07/2007–06/2008 — Practicing Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, Westchester, NY

    Rajiv Tayal, MD — 07/2009–10/2010 — Interventional Cardiologist, Catheterization Lab Director, Valley Hospital, New Jersey

    Harsha Nagarajarao, MD — 07/2009–06/2010 — Interventional Cardiologist, Fort Wayne, Indiana

    Janice Pieretti, MD — 07/2010–06/2011 — Director, Cardiac Amyloid Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Cesar Guerrero, MD — 07/2010–06/2012 — Heart Failure / Transplant Cardiology, Director MCS Program, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    Jeffrey Weiss, MD — 07/2012–06/2013 — Hospitalist, New Jersey

    Abhishek Jaiswal, MD — 07/2013–06/2014 — Heart Failure / Transplant Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

    Aleksandar Adzic, MD — 07/2013–06/2014 — Heart Failure / MCS, Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

    Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD — 07/2014–06/2015 — Executive Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Baylor Scott and White Hospital, Round Rock, Texas

    Pavittarpaul Dhesi, MD — 07/2014–06/2015 — Critical Care Intensivist, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, CA

    Khurram Liaquat, MD — 07/2015–06/2016 — Interventional Cardiologist

    Saurabh Kapoor, MD — 07/2016–06/2017 — Transplant Program Director, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey

    Teaching Material Produced

    Course Director, Heart of the City Cardiovascular Symposium — 09/2018, Norfolk, Virginia — Audience: Physicians, Nursing, Students; Regional attendance > 250 people

    Course Director, Heart of Battle Cardiovascular Symposium — 10/2019, Norfolk, Virginia — Audience: Physicians, Nursing, Students; Regional attendance > 250 people

    Teaching Administration

    Course Director, Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant Medicine Fellowship (not accredited) — 07/2004–06/2012

    Fellowship Director, ACGME Certified Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine Fellowship — 07/2012–06/2016

    Advanced Heart Failure / Transplant Medicine topics. Periodic 1-hour lectures to rotating residents in the Advanced Heart Failure rotation (from Eastern Virginia Medical School Residents and Students), typically 2 hours per month — 08/2017–09/2021

    Research / Grant Support

    Grant Supported

    Cleveland Clinic Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute Research Grant — VANQUISH Registry — Prospective registry of cardiogenic shock patients, collecting demographics, mortality, quality of life, and biomarkers — PI — 10% effort — $40,000 direct — 06/2022–06/2024

    Astellas Pharmaceuticals — OneTac Trial (Investigator-initiated trial of Astagraf [tacrolimus modified release] in heart transplant recipients) — PI — 10% effort / 10% salary — $325,000 direct — 2015–2018

    National Institutes of Health Subcontract — CTOT-18: An observational study of alloimmunity in cardiac transplant recipients from transplantation to one year (long-term extension) — PI — 5% effort — $50,000 direct — 2015–2016

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals — ASTRONAUT: Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate 6-month efficacy and safety of aliskiren therapy after hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure — Co-PI — 5% effort — $6,722/patient — 2011–2012

    Cardioxyl Pharmaceutical — CXL-1020: Phase IIa, 3-strata dose-defining study evaluating hemodynamic effect, safety, and tolerability of CXL-1020 in patients with systolic heart failure — PI — 5% effort — $10,000 direct — 2010–2012

    Terumo Inc — DuraHeart™ LVAS: Evaluation of safety and effectiveness of the DuraHeart left ventricular assist system in patients awaiting transplantation — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2009–2011

    Acorn Cardiovascular — Clinical evaluation of Acorn Cardiac Support Device therapy in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (confirmatory trial) — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2008–2011

    National Institutes of Health Subcontract — CTOT-05: An observational study of alloimmunity in cardiac transplant recipients from transplantation to one year — PI — 5% effort — $150,000 direct — 2008–2011

    XDX Expression Diagnostics Inc — IMAGE Trial (Invasive Monitoring Attenuation Through Gene Expression): Multicenter trial comparing heart biopsy to biomarkers — PI — 5% effort — $9,195/patient — 2008–2011

    Ventracor Inc — VentrAssist LVAD Pivotal Trial: Bridge to cardiac transplantation or destination therapy — Co-PI — 5% effort — $10,855/patient — 2008–2011

    Duke Clinical Research Institute — ASCEND: Double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center acute study of clinical effectiveness of nesiritide in subjects with decompensated heart failure — PI — 5% effort — $7,000/patient — 2007–2011

    Thoratec Corporation — HeartMate II Pivotal Trial: Multicenter ventricular assist device clinical trial — Co-PI — 5% effort — $8,000/patient — 2006–2009

    Gilead Sciences — ARIES-3: Phase III, long-term, open-label, multicenter safety and efficacy study of ambrisentan in subjects with pulmonary hypertension — Co-PI — 5% effort — $8,936/patient — 2007–2009

    Cothera/Novartis — RELAX-HF: Phase II/III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate efficacy and safety of Relaxin in patients with acute heart failure — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2010–2012

    Heartware Inc — ENDURANCE: Prospective, randomized, controlled, multi-center clinical trial to evaluate HeartWare VAD for destination therapy — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2010–2012

    Biogen-IDEC — BALANCE STUDY: Treatment of hyponatremia based on Lixivaptan in NYHA Class III/IV cardiac patient evaluation — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2008–2009

    BioHeart, Inc. — MARVEL: Phase II/III, double-blind, randomized, controlled, multicenter study to assess safety and cardiovascular effects of Myocell implantation in congestive heart failure patients post MI — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2007–2009

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals — Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (Investigator-Initiated Trial) — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2007–2008

    Astellas Pharmaceuticals — Intravascular Ultrasound Findings from the TICTAC Trial — PI — 5% effort — 2008–2009

    Cotherix — Inhaled Iloprost to Reduce Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Routine Right Heart Catheterization (Investigator-Initiated Trial) — PI — 5% effort — 2005–2007

    Impulse Dynamics — FIX-HF-5 Trial (Implantable Cardiac Contractility Modulation Device for Advanced Heart Failure) — PI — 5% effort — 2005–2007

    Arginox Pharmaceuticals — TRIUMPH Trial (Tilarginine in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction) — PI — 5% effort — 2005–2007

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals — Protocol CRAD001A2403: Neoral in Combination with Everolimus in De Novo Heart Transplant Recipients — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2004–2006

    Novacardia — Effects of KW-3902 on Diuresis and Renal Function in Congestive Heart Failure Patients (Protocol CKI-202) — Co-PI — 5% effort — 2004–2006

    Scios Pharmaceuticals — A Retrospective Review of Combination Use of Nesiritide With Inotropic Agents (Investigator-Initiated Study) — PI — 5% effort — $15,000 direct — 2003–2005

    Astellas Pharmaceuticals — TICTAC Trial: A Randomized Comparison of Tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil Versus Tacrolimus Alone In Steroid-Free Cardiac Transplant Recipients (single-center investigator-initiated) — PI — 10% effort — $226,000 direct — 2004–2009

    Scios Pharmaceuticals — FUSION-2 Trial (Intermittent Nesiritide for Heart Failure Patients) — PI — 5% effort — 2004–2007

    National Institutes of Health — SHOCK-2 Randomized Clinical Trial (Should We Use Nitric Oxide Inhibition in Cardiogenic Shock) — Local PI — 5% effort — 2003–2004

    National Institutes of Health — Clinical Research Loan Repayment Grant (CR-LRP) — Loan repayment grant based on career in clinical research — 5% effort — $100,000 direct — 2003–2008 (renewed once)

    Bibliography

    Peer-Reviewed Articles

    Books & Book Chapters

    Cardiac Transplant for the Frontline Clinician, in Yehya A, Editor, Heart Failure: What a Non-Heart Failure Specialist Needs to Know (2018)

    Univentricular Support for the Right Ventricle, in Barac, Yaron et al, Textbook of Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End Stage Heart and Lung Disease (2020)

    Univentricular Support for the Left Ventricle, in Barac, Yaron et al, Textbook of Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End Stage Heart and Lung Disease (2020)

    Media Appearances & Coverage / Podcasts

    Webcast: Interview by Dr. Gregg Stone, "SCAI Shock Classification," October 28, 2019, New York City, NY

    Editorials

    Letters

    Abstracts (Selected)

    • Schellbaecher M, Baran DA, et al. Interrelating Time Course of Ventricular Pressure Generation and Intracellular Calcium Transient in Intact Hearts. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 1996.
    • Baran DA, Ramirez MR, Rosenfeld C, Sedani S, Sharma R, Arroyo LH, et al. Prospective Trial of Corticosteroid Weaning in Stable Heart Transplant Recipients Guided by Morning Cortisol Level. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 15, 2005.
    • Lubitz SA, Baran DA, Chan M, Courtney M, Pinney S, Gass A. Statin Therapy Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Chronic Renal Failure after Cardiac Transplantation. ISHLT, Madrid, Spain, April 8, 2006.
    • Lubitz SA, Baran DA, Pinney S, Kaplan S, Chan M, Courtney M, Lansman S, Spielvogel S, Gass A. Long-Term Results of Tacrolimus Monotherapy in Cardiac Transplant Recipients. ISHLT, Madrid, Spain, April 6, 2006.
    • Krishnamani R, Baran DA, Alwarshetty MM, Zucker MJ, Arroyo LH, Martin A, et al. Time to Allosensitization Following HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. ISHLT, Madrid, Spain, April 6, 2006.
    • Baran DA, Zucker MJ, Arroyo LH, Alwarshetty MM, Ramirez MR, Pinney S, et al. Tacrolimus in Combination, Tacrolimus Alone Compared (TICTAC Trial): A Prospective Randomized Trial of Minimized Immunosuppression in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients. ISHLT, Madrid, Spain, April 8, 2006.
    • Baran DA, Alwarshetty MM, Alvi S, Arroyo LH, Lansman SL, Spielvogel S, Pinney S, Gass AL, Zucker MJ. Is Toxoplasmosis Prophylaxis Necessary? A 28 Year Follow-Up at 2 Transplant Centers. ISHLT, Madrid, Spain, April 7, 2006.
    • Baran DA, et al. Safety and Efficacy of Inhaled Iloprost via a Disposable Nebulizer in Heart Failure Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance. American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, May 21, 2007.
    • Baran DA, Pillai A, Patil A, Camacho M, Carr C, et al. High Risk Groups in the TICTAC Trial — Evaluation of Allograft Rejection and Survival. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009;28(2S):S175. [ISHLT 29th Annual Meeting, Paris]
    • Baran DA, Zucker MJ, Arroyo LH, et al. TICTAC Trial: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Minimized Immunosuppression in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006;25(2S):S125. [ISHLT 26th Annual Meeting]
    • Baran DA, Pillai A, Patil A, Carr C, et al. Core Lab Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound Studies from the TICTAC Trial: Is There a Price To Pay for Monotherapy? J Heart Lung Transplant 2009;28(2S):S302-303. [ISHLT 29th Annual Meeting, Paris]
    • Baran DA, Pillai A, Patil A, Pardi S, Rosenfeld C, Camacho M, Zucker MJ. A Prospective Trial of Steroid Discontinuation in Stable Heart Transplant Patients as Guided by Serum Cortisol Measurement. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009;28(2S):S216. [ISHLT 29th Annual Meeting, Paris]
    • Baran DA, Galin ID, Correa R, DeAsla RA, et al. Novacor Left Ventricular Assist Bridge to Transplant: No Sensitization or Excess Rejection as Compared to Unsupported Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2003;22(1S):S195. [ISHLT 23rd Annual Meeting]
    • Baran DA, Kaplan S, Lubitz S, Galin I, et al. Graft Vasculopathy: Comparison of Cyclosporine and Tacrolimus Over 15+ Years. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004;23(2S):S164. [ISHLT 24th Annual Meeting]
    • Baran DA, Zucker MJ, Goldschmidt ME, et al. TICTAC Trial: 5 Year Results. J Heart Lung Transplant 2010;29(2S):S49. [ISHLT 30th Annual Meeting]
    • Baran DA, Farkouh ME, Reiffel J, et al. Resolution of Pathological Q-waves is Associated With Improved Outcomes After Primary PCI for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2009;120:S1070-S1071. [AHA Scientific Sessions]
    • Farkouh ME, Nikolsky E, Reiffel J, Dressler O, Baran DA, et al. Correlations Between Reciprocal ST-segment Depression on the Baseline ECG, Angiographic Findings and Clinical Outcomes in STEMI Treated with Primary PCI. Circulation 2009;120:S1071. [AHA Scientific Sessions]
    • Razzouk L, Peterson GE, Wright JT, Phillips RA, De Backer TL, Baran DA, et al. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy by Electrocardiography in the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension. Circulation 2009;120:S1016. [AHA Scientific Sessions]
    • Raju P, Nair R, Fayyaz J, Sharma A, Zubair M, Baran DA, Karetzky M. A New Look at Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Patients Awaiting Cardiac Transplant. CHEST 2009 Meeting, Published Oct 2009.
    • Pardi S, Pillai AM, Zucker MJ, Patil A, Palekar S, Carr C, Prevost-Fernandez J, Camacho M, Baran DA. Heart Transplant Patients with Renal Impairment: The Potential Role of BK Virus. ATC 2009, June 2, 2009.
    • Baran DA, Arroyo LH, Hebron J, Carr C, Zucker MJ. Safety and Efficacy of Inhaled Iloprost via a Disposable Nebulizer in Heart Failure Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance. Circulation 2007;116(Suppl II):333.
    • Baran DA, Arroyo LH, Carr C, Cohen M, Camacho M, Zucker MJ. TICTAC Trial: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Minimized Immunosuppression in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients. Circulation 2007;116(Suppl II):541.
    • Zucker MJ, Sabnani I, Balasubramanian S, Baran DA, Martin T, Arroyo L, Camacho M. Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices. 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on Bleeding and Thrombosis in Mechanical Cardiac Support, Austria, May 2008.
    • Sabnani I, Zucker MJ, Baran DA, Balasubramanian S, Arroyo L, Camacho M, et al. The Role of Serial Testing of Heparin/PF4 Antibodies in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support. 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on Bleeding and Thrombosis in Mechanical Cardiac Support, Austria, May 2008.
    • Studer S, Regala M, Migliore C, et al. A Pilot Observational Study of the Correlation Between Depression and Quality of Life Measured by the CAMPHOR. J Heart Lung Transplant 2011;30(4S):105.
    • Yaganti V, Tayal R, Anna M, Amponsah M, Baran D, Zucker M. Correlation between Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Changes after LVAD Implantation in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure. Eur Heart J 2011;32(suppl 1):455-56.
    • Guerrero-Miranda C, Baran DA, Emmanuel O, Pieretti J, Hochbaum N, et al. Classification of Ventricular Assist Device Infections According to ISHLT Formulation and Device Generation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012;31(4S):21.
    • Baran DA, Guerrero-Miranda C, Pieretti J, Hochbaum N, et al. Long-Term Renal Function in the TICTAC Trial: Outcomes Beyond 5 Years. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012;31(4S):91.
    • Baran DA, Guerrero-Miranda C, Pieretti J, et al. Cardiac Transplantation Without Induction Therapy Despite Renal Dysfunction: A Report From the TICTAC Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012;31(4S):225.
    • Baran DA, Guerrero-Miranda CY, Weiss JA, Pieretti J, et al. Beyond TICTAC: "Real World Consecutive Patient Cohort Survival." J Heart Lung Transplant 2013;32(4S):114.
    • Baran DA, Pieretti J, Gidea CG, et al. Incidence of Allograft Vasculopathy in the TICTAC Trial as Compared to a Real World Cohort. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013;32(4S):26.
    • Baran DA, Gidea CG, Pieretti J, et al. Correlates of Long-Term Survival in the TICTAC Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013;32(4S):135.
    • Baran DA, Vefali H, Costa V, Guerrero-Miranda JA, et al. Incidence of Malignancy on Tacrolimus Monotherapy Versus Combination Therapy: A Report from the TICTAC Trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013;32(4S):40.
    • Gilstrap L, Niehaus E, Maurer M, et al. A Multi-Center, International Registry of Cardiac Transplantation for Light Chain (AL) and Transthyretin (TTR) Amyloidosis. Am J Transplant 2013;Vol 13:S5:130. [American Transplant Congress]
    • Baran DA, Jaiswal A, Haseeb M, Adzic A, Pieretti J, Gidea C, et al. Safety of the Intravascular Ultrasound in Nearly 900 Cases. J Heart Lung Transplant 2014;33(4S):172.
    • Baran DA, Jaiswal A, Adzic A, Pieretti J, Gidea C, et al. Does Sequence Matter? Outcomes of Donors Rejected by Local Centers. J Heart Lung Transplant 2014;33(4S):268.
    • David A Baran, Marc Cohen, Gautam K Visveswaran, Michael DiVita, Ahmed Seliem, Amar Dave, Najam Wasty, Jonathan E Swinden. Are All Patients Equal in Response to Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation? Circulation 2015;132:A13087. [AHA Scientific Sessions]
    • Gautam K Visveswaran, Marc Cohen, Michael DiVita, Ahmed Seliem, Amar Dave, Jonathan E Swinden, Najam Wasty, David A Baran. Large Volume Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation: Efficacy and Safety of the Mega 50cc in 150 Consecutive Patients. Circulation 2015;132:A13081. [AHA Scientific Sessions]
    • Wang L, Zucker M, Camacho M, Cohen M, Baran D, Chen C. Pre-Operative Speckle-Tracking Imaging For Prediction of Post-Device Right Ventricular Failure in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation. ASE Meeting, Montreal, P.Q., June 2011.
    • H. Copeland, V. Garcia, A. Sima, D. Baran, A. Mankind, G. Katlaps, N. Lewis, B. Dharmaj, J. Copeland. Lung Preservation Solution Exposure at Cardiac Procurement Is Associated with Increased Incidence of Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy. American Journal of Transplantation April 2017.
    • Baran DA, Liaquat K, Pieretti J, Gidea C, Munagala M, et al. Too Much Information: Interaction of Donor Sequence and Acceptance in the UNOS Database. J Heart Lung Transplant 2016;35(4S):S86.

    This curriculum vitae reflects Dr. Baran's record as submitted to the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, April 14, 2026. Linked citations open PubMed or the original publication source.