Gary Gerstenblith, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of clinical trials, Division of Cardiology

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
• Heart and Vascular Institute

Clinical Trial Keywords

coronary endothelial function; coronary artery disease; Xanthine oxidase inhibition

Clinical Trials Summary

Impact of xanthine oxidase inhibition on coronary endothelial function

Videos

• Stem Cell Implants to Repair Damaged Hearts, Part I

• Stem Cell Implants to Repair Damaged Hearts, Part II

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Radiology and Radiological Science

Selected Publications

• Hirsch GA, Bottonley P, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG. Allopurinol acutely increases adenosine triphospate energy delivery in failing human hearts. JACC 59:802-8, 2012.

  Makkar RR, Smith RR, Cheng K, Malliaras K, Thomson LE, Berman D, Czer LS, Marban L, Mendizabal A, Johnston PV, Russell SD, Schuleri KH, Lardo AC, Gerstenblith G, Marban E. Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CACUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial. Lancet 379:895-904, 2012.

  Karantalis V, DiFede DL, Gerstenblith G, Pham S, Symes J, Zambrano JP, Fishman J, Pattany P, McNiece I, Conte J, Schulman S, Wu K, Shah A, Breton E, Davis-Sproul J, Schwarz R, Feigenbaum G, Mushtaq M, Suncion VY, Lardo AC, Borrello I, Mendizabal A, Karas TZ, Byrnes J, Lowery M, Heldman AW, Hare JM. Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce concordant improvements in regional function, tissue perfusion, and fibrotic burden when administered to patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: The Prospective Randomized Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (PROMETHEUS) trial. Circ Res 114:1302-10, 2014.

  Bottomley PA, Panjrath GS, Lai S, Hirsch GA, Wu K, Najjar SS, Steinberg A, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG. Metabolic rates of ATP transfer through creatine kinase (CK flux) predict clinical heart failure events and death. Sci Transl Med 5:215re3, 2013.

  Hays AG, Stuber M, Hirsch GA, Yu J, Schar M, Weiss RG, Gerstenblith G, Kelle S. Non-invasive detection of coronary endothelial response to sequential handgrip exercise in coronary artery disease patients and healthy adults. PLos ONE 8(3):e58047, 2013.

  Assayag M, Saada A. Gerstenblith G, Canaana H, Shlomai R, Horowitz M. Mitochondrial performance in heat acclimation—a lesson from ischemia/reperfusion and calcium overload insults in the heart. Am J Physiol 303:R870-81, 2012.

  Hare JM, Fishman JE, Gerstenblith G, DiFede Velazquez DL, Zambrano JP, Suncion VY, Tracy M, Ghersin E, Johnston PV, Brinker JA, Breton E, Davis-Sproul J. Schulman IH, Byrnes J, Mendizabal AM, Lowery MH, Rouy D, Altman P, Wong Po Foo C, Ruiz P, Amador A, Da Silva J, McNiece IK, Heldman AW. Comparison of allogeneic vs autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells delivered by transendocardial injection in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: the POSEIDON randomized trial. JAMA 308:2369-79, 2012.

  Barth AS, Zhang Y, Li T, Smith RR, Chimenti I, Terrovitis I, Davis DR, Kizana E, Ho AS, O’Rourke B, Wolff AC, Gerstenblith G, Marban E. Functional impairment of human resident cardiac stem cells by the cardiotoxic antineoplastic agent trastuzumab. Stem Cells Transl Med 1:289-97, 2012.

  Hirsch GA, Bottonley P, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG. Allopurinol acutely increases adenosine triphospate energy delivery in failing human hearts. JACC 59:802-8, 2012.

  Makkar RR, Smith RR, Cheng K, Malliaras K, Thomson LE, Berman D, Czer LS, Marban L, Mendizabal A, Johnston PV, Russell SD, Schuleri KH, Lardo AC, Gerstenblith G, Marban E. Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CACUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial. Lancet 379:895-904, 2012.

  Gupta A, Akki A, Wang Y, Leppo MK, Chacko VP, Foster DB, Caceres V, Shi S, Kirk JA, Su J, Lai S, Paolocci N, Steenbergen C, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG. Creatine kinase-mediated improvement of function in failing mouse hearts provides causal evidence the failing heart is energy starved. J Clin Invest 122:291-302, 2012.

  Wu KC, Gerstenblith G, Guallar E, Marine JE, Dalal D, Cheng A, Marban E, Lima JA, Tomaselli GF, Weiss RG. Combined cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and C-reactive protein levels identify a cohort at low risk for defibrillator firings and death. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 5:178-86, 2012.

Honors

• Fellow (FACC), American College of Cardiology
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Marquis Who's Who
• Phi Beta Kappa, New York University
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
• Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine

Memberships

• American College of Physicians
• American Federation for Clinical Research
• American Heart Association
• Association of University Cardiologists
• Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association