Welcome to New Division Director

Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD is the new Professor and Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease. He was Professor and University Scholar in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Louisville where he served as Cardiology Section Chief and Medical Director, Heart Failure at Louisville's University Hospital. He was also the Director of Heart Failure/Transplant Research and Director of the Preventive Cardiology Clinic. His research interests center on pathophysiological mechanisms in heart failure. He is the recipient of an Established Investigator Grant from the American heart Association (AHA), NIH RO1 awards and a merit grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

OVERVIEW

The Division of Cardiovascular Disease emphasizes excellence in patient care, teaching, and basic and clinical research. Basic and clinical research areas, and interfaces between them, are strongly encouraged. The very active clinical programs in the Division stress excellence in cutting edge, compassionate, and innovative patient care.  The Division provides both inpatient and consultative care at all of the hospitals in the UAB Medical Center, the Kirklin Clinic, and at the UAB Heart Health Centers.

Major areas of basic research are centered around and associated in the broad areas outlined below. The Division strongly encourages and supports the continuum of basic research programs from fundamental discovery through translational research and clinical investigation. Clinical research is closely associated with individual clinical cardiology services and encompasses a variety of opportunities and interactions with clinical faculty associated with numerous large NIH and industry supported multi-center clinical trials.

Currently, active research grants and contracts total over $25 million per year in extramural funding. Major sections and programs within the Division include (in alphabetical order):

Advanced Heart Failure / Transplantation / Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Echocardiography and Cardiographics

Electrophysiology and Cardiac Rhythm Management Laboratory

Hypertension and Vascular Biology

Interventional Cardiology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy

Nuclear Cardiology

Preventive Cardiology

UAB Heart Health Centers

Sumanth Prabhu