ABOUT US
Amanda Vest, MBBS MPH
Section Head of Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
ABOUT ME
I am originally from the United Kingdom and completed medical school and internship at Imperial College, London, before moving to Boston, Massachusetts, for internal medicine residency training in 2006. After internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center and a chief resident year, I moved to Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, for specialty training in cardiology. I completed an additional subspecialty year of advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology training. My earlier research work was focused on the relationship between obesity and heart disease, including the impact of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular health. My current research focuses on interactions between nutrition, metabolic dysfunction and body composition in patients with heart failure. I am currently based in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Ohio, working within the George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery.
MY RESEARCH
My initial cardiovascular research focused on the relationship between obesity and heart disease, including the impact of bariatric surgery on heart structure and function. My current research focuses on interactions between nutrition, metabolic dysfunction and body composition in patients with heart failure. We are currently funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health for a clinical trial of oral protein supplementation in patients with heart failure. This study, called ASTRID-HF, seeks to determine the role of dietary protein in the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
OUR RESEARCH TEAM

Didjana Celkupa BS
Medical Student, Touro University

Vanessa Palomo BA MS
Clinical Research Studies Manager

Lauren Parsly MPH RD LDN
Heart Failure Clinical Dietitian, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center

Abena Adwetewa-Badu BA MPH
Clinical Research Associate

Lily Lichtenstein MS RD
Inpatient Dietitian, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Heart Transplant, Tufts Medical Center

Jessica Seltz MS RD LDN CNSC
Clinical Inpatient Dietitian, Transplant Dietitian, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center

Michelle Dodd, RD LD
Clinical Research Associate

Gabriel Kim, MD
Heart Failure Research Fellow, Cleveland Clinic

Andrey Posado, MD MS
Heart Failure Research Fellow, Cleveland Clinic

Amanda Bode, MS RDN CSO LD
Registered Dietician, Oncology, Cleveland Clinic

Karen Jabbour, MD
Heart Failure Research Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
OUR RESEARCH TEAM
OUR COLLABORATORS
FORMERTEAM MEMBERS
FORMERTEAM MEMBERS

Alex Coston MD
Family Medicine Resident, UCSF

Joronia Chery BA
MS24 Tufts University School of Medicine

Laura Telfer BS MS
MS24 Penn State College of Medicine

Ruby Singh BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Elizabeth Kharitonova
Clinical Research Coordinator

Ariella Stein MSCIS-HI
Data Quality Analyst, Heart Transplan...

Michele Esposito MD
Interventional Heart Failure Cardiologist, MUSC

Easton Cummins BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Rebecca Roitman MS
Research Assistant

Judit Laidlaw
Research Volunteer

Alyssa Chen
Research Volunteer
“Our thanks to former team members who have moved on to the next phases in their medical training or research careers.”
Matthew Lawrence
VAD Equipment and Data Coordinator
Anandita Chandra
Medical Student
Research Fellow
TK Yoo
Medical Student
Gaurav Das
Research Assistant
Snigdha Alipathi
Medical Student
Research Fellow
Emily Sanderson
Research Assistant
Zahra Rizavi
Medical Student