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ABOUT US

AMANDA VEST, MBBS MPH

Director, Advanced Heart Failure at Tufts Medical Center
Co-Director of the Clinical Nutrition Course at Tufts University School of Medicine

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 CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, working with colleagues across Tufts University and with collaborators to better understand changes in skeletal muscle mass, food intake and physical activity that occur during heart failure.

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. I am currently based in the CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center, working with colleagues across Tufts University and external collaborators to better understand changes in skeletal muscle mass, food intake and physical activity that occur during in patients with heart failure.

OUR RESEARCH TEAM

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Didjana Celkupa BS
Medical Student, Touro University
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Matthew Lawrence BS
VAD Equipment and Data Coordinator
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Vanessa Palomo BA MS
Clinical Research Studies Manager
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Lauren Parsly MPH RD LDN
Heart Failure Clinical Dietitian, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center
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Maria Buitrago Diaz BS
Dietetic Intern/Masters Student, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center
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Anindita Chanda DO
Medicine Resident, Hartford Hospital
Abena Adwetewa-Badu BA MPH
Clinical Research Associate
GauravDas
Gaurav Das MBChB MPH
Clinical Research Associate
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Easton Cummins BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
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Tae Kyung (TK) Yoo MD MS
Medical Resident, MetroWest Medical Center
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Rebecca Roitman MS
Research Assistant
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Judit Laidlaw
Research Volunteer
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Darius Sinha
Research Volunteer
SiningXiao
Sining (Christy) Xiao BS
Dietetic Intern/Masters Student, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center
AlyssaChen
Alyssa Chen
Research Volunteer
SnigdhaAllaparthi
Snigdha Allaparthi BA
Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Lily Lichtenstein MS RD
Inpatient Dietitian, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure/Heart Transplant, Tufts Medical Center
Jessica.Seltz
Jessica Seltz MS RD LDN CNSC
Clinical Inpatient Dietitian, Transplant Dietitian, Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center
SureyaHussani
Sureya Hussani BS
Research Assistant/Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine
EmilySanderson
Emily Sanderson BA
Research Assistant
ZahraRizvi
Zahra Rizvi BS
Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine
Trisha
Trisha Mukerjee BA MS
Clinical Research Coordinator

OUR COLLABORATORS

Dr. Rebecca Cogswell
Section Leader for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Minnesota
Dr. Ludovic Trinquart
Director, Center for Clinical Trials, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy
Dr. Lisa Ceglia
Director, Metabolic Bone Diseases Clinic, Tufts Medical Center
Dr. Edward Saltzman
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University

FORMERTEAM MEMBERS

Alex Coston MD
Family Medicine Resident, UCSF
Joronia
Joronia Chery BA
MS24 Tufts University School of Medicine
Laura
Laura Telfer BS MS
MS24 Penn State College of Medicine
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Ruby Singh BS
Clinical Research Coordinator
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Elizabeth Kharitonova
Clinical Research Coordinator
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Ariella Stein MSCIS-HI
Data Quality Analyst, Heart Transplan...
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Michele Esposito MD
Interventional Heart Failure Cardiologist, MUSC