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.