Wilson S. Colucci, M.D., Director

Academic Appointment:

Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Medical School:

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA (1975)

Residency:

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston MA (1978)

Post Residency:

Chief Resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston MA (1981) Fellowship in Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA (1980)

Selected Publications:

Loh E, Elkayam U, Cody R, Bristow M, Jaski B, Colucci WS. A randomized multicenter study comparing the efficacy and safety of intravenous milrinone and intravenous nitroglycerin in patients advanced heart failure. J Card Fail. 2001 Jun;7(2):114-21.

Givertz MM, Slawsky MT, Moraes DL, McIntyre KM, Colucci WS. Noninvasive determination of pulmonary artery wedge pressure in patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2001 May 15;87(10):1213-5; A7.

Fowler MB, Vera-Llonch M, Oster G, Bristow MR, Cohn JN, Colucci WS, Gilbert EM, Lukas MA, Lacey MJ, Richner R, Young ST, Packer M. Influence of carvedilol on hospitalizations in heart failure: incidence, resource utilization and costs. U.S. Carvedilol Heart Failure Study Group. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 May;37(6):1692-9.

Yancy CW, Fowler MB, Colucci WS, Gilbert EM, Bristow MR, Cohn JN, Lukas MA, Young ST, Packer M. Race and the response to adrenergic blockade with carvedilol in patients with chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2001 May 3;344(18):1358-65.

Colucci WS. Nesiritide for the treatment of decompensated heart failure. J Card Fail. 2001 Mar;7(1):92-100.

Givertz MM, Sawyer DB, Colucci WS. Antioxidants and myocardial contractility: illuminating the “Dark Side” of beta-adrenergic receptor activation? Circulation. 2001 Feb 13;103(6):782-3.

Holubarsch CJ, Colucci WS, Meinertz T, Gaus W, Tendera M. Survival and prognosis: investigation of Crataegus extract WS 1442 in congestive heart failure (SPICE)–rationale, study design and study protocol. Eur J Heart Fail. 2000 Dec;2(4):431-7.