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CardioVascular Center for Research + Innovation (CVCRI)

Our mission is to develop a highly integrated program that fosters cutting-edge patient care, clinical research and innovation.
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About

Our CVCRI investigators are global leaders with dominant expertise in all domains of cardiovascular medicine. The highly collaborative nature of the CVCRI and its partnerships with the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI) and the Surgical and Interventional Research Laboratories (SIRL) creates a unique environment where our clinical excellence is driven by our ability to both ask and answer fundamental questions and translate these findings back into clinical practice (figure). This ‘CV Engine for Innovation’ generates the possibility to change paradigms, to provide creative solutions for complex cardiovascular problems and to drive the future of cardiovascular medicine (figure).

We will be highlighting specific research grants, publications, investigators, conferences, clinical trials, our fellows-in-training and philanthropic gifts.

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Action without vision is only passing time. Vision without action is day-dreaming, but vision with action can change the world."
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Contact info
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Navin Kapur, MD, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI
Executive Director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation; Professor, Department of Medicine
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Colleen Allen
Project Manager, CVCRI, Tufts Medical Center
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Vanessa Palomo
Director of Clinical Research CVCRI, Tufts Medical Center
In the News
Tufts Medical Center Celebrates Completing Record 70 Adult Heart Transplants in 2024
January 13, 2025
Indranee Rajapreyar, MD, Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Tufts Medical Center, and David DeNofrio, MD, Director of Heart Failure Network Development at Tufts MC, in a story about Tufts Medical Center breaking its own New England record with 70 adult heart transplants in 2024.
In the News
Beloved Coach’s Untimely Death Highlights Hidden Heart Risks
January 2, 2025
Q&A with Navin Kapur, MD, Interventional Cardiologist and Executive Director of The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation at Tufts Medical Center, about heart disease.
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BBJ Announces Innovators in Healthcare Honorees
December 19, 2024
Navin Kapur, MD, Interventional Cardiologist and Executive Director of The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation at Tufts Medical Center, in an article about Boston Business Journal’s 2024 “Innovators in Healthcare” honorees.
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