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About Sophia Airhart, MD

Sophia Airhart, MD, is a heart failure specialist with the Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation Team.

She has a passion for hemodynamics, and experience in performing invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing.  She is an expert in pulmonary hypertension and an associate editorial team lead for the Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism section of ACC.org with the American College of Cardiology.

Her clinical interests include: hemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure, as well as the use of mechanical assist devices in management of shock and advanced heart failure. 

Dr. Airhart is a clinical researcher who has served as a principle investigator on numerous HFpEF and HFrEF clinical trials. She is also interested in translational research, namely developing novel therapy to address mitochondrial dysfunction in systolic heart failure and was awarded an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for her work.

She is an Associate Editor for Circulation: Heart Failure and the Section Editor of the invasive hemodynamic section Under Pressure. She also is the Digital Media Editor for CircHF Waveforms leading a team of residents and fellows to help make scientific literature more accessible. She has authored multiple original research publications as well as several book chapters.

She earned her medical degree at Oregon Health Sciences University; completed her residency in internal medicine at Barnes Jewish Hospital - Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis; completed her cardiology fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA; and completed an advanced fellowship in heart failure/transplant cardiology with a focus on pulmonary hypertension at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, and advanced heart failure and transplantation.
 
DEGREES
·         MD: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore., 2010
·         BA: Philosophy, Chemistry Minor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., 2004
HONORS AND AWARDS
·         Washington Chapter ACC Poster Competition Winner, 2016
·         Mentors in Medicine Research Scholarship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2012
·         Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute Summer Scholar, Oregon Health & Science University, 2007
·         The Robert L. Bacon Fund for Medical Education Enrichment, School of Medicine of Oregon Health & Science University, 2007
·         Whitman College Summer Research Grant, 2002
RESIDENCY
·         Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Internal Medicine, 2010-2013
FELLOWSHIP
·         Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology: Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., 2016- 2017
·         Cardiology: University of Washington, Seattle, 2013-2016
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
·         Diplomate, ABIM, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, 2018
·         Diplomate, ABIM, Cardiovascular Diseases, 2016
·         Diplomate, American Society of Echocardiography, 2015
·         Diplomate, ABIM, Internal Medicine, 2014

Positions

May 2020 - Present Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Cardiologist, Providence ‐ Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science (CARDS), Providence Heart Institute
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2015 Project Title: Novel Nutritional Therapy for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Systolic Heart Failure
Awarded by the American Heart Association
Western States Affiliate Summer 2014 AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015 Project Title: Pharmacokinetics of Nicotinamide Ribose (NR) in Healthy Volunteers
Administrative Supplement to R21
Role: Postdoctoral Fellow/Co-Investigator
2014 Project Title: Safety and Tolerability of the Nutritional Supplement, Nicotinamide Riboside, in Systolic Heart Failure
R21: R21HL126209
Role: Postdoctoral Fellow/Co-Investigator
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Section Editor of Under Pressure: Highlighting Invasive Hemodynamics, Circulation: Heart Failure
2018 - Present Associate Editorial Team Lead, ACC.org Pulmonary Hypertension and Venous Thromboembolism
2018 - Present Associate Editor, Circulation: Heart Failure
2018 - Present Waveforms Digital Media Editor, Circulation: Heart Failure
2019 - 2020 National Advisory Board, DaVita Clinical Advisory Board
2019 Invited Member, American College of Cardiology CardioSurve Research Panel
2019 Invited Member, FLIGHT (Future Leaders In Growing Heart Failure Therapies)
2018 - 2019 National Advisory Board, BAYER
2018 National Advisory Board, ACTELION
2018 Member, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
2018 Member, American Society of Transplantation
2017 Member, International Society of Mechanical Circulatory Support
2016 Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
2016 Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation 3CPR, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
2016 Member, American Society of Echocardiography
2014 Member of the Heart Failure and Transplant Section, American College of Cardiology
2014 Member, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant
2013 Arizona Chapter: ACC Board Member & University of Arizona Tucson Campus Liason, American College of Cardiology
Member, WomenAsOne
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Honors and Awards

  • Whitman College Summer Research Grant ($1,500) 2002 • Awarded by the Whitman College Alumni Foundation of Whitman College
  • The Robert L. Bacon Fund for Medical Education Enrichment ($1,500) 2007 • Awarded by the School of Medicine of Oregon Health & Science University
  • Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute Summer Scholar ($3500) 2007 • Awarded by the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute of Oregon Health Science’s University
  • Mentors in Medicine Research Scholarship ($7500) 2012 • Awarded by the Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
  • Wohl Outpatient Clinic Resident of the Month 2012 • Awarded for outstanding outpatient care. • Department of Internal Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
  • UW Recognition of Excellence: Physician Recognition from 5NE Nursing Staff March 2015
  • Sarver Heart Center Cardiovascular Research Network: Invited Mentor 2019

Education

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BA, Whitman College
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MD, Oregon Health and Science University
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Residency, Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine ‐ Barnes Jewish Hospital
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Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Washington
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Advanced Fellowship, Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology, Allegheny General Hospital
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Links

ORCID

Book Chapters (2)

Research Works (37)