The Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, directed by Judith Hochman, MD, a world-renowned researcher in cardiogenic shock and acute coronary syndromes, is a very large and growing organization that actively mentors numerous Fellows in Cardiovascular Disease in the techniques of clinical research.

Research programs include studies on reperfusion for acute coronary syndromes, the relative efficacies of revascularization techniques and devices; studies on the relationships between vascular endothelium, blood cells and the molecular and cellular events of atherogenesis; and studies of the molecular biology of cardiac hypertrophy. A large number of clinical studies are concerned with heart failure, new non-invasive techniques, treatment of arrhythmias with radiofrequency ablation and new implantable defibrillators, and evaluations of new pharmacologic agents, and new techniques for transesophageal, intracardiac and intracoronary ultrasonic evaluations of surgery and angioplasty.