University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine M.D. with Honors (2000) Chicago, IL
Residency:
Stanford Hospital and Clinics Stanford, CA (2000-2003)
Fellowship:
Stanford Hospital and Clinics Stanford, CA (2004-present)
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine (2003)
Clinical Interests:
Heart failure
Insulin resistance & "The Metabolic Syndrome"
Treatment options for combined heart/renal failure (cardiorenal syndrome)
Cardiac resynchronization therapy
Research Interests:
Role of insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of nonischemic cardiomyopathy
Role of natriuretic peptides in the care of heart failure patients
Novel therapies for the cardiorenal syndrome
Metabolic changes in the failing heart
Selected Publications
Witteles RM, Tang WH, Jamali AH, Chu JW, Reaven GM, Fowler MB. Insulin resistance in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: a possible etiologic link. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;44(1):78-81.
Witteles RM, Matsuda K, Fowler MB. B-type natriuretic peptide is effective therapy before cardiac transplantation. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:895.
Witteles RM, Kaplan EL, Roizen MF. Sensitivity of diagnostic and localization tests for pheochromocytoma in clinical practice. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:2521-4.
