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Research Summary
Dr. Giardina is trained as a cardiologist, clinical pharmacologist and electro-pharmacologist whose current areas of interest focus on prevention and cardiovascular health. Dr. Giardina is interested in vascular risk for heart disease and stroke in women and the role of physical activity, diet, and behavior as they impact on risk.
Research Activities
Current research activities in post-menopausal women relate to the following:
1)The metabolic syndrome and its vascular risk in minority women in Northern Manhattan. This study combines community outreach programs for behavior modification to alter traditional cardiovascular risk (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, obesity) and novel markers assessed by carotid intimal media thickness as well as hemostatic and fibrinolytic markers.
2) Health disparities on breast cancer risk and outcome in minority women in Northern Manhattan
3) Attitudes about knowledge, risk and perception of body size among women and their families.
Lab website: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/cwh
Service Activities
Director, Cardiovascular Ambulatory Care Training, Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Grant
Director, Preventive Cardiology Training,Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Grant
Member, Faculty Council, Department of Medicine
Member, Advisory Committee on the Status of Women Faculty
Member, Conflict of Interest Committee (Research)
Member, Conflict of Interest Committee (Clinical)
Member, General Clinical Research Advisory Committee, CTSA
Fellow, Apgar Society 2012
1. Center for Women
Positions & Appointments
| 1994-present |
Director, Center for Women's Health |
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
New York, NY |
| 1990-present |
Attending Physician |
Presbyterian Hospital |
New York, NY |
| 1989-present |
Professor |
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons |
New York, NY |
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Honors and Awards
1972-1974 Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association Awardee in Clinical Pharmacology
1994- American Heart Association Appreciation Award for Advancement of Heart Disease in Women
1996- First Award of Excellence, Women’s History Month, Awarded by Governor George Pataki, New York State for developing a Center for Women’s Health and research in women’s health
2000- Board of Directors, Stanley J. Sarnoff Endowment for Cardiovascular Science; Strategic Planning Committee Chair (2005-2008); Secretary Board of Directors (2005)
2005- AHA Study Section Heritage Affiliate Grants Peer Review Section
2008- Trustee of the Board of Directors, The New York Academy of Medicine
2009-Fellow of the Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy, CUMC
2010- Medal of Honor, New York Medical College, New York
2012- Fellow Apgar Society, Columbia University Medical Center
Committees and Society Memberships
Diplomate: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine & Cardiovascular Disease
Fellow American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, Heart Rhythm Society
Fellow American Heart Association (Council on Clinical Cardiology, Basic Science Council)
1984-1988 Food & Drug Administration Cardio-Renal Advisory Committee Member
1989-1993 Pharmacology Study Section Member: National Institutes of Health
1992-1996 New York Heart Association: Task Force on Women & Heart Disease
1993-1994 Ad hoc Member, Surgery, Trauma, Anesthesia Study Section, National Institutes of Health
1994-present Director of Cardiology, Center for Women’s Health
2008 - present Trustee of the New York Academy of Medicine
2010 Medal of Honor-- New York Medical College, New York
Special Interests
Dr. Giardina has a focus on the overall cardiovascular health and well-being of women and their families. Studies concerning community health including disparities related to cardiovascular prevention, personal risk, and attitudes and perceptions about lifestyle (nutrition, diet, physical activity) and behavior are ongoing in her area.
Favorite Websites
http://cpmc.net/columbia.edu/depts/cwh
Selected Publications:
1. Giardina, EG, Cassetta JA, Weiss MW, Stein M, Press R, Frassetto G (2006) Reflections on a decade of experience in implementing a Center for Women's Health at an Academic Medical Center J Women
15(3):319-29
2. Giardina EG, Chen HJ, Sciacca RR, Rabbani LE (2004) Dynamic variability of hemostatic and fibrinolytic factors in young women J Clin Endocrinol Metab
89(12):6179-84
3. Barrett-Connor E, Giardina EG, Gitt AK, Gudat U, Steinberg HO, Tschoepe D (2004) Women and heart disease: the role of diabetes and hyperglycemia Arch Intern Med
164(9):934-42
4. Rabbani LE, Seminario NA, Sciacca RR, Chen HJ, Giardina EGV (2002) Oral estrogen increases plasma von Willebrand factor levels in postmenopausal women J Am Coll Cardiol
40:1991-9
5. Valli G and Giardina EGV (2002) Benefits, adverse effects and drug interactions of herbal therapies with cardiovascular effects. J Am Coll Cardiol
39(7):1083-95
6. Cassetta JA, Boden-Albala B, Sciacca RR, Giardina EG (2007) Association of eduation and race/ethnicity with physical activity in insured urban women J Women’s Health
16(6):902-908
7. Press R, Carrasquillo O, Sciacca RR, Giardina EG (2008) Racial/ethnic disparities in time to follow-up after an abnormal mammogram J Women’s Health
17(6):923-30
8. Thande N, Hurstak E, Sciacca R, Giardina EGV (2009) Management of obesity: a challenge for medical training and practice Obesity
17(1):107-13
9. Giardina EGV,Sciacca RR, Foody JM, D'Onofrio G, Villablanca A, Leatherwood S, Taylor AL, Haynes SG. ( 2011) The Office of Women's Health initiative to improve women's heart health: focus on knowledge and awareness among women with cardiometabolic risk factors J Women’s Health
20 (6):1-8
10. Giardina EGV, Mull L, Sciacca RR, Akabas S, Flink L, Moise N, Paul TK, Dumas NE, Bier M L, Mattina D. (2012) Relationship between Cardiovascular Disease Knowledge and Race/Ethnicity, Education and Weight Status Clin Cardiol
35 (1):43-8
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