Pamela Ouyang, M.B.B.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A.

Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Health Center
Deputy Director,
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

An expert on cardiovascular disease in women, Dr. Pamela Ouyang is a professor of medicine and faculty member of the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Ouyang was appointed program director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center General Clinical Research Center in 2001, and in 2007, the NIH funded the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Johns Hopkins, where Dr. Ouyang was appointed a deputy director.

Dr. Ouyang is an attending cardiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center caring for patients in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit and teaches students, residents and fellows from Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She has developed the Johns Hopkins Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center, located at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

Her areas of research include studies in ischemic heart disease, and in recent years, her work has focused on cardiovascular disease in women including research on the effects of hormone replacement therapy in women with coronary artery disease and coronary bypass grafts.

Dr. Ouyang received her medical school training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, England. After completing initial postdoctoral training in England, she completed residency and fellowship training in cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following her fellowship she joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

She will discuss Heart to Heart at A Woman's Journey 2009 in Session I, 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.