Corey E. Ventetuolo, M.D., M.S. (Medicine, Health Services, Policy and Practice)

Mid-Career Research Achievement Award, Hospital-Based Research Faculty

Corey Ventetuolo is a practicing pulmonary/critical care physician at Rhode Island Hospital and has dedicated her career to improving care for patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), right heart failure, and requiring extracorporeal life support. She has investigated the longstanding observation that PAH is a fatal disease of predominantly women. Her groundbreaking work has led to hormonal modulation as a treatment strategy in PAH, and she has led two NHLBI-funded clinical trials in this area. She is a nationally recognized leader in the field who has addressed barriers to translational research and advanced precision medicine approaches. She has also received numerous teaching awards recognizing her dedication to education and inclusive mentoring of emerging investigators.