ISSN: 2155-9880
Pam R.Taub
University of California San Diego,
USA
Dr. Taub believes in empowering and educating patients by sharing the latest advances in research and technology, and she enjoys speaking to the community about cardiovascular disease prevention. Her own research—focused on how epicatechin (a compound found in dark chocolate) can improve mitochondrial structure and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure and diabetes—has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American College of Cardiology, and has resulted in multiple publications in top journals. She is also developing and testing new biomarkers (blood tests) to predict cardiovascular risk, as well as studying the mechanisms of statin-related muscle complaints and decreases in exercise capacity and using epicatechin to treat them. Dr. Taub earned her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Washington Medical Center and her fellowship in cardiology at UC San Diego, where she was chief cardiology fellow. She is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and nuclear cardiology.