About Me
My initial interest in health stemmed from a passion for nutrition and diet that was inspired by traveling the world and learning about the diets of different cultures. I later realized I wanted to have a health career that would give me universally applicable skills, so I pursued medicine.
Today, I use my background in nutrition in my consultations with patients. As a preventive cardiologist, I encourage optimal nutrition and regular physical activity as a way to prevent or manage obesity, which can adversely affect a person’s cardiovascular disease risk.
My goal is to provide guidance. I offer consultative services regarding lifestyle modifications, such as increasing leisure activities and incorporating regular exercise into daily life, for people who are trying to prevent or have already been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.
I take a personalized approach to care. I work with each person to identify lifestyle changes that can be made and sustained for long periods of time. By encouraging people to make these modifications, in combination with the use of evidence-based medical therapies, we can reduce a person’s long term risk of cardiovascular disease.
At the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, I work with a team of professionals whose expertise spans the gamut of cardiovascular health. We have experts in lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, women’s heart health, thrombotic disorders, nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise. We are involved in a number of institutional, national, and international clinical trials that allow us to study cardiovascular diseases and medications that may reduce a person’s risk of developing these.
My research focuses on the ramifications of obesity on cardiovascular health. Specifically, I study how cardiovascular disease risk factors are altered after bariatric surgery. My research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association Foundation, and the NYU-HHC Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- abnormal heart rhythms
- acute coronary syndrome
- angina
- aortic disease
- aortic valve disease
- aortic valve stenosis
- aortoiliac occlusive disease
- arteriosclerosis
- atherosclerosis
- atrial fibrillation & atrial flutter
- atrial flutter
- bradycardia
- cardiac disease in pregnancy
- carotid artery disease
- carotid stenosis
- cerebrovascular disorder
- chest pain
- claudication
- coronary artery anomaly
- coronary artery disease
- endothelial dysfunction
- fainting
- familial hypercholesterolemia
- heart attack
- heart disease
- heart murmur
- heart muscle disease
- heart throbbing
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol level
- high triglycerides
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- hypocholesterolemia
- inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
- ischemic cardiomyopathy
- lipid disorders
- lipid metabolism
- metabolic syndrome
- mitral valve prolapse
- myocardial disease
- obesity
- occlusive vascular disease
- peripheral vascular disease
- platelet disorder
- polygenic hypercholesterolemia
- rapid heartbeat
- renal artery stenosis
- renal vascular disorder
- ventricular arrhythmias
Treatments
- exercise stress test
- heart rate monitoring
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Aortic Valve Disease , Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease , Atrial Fibrillation & Atrial Flutter , Bradycardia , Carotid Artery Disease , Coronary Artery Disease , High Blood Pressure , Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy , Lipid Disorders , Obesity , Renal Artery Stenosis , Ventricular ArrhythmiasCredentials
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), 2014
Education and Training
- Fellowship, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Cardiology, 2014
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2011
- MD from Duke University, 2008
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Sean P. Heffron, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
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Research My Research
Interests
obesity, lipids, cardiovascular risk, bariatric surgery, platelets, weight loss, metabolic syndrome, lipids, atherosclerosis, HDL, platelets, inflammation, resolution
Research Summary
Modulation of novel cardiovascular risk factors in obesity and weight loss
Our laboratory studies the effect of overweight, obesity, and weight loss (predominantly through bariatric surgery) on novel cardiovascular disease risk factors. Our translational studies have focused on high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and platelet characteristics and function in obesity and weight loss. We are also interested in how excess body weight influences the body’s ability to resolve inflammation. In particular, we are interested in how obesity and weight loss affect the anti-inflammatory/pro-resolving capacity of HDL and platelets, the synthesis of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators, and leukocyte response.
Understanding the effects of obesity on these risk factors and elucidating the mechanisms underlying them will help us to improve treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients both with and without obesity.
Research Interests Timeline
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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DISCOVER: A single-site double-blind placebo-controlled randomized mechanistic crossover trial to assess the influence of boDy weIght on aSpirin-triggered speCialized prO-resolVing mEdiatoRs
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PERSPIRE: A pilot study of Pro-rEsolving and pRo-inflammatory reSPonses to acute exhaustIve exeRcisE in healthy individuals
Publications
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Changes in Lipid Profile of Obese Patients following Contemporary Bariatric Surgery: A Meta-Analysis
Heffron, Sean P; Parikh, Amar; Volodarskiy, Alexandar; Ren-Fielding, Christine; Schwartzbard, Arthur; Nicholson, Joseph; Bangalore, SripalAmerican journal of medicine. 2016 Sep ; 129(9):952-9
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Heffron, Sean P; Rockman, Caron B; Gianos, Eugenia; Guo, Yu; Berger, Jeffrey S
Preventive medicine (1972). 2015 Mar ; 72:15-8
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Heffron, Sean P; Singh, Amita; Zagzag, Jonathan; Youn, Heekoung A; Underberg, James A; Fielding, George A; Ren-Fielding, Christine J
Atherosclerosis. 2014 Nov ; 237(1):183-90