Department of Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

James A. Hill, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.C. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Professor of Medicine Director, Heart Failure e-mail: hillja@medicine.ufl.edu University of Florida 1600 SW Archer Road P.O. Box 100277 Gainesville, FL 32610-0277

Dr. James A. Hill is a cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine where he also completed Internal Medicine training. He received an MS degree in Administrative Medicine from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He completed training in cardiovascular diseases at the University of Florida in 1982 and has been on the faculty there since. Dr. Hill has served in a number of capacities during his tenure including Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization laboratories for 10 years and for the last nine years as Medical Director of the Heart Failure/Transplantation program. A recognized expert in both cardiac catheterization and heart failure, he is the author or co-author of more than 180 papers and book chapters. More recently, he has begun a collaborative effort with the Department of Radiology to develop a clinical and training program in cardiac MR and CT imaging at the University of Florida. He has been an investigator in many clinical trials and served in a number of capacities in local and national professional organizations.

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Dr. Hill has been a principal investigator in many clinical trials most recently in the areas of heart failure and transplantation.  He has also served in a number of capacities in local and national professional organizations.  He currently serves on the Heart Failure and Transplantation committee of the American College of Cardiology.

Clinical Interests:

Cardiac Catheterization. Heart failure/transplantation. Cardiac CT/MR.

Representative Publications:

• Pepine CJ, HILL JA, Lambert CR, editors. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization, Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins; 1989,1994,1998.
• Aranda JM, Jr, Schofield RS, Pauly DF, Cleeton TS, Walker TC, Monroe VS, Leach D, Lopez L, HILL JA. Comparison of dobutamine vs milrinone therapy in hospitalized patients awaiting cardiac transplantation: A prospective randomized trial. Am Heart J 2003;145:324-329.
• Braith RW, Magyari PM, Fulton MN, Aranda JM, Jr, Walker T, HILL JA. Resistance exercise training and alendronate reverse glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2003;22:1082-1090.
• Aranda JM, Jr, Woo GW, Conti JB, Schofield RS, HILL JA. Use of cardiac resynchronization therapy to optimize beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS duration. Am J Cardiol 2005;95:889-891.
• Braith RW, Magyari PM, Fulton MN, Lisor CF, Vogel SE, HILL JA, Aranda JM, Jr. Comparison of calcitonin versus calcitonin plus resistance exercise as prophylaxis for osteoporosis in heart transplant recipients. Transplantation 2006;81:1191-1195.
• HILL JA, Yancy CW, Abraham WT. Beyond diuretics: Management of volume overload in acute heart failure syndromes. Amer J Med 2006;119:S37-S44.
  

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