Department of Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

Richard S. Schofield, MD, FACC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine Chief of the Cardiology Section, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System e-mail: schofrs@medicine.ufl.edu 1600 S.W. Archer Road, Box 100277, Gainesville, Florida Phone: 352-376-1611 (ext. 6324) Fax: 352-374-6103

Dr. Richard S. Schofield is the Chief of the Cardiology Section for the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and is a staff cardiologist at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. He is also an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Schofield has an interest in heart failure and cardiac transplantation and is an Attending Cardiologist in the Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program at the University of Florida. Dr. Schofield is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Society for Echocardiography, and is an active participant in a number of ongoing clinical research projects in the field of heart failure and/or heart transplantation. He is currently the local site Co-Principal Investigator for the trial. His recent interests have included application of telehealth management to patients with chronic heart failure, and he is the Principal Investigator of a telehealth heart failure management program funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Care Coordination.

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Academic Interests:

Dr. Schofield has interests in all aspects of clinical heart failure and cardiac transplantation, and has recently become active in the use of telehealth technologies to improve heart failure care in patients with chronic heart failure. He is the Principal Investigator of a clinical demonstration project funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, which seeks to apply telehealth management to veterans with severe chronic heart failure. He is also the Co-Principal Investigator of a companion project which seeks to apply telehealth technology to the care of patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome or acute myocardial infarction. He has a further interest in the effects of abnormal central arterial stiffness and arterial pulse wave reflections on cardiovascular disease. Dr. Schofield participates in service activities for the Department of Veterans Affairs on the local, regional, and national level and is a member of a national committee for the American College of Cardiology.

Clinical Interests:

Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Echocardiography

Representative Publications:

1. Schofield RS, Kline SE, Schmalfuss CM, Carver HM, Aranda JM, Pauly DF, Hill JA, Neugaard BI, Chumbler NR. Early outcomes of a care coordination-enhanced home telehealth program for elderly veterans with chronic heart failure. Telemedicine and E-Health 2005;11(1):20-27.
2. Schofield RS, Edwards DG, Schuler BT, Estrada J, Aranda JM, Pauly DF, Hill JA, Aggarwal R, Nichols WW. Vascular effects of sildenafil in hypertensive cardiac transplant recipients. Am J Hypertens 2003;16:874-7.
3. Schofield RS, Wessel TR, Walker TC, Cleeton TS, Hill JA, Aranda JM. Hyperhomocysteinemia in heart failure patients referred for cardiac transplantation: preliminary observations. Clin Cardiol 2003;26:407-10.
4. Schofield RS, Schuler BT, Edwards DG, Aranda JM, Hill JA, Nichols WW. Amplitude and timing of central aortic pressure wave reflections in heart transplant recipients. Am J Hypertens 2002;15:809-15.
5. Schofield RS, Hill JA, McGinn CJ, Aranda JM. Hormone therapy in men and risk of cardiac allograft rejection. J Heart Lung Transplant 2002;21:493