Mark A. Creager

Vascular Medicine

Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center

About

Mark A. Creager works in Vascular Medicine affiliated with Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center.

Mark A. Creager serves as the Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and as a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He joined Dartmouth in 2015 after holding positions at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He previously served as President of the American Heart Association from 2015 to 2016.

Research focus

Peripheral Artery Disease ManagementVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular DiseasesCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

Impact

518 pubs · 81,840 cites · h-index 126

Training

MD
Temple University School of Medicine
1974

Affiliations

Work Experience

Director, Heart and Vascular Center

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · 2015 - Present

Professor of Medicine and Surgery

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth · 2015 - Present

Director, Vascular Center

Brigham and Women's Hospital · 1995 - 2012

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School · 1995 - 2015

President

American Heart Association · 2015 - 2016

Publications

Guideline1 mentionsCirculation Highlight

DEC 2012JacobsCirculation

ACCF/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline Methodology Summit Report

Dec 2012

Circulation Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

JacobsCirculation

ACCF/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline Methodology Summit Report

Original Research

AUG 1BonacaJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Great Strides…Now It’s Time to Run

13w ago

BonacaJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Great Strides…Now It’s Time to Run

Original ResearchJACC Highlight

JAN 2008CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Task Force 11: Training in Vascular Medicine and Peripheral Vascular Catheter-Based Interventions

Jan 2008Open Access

JACC Highlight

CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Task Force 11: Training in Vascular Medicine and Peripheral Vascular Catheter-Based Interventions

Case-Control Study3 mentionsJACC Highlight

MAR 1996WilliamsJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had significantly attenuated forearm blood flow responses to methacholine chloride and nitroprusside compared with healthy controls (p<0.005).

Clinical investigation demonstrates impaired nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, indicating generalized vascular endothelial dysfunction.

Mar 1996Open Access

JACC Highlight

Level 4: Case-Control

WilliamsJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus had significantly attenuated forearm blood flow responses to methacholine chloride and nitroprusside compared with healthy controls (p<0.005).

Implication

Clinical investigation demonstrates impaired nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, indicating generalized vascular endothelial dysfunction.

Sidney C. Smith

Professor of medicine, University of North Carolina

Unless improvements are made in behavior and medical therapy, the same blood vessel problem that caused [the] first heart attack or stroke can occur again –and may result in death –so long-term changes need to be initiated to get the vascular disease under control.

AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update

Journal of the American College of CardiologySmith et al.Nov 2011

Original ResearchCirculation Highlight

JUN 2008GornikCirculation

Aortitis

Jun 2008Open Access

Circulation Highlight

GornikCirculation

Aortitis

RCTCirculation Highlight

MAR 2006HirschCirculation

ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic)

Mar 2006

Circulation Highlight

Level 2: RCT

HirschCirculation

ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic)

GuidelineCirculation Highlight

SEP 2022CreagerCirculation

Assessing the Impact of the American Heart Association’s Research Portfolio: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

The AHA research portfolio from 2008 to 2017 successfully supported high-impact publications and career advancement for its awardees.

Sep 2022

Circulation Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

CreagerCirculation

Assessing the Impact of the American Heart Association’s Research Portfolio: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Implication

The AHA research portfolio from 2008 to 2017 successfully supported high-impact publications and career advancement for its awardees.

Lee A. Fleisher

Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania · University of Pennsylvania

4mo

Make sure that you're giving the right amount and monitoring their blood pressure and heart rate. Really think once, twice, and thrice about starting a protocol.

ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery

Journal of the American College of CardiologyFleisher et al.Oct 2007

Ivor J. Benjamin

Professor of medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin · Medical College of Wisconsin

4mo

As much as 80% of a person's health is determined by the social and economic conditions of their environment. To achieve social justice and mitigate health disparities, we must go to the margins and shift our discussions to be inclusive of populations such as rural and marginalized groups from the perspective of health equity lens for all.

2020 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Consensus Conference on Professionalism and Ethics: A Consensus Conference Report

Journal of the American College of CardiologyBenjamin et al.May 2021

Original ResearchACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

DEC 2011CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM/SVN/SVS Key Data Elements and Definitions for Peripheral Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease

Dec 2011

ACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM/SVN/SVS Key Data Elements and Definitions for Peripheral Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease

Guideline9 mentionsACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

MAR 2015HalperinJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACC 2015 Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS 4) (Revision of COCATS 3)

Provides the 2015 ACC Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS 4) for cardiology fellowship training.

Mar 2015

ACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

HalperinJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACC 2015 Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS 4) (Revision of COCATS 3)

Implication

Provides the 2015 ACC Core Cardiovascular Training Statement (COCATS 4) for cardiology fellowship training.

Original ResearchACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

JUL 2005BudoffJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance

Jul 2005

ReviewACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

BudoffJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACCF/AHA Clinical Competence Statement on Cardiac Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance

Original ResearchACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

SEP 2007KramerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Competence Statement on Vascular Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance

Sep 2007

ACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

KramerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Competence Statement on Vascular Imaging With Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance

Guideline8 mentionsACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

NOV 2020CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2021 ACC/AHA/SVM/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine (Revision of the 2004 ACC/ACP/SCAI/SVMB/SVS Clinical Competence Statement on Vascular Medicine and Catheter-Based Peripheral Vascular Interventions)

This article has been temporarily removed due to an embargo issue.

Nov 2020

ACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

CreagerJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2021 ACC/AHA/SVM/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine (Revision of the 2004 ACC/ACP/SCAI/SVMB/SVS Clinical Competence Statement on Vascular Medicine and Catheter-Based Peripheral Vascular Interventions)

Implication

This article has been temporarily removed due to an embargo issue.

Guideline2 mentionsFeatured in PodcastACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

DEC 2025DasJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Management of Peripheral Artery Disease in Adults With Diabetes: 2025 ACC Scientific Statement

This ACC scientific statement provides consensus recommendations for the screening, diagnosis, and evidence-based management of peripheral artery disease in adults with diabetes.

47w ago

Featured in PodcastACC Journal Scan (X) Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

DasJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Management of Peripheral Artery Disease in Adults With Diabetes: 2025 ACC Scientific Statement

Implication

This ACC scientific statement provides consensus recommendations for the screening, diagnosis, and evidence-based management of peripheral artery disease in adults with diabetes.

CardioNerds: 458. The Golden Age of Pulmonary Embolism Randomized Controlled Trials with Dr. Jay Giri

Guideline5 mentionsJACC Highlight

JAN 2002CorrettiJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery

Standardizes brachial FMD assessment for clinical vascular monitoring; extends protocols to improve reproducibility in endothelial research.

Jan 2002

JACC Highlight

Level 1: Clinical Guideline

CorrettiJournal of the American College of Cardiology

Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery

Implication

Standardizes brachial FMD assessment for clinical vascular monitoring; extends protocols to improve reproducibility in endothelial research.

RCTJACC Highlight

FEB 2011BrottJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Executive Summary

Feb 2011

JACC Highlight

Level 2: RCT

BrottJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease: Executive Summary

RCTJACC Highlight

FEB 2011BrottJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease

Feb 2011

JACC Highlight

Level 2: RCT

BrottJournal of the American College of Cardiology

2011 ASA/ACCF/AHA/AANN/AANS/ACR/ASNR/CNS/SAIP/SCAI/SIR/SNIS/SVM/SVS Guideline on the Management of Patients With Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease

cohort · n=5,861European Heart Journal Highlight

FEB 2014KumbhaniEuropean Heart Journal

Statin use is linked to ~18% fewer adverse limb outcomes in symptomatic PAD.

Statin therapy in patients with symptomatic PAD is associated with an 18% lower rate of adverse limb outcomes, reinforcing guideline recommendations for its use to improve both cardiovascular and limb prognosis.

Feb 2014Open Access

European Heart Journal Highlight

Level 3: Cohort Study

KumbhaniEuropean Heart Journal

Statin use is linked to ~18% fewer adverse limb outcomes in symptomatic PAD.

Implication

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