Jennifer Thibodeau, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Internal Medicine
Biography
Dr. Thibodeau is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she also served as Chief Medical Resident. She completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine as well as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Thibodeau’s clinical interests are in the management of patients with advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, and ventricular assist devices.
Education
| Medical School | University of Maryland School of Medicine (2003) |
| Residency | University of Maryland Medical Center IM Residency Program (2007), Internal Medicine |
| Fellowship | University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas (2011), Cardiology |
Specialty Areas
Clinical Interests
- Primary Interests
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Transplant
- Left or Right Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
- Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADS)
Research Interests
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Transplantation
Publications
Featured Publications
Health Insurance is Usually Required for Heart Transplant Recipients but not Donors; When Informed of this Discrepancy, Public Willingness to Donate May Decrease
Thibodeau JT, Rao MP, Gupta C, Ayers CR, Gupta S, Mammen PPA, Markham DW, Mishkin JD, Patel PC, King LP, Drazner MH Journal of Cardiac Failure 2010 16 S49
Cardiovascular Disease
Taylor JA, Benitez RM In: Wolfsthal SD, ed. NMS-Medicine, Sixth edition. Baltimore, MD. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens 2007 1-50
B-type Natriuretic Peptide and N-Terminal Pro B-type Natriuretic Peptide are Depressed in Obesity Despite Higher Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressures
Taylor JA, Christenson RH, Rao K, Jorge M, Gottlieb SS American Heart Journal 2006 152 1071-6
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American College of Cardiology
- Heart Failure Society of America
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation