Email

bbozkurt@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Dean of Faculty

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Mary and Gordon Cain Chair of Internal Medicine in the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

W. A. "Tex" and Deborah Moncrief, Jr. Chair

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (Clinic)

Cardiology and Medical Care Line
2002 Holcombe
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-7070

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)

Cardiology and Medical Care Line
2002 Holcombe
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 794-7070

Education

Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

01/1997 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Heart Failure-Cardiac Transplantation

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/1994 - Houston, TX, United States

Internal Medicine

Internship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/1991 - Houston, TX, United States

Internal Medicine

MD from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

01/1989 - Istanbul, Turkey

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/1996 - Houston, United States

Cardiology

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Medical School

03/2009 - Houston, United States

Clinical Scientist Training Program

Certifications

Board Certified - Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Board Certified - Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation

Websites

Selected Publications

• Bozkurt, B.. " Differentiation Between Worsening Heart Failure and Decompensated Heart Failure. " JACC Heart Fail. 2023 ; 11 (7) : 859-861..
  Pubmed PMID: 37407159.
• Bozkurt, B.. " Targets for Success in Treatment of Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure. " JACC Heart Fail. 2022 ; 10 (10) : 782-784.
  Pubmed PMID: 36175064.
• Bozkurt, B., Kamat, I., Hotez, P.J.. " Myocarditis with COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines. " Circulation. 2021 ; 144 (6) : 471-484..
  Pubmed PMID: 34281357.
• Wheat, H.L., Fedson, S., Bozkurt, B., Josephson, R.A.. " Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure: Indications for Exercise Training Based on Heart Failure Phenotype. " Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 ; 70 : 16-21..
  Pubmed PMID: 34756951.

Languages

Turkish