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David Heller is a practicing internist and clinician-investigator who studies how to adapt primary care health systems in developing countries for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. As an assistant professor in the Department of Health System Design and Global Health and the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Heller focuses his work on cardiovascular disease control in Uganda and Ghana. As a Fogarty fellow in Mbale, Uganda, Dr. Heller conducted an evaluation of hypertension control programs associated with the SEARCH study, a randomized controlled trial of universal test-and-treat programs for HIV prevention and control. As a primary care research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Heller studied the impact of university-policymaker partnerships on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and the comparative effectiveness of statin use guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Heller’s writings have appeared in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Lancet editorial series.
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English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Global Health, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West
About Me
David Heller is a practicing internist and clinician-investigator who studies how to adapt primary care health systems in developing countries for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. As an assistant professor in the Department of Health System Design and Global Health and the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Heller focuses his work on cardiovascular disease control in Uganda and Ghana. As a Fogarty fellow in Mbale, Uganda, Dr. Heller conducted an evaluation of hypertension control programs associated with the SEARCH study, a randomized controlled trial of universal test-and-treat programs for HIV prevention and control. As a primary care research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Heller studied the impact of university-policymaker partnerships on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and the comparative effectiveness of statin use guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. In addition to peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Heller’s writings have appeared in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Lancet editorial series.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Global Health, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West
Education
AB, Brown University
MD, University of California San Francisco
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Residency, Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship, Primary Care
University of California San Francisco
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Research
Design and evaluation of programs to diagnose, prevent, and treat chronic non-infectious conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.
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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Heller has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
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