Dr. Hauptman is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the
Heart Failure and Transplant program at Saint Louis University
Hospital. He currently has a secondary appointment as Professor,
Health Management and Policy, at the School of Public Health.
Dr. Hauptman received his MD degree from Cornell University;
completed his medical residency at Brigham and Women’s
Hospital / Harvard Medical School; and completed general cardiology
and heart failure/transplant fellowships at Mount Sinai Hospital
(New York) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital respectively.
Prior to coming to Saint Louis University, Dr. Hauptman was
on faculty at Harvard Medical School.
He currently serves as an associate editor of the European
Journal of Heart Failure and on the editorial boards of the
Journal of Cardiac Failure and the Journal of the International
Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. He has received grant
funding from and has served on American Heart Association and
NIH study sections. At present, he is also the chairman of the
Care Standards Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America.
His research interests are focused on outcomes assessment in
advanced heart failure using large data bases. In addition,
he is interested in physician decision-making and end-of-life
issues in heart failure.
Education
MD- Cornell University
Courses