Lawrence W Gimple, MD

Donald C. Barnes Professor of Cardiology in Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Acute Cardiology Service
Quality Director, Heart, and Vascular

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Faculty Profile

Dr. Gimple has been involved in various clinical and translational research programs on coronary heart disease. This has included participating in numerous clinical trials in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and the outpatient setting. His work has included studies in restenosis, acute myocardial infarction, targeted-temperature management in cardiac arrest patients, thrombosis, and acute coronary syndromes. Dr. Gimple was a founding board member of the UVA Coulter Translational Research Program, which pursues entrepreneurial projects to improve human health. He has been involved in numerous online medical education programs, including Cardiovillage.

• Kiehl EL, Parker AM, Matar RM, Gottbrecht MF, Johansen MC, Adams MP, Griffiths LA, Dunn SP, Bidwell KL, Menon V, Enfield KB, Gimple LW. C‐GRApH: A Validated Scoring System for Early Stratification of Neurologic Outcome After Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated With Targeted Temperature Management. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017;116:003821.
• Kiehl EL, Amuthan R, Adams MP, Love TE, Enfield KB, Gimple, LW, Cantillon DJ, Menon V. Initial arterial pH as a predictor of neurologic outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A propensity-adjusted analysis. Resuscitation 2019:03:036.
• Kwon Y, Stafford PL, Baruch MC, Kim SH, Cho Y, Mazimba S, Gimple LW. Tracking of the beat-to-beat blood pressure changes by the Caretaker physiological monitor against invasive central aortic measurement. Blood Press Monit 2021.