Cara Lea Smith, MD, MA

Clinical Interests

• Premature coronary artery disease
• Heart failure

Research Interests

• Lipidology
• Premature coronary artery disease
• Ethics

Educational Background

• Residency, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• MD/MA, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Memberships

• American College of Physicians

Honors & Awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha

Selected Publications

Original Papers

Cara Lea Smith MD, Matthew Seigerman MD, Srinath Adusumalli MD MSc, Jay Giri MD MPH, Paul N Fiorilli MD, Daniel M Kolansky MD, Taisei Kobayashi MD. Evolution and Outcomes of Premature Coronary Artery Disease. Submitted to Current Cardiology Reports, 2020.

Smith, C.L. (2014) Shifting the balance: equalizing protection for both participants and beneficiaries of research. American Journal of Bioethics. 14(12):20-2.

Jyonouchi, S., Smith, C.L., Saretta, F., Abraham, V., Ruymann, K.R., Wang, M.L., Spergel, J.M., Cianferoni, A.(2014) Invariant natural killer T cells in children with eosinophilic esophagitis. Clinical Experimental Allergy. 44(1):58-68

Reed Mszar, BS, Dipika J. Gopal, MD, Rupa Chowdary, Cara Lea Smith, MD, Melinda L. Irwin, PhD, MPH, Daniel Soffer, MD, Richard Nemiroff, MD, Jennifer Lewey, MD, MPH. Racial/Ethinic and Sociodemographic Disparities in Lipid Screening and Risk Factor Awareness Among Pregnant Women receiving Prenatal Care. Accepted to Journal of American Heart Association, publication in fall, 2020.

Abstracts

Dipika Gopal, MD; Cara Smith, MD; Srinath Adusumalli, MD, MSc; Daniel Soffer, MD; Srinivas Denduluri, PhD; Richard Nemiroff, MD; Archna Bajaj, MD; Jennifer Lewey MD. Screening for Hyperlipidemia in Pregnant Women: An Underutilized Opportunity for Early Risk Assessment. Accepted by ACC for Spring, 2019 conference.

Cara Smith, MD. Daniel Soffer, MD. Ketogenic diet causing severe hypercholesterolemia in former athlete. American Journal of Lipidology. June, 2020.

Posters

Dipika Gopal, MD; Cara Smith, MD; Srinath Adusumalli, MD, MSc; Daniel Soffer, MD; Srinivas Denduluri, PhD; Richard Nemiroff, MD; Archna Bajaj, MD; Jennifer Lewey MD. Screening for Hyperlipidemia in Pregnant Women: An Underutilized Opportunity for Early Risk Assessment. Accepted by ACC for Spring, 2019 conference.