Doctor's Bio
Dr. Marc D. Thames, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University and former Chief of Cardiology/endowed Chair at Case Western Reserve University (Wearn Chair) and Temple University (Burnheimer Chair). He was also Chief of Cardiology at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research was funded (1974-99) by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs. From 2004 to 2017, he worked in a large private single specialty cardiovascular practice in Phoenix, AZ. He started his work at Grady in 2017. Since coming to Emory, he received the J. Willis Hurst Award in Teaching as the most outstanding faculty teacher in the Division of Cardiology (2018-19). He is thrilled to finish out his career at Grady Memorial Hospital!
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Fellowships
Mayo Clinic
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Parasympathetic response in women with coronary vascular dysfunction during mental stress compared to those with non-cardiac chest pain and reference controls.
Mehta PK, Sheikh SA, Dave EK, Shakoor RK, Torbati T, Shah A, Thames MD, Qiang L, Ko YA, Wei J, Shufelt C, Nelson MD, Samuels B, Azarbal B, Park J, Irwin MR, Krantz DS, Bairey Merz CN
International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature. 2025;
PMID: 40486938 - More Alike Than Not? Predicting Mortality in the Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care Units.
Wang J, Thames MD
JACC. Advances. 2024;3(1):100758.
PMID: 38939810 - Elevated Phenylalanine Levels-More Than a Biomarker?
Wang J, Thames MD
Critical care medicine. 2022;50(11):1670-1672.
PMID: 36227037 - Thrombi straddling patent foramen ovale: A case series with various management strategies.
Gill D, Jaber WA, Keeling WB, Thames MD
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 2022;99(5):1683-1686.
PMID: 35170845 - Alterations in heart rate variability are associated with abnormal myocardial perfusion.
Shah AS, Lampert R, Goldberg J, Bremner JD, Li L, Thames MD, Vaccarino V, Shah AJ
International journal of cardiology. 2020;
PMID: 32024598 - Cardiopulmonary Baroreflex Control of Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity Is Impaired in Dogs With Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
Dunlap ME, Kinugawa T, Sica DA, Thames MD
Journal of cardiac failure. 2019;25(10):819-827.
PMID: 31449963 - Denervation of vagal cardiopulmonary receptors by injection of kainic acid into the nodose ganglia in dogs.
Wallick DW, Dunlap ME, Stuesse SS, Thames MD
Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2002;102(1-2):85-9.
PMID: 12492140
PLANNING
PREPARING FOR YOUR VISIT
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