Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
Welcome! Our mission is to offer innovative treatments to the patient population served by the Medical College of Wisconsin while maintaining a safe, caring and well-controlled environment for our research patients.
About our trials
Our Cardiovascular Clinical Trials team conducts a variety of clinical studies at Froedtert Hospital and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center.
We provide patients the opportunity to participate in investigational treatment alternatives standard of care therapies do not offer. A team approach integrating faculty cardiologists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, pharmacists and other highly specialized professionals is utilized.
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Areas of Interest
- Atrial fibrillation
- Coronary artery disease prevention and long-term management
- Congenital heart disease and defects
- Management of congestive heart failure through disease progression
- Hypertrophic heart disease
- Brady and tachycardia management
- Hypertensive disease and lipid management structural heart disease (PFO, ASD)
- Stroke prevention
Alternative management may include drugs or devices.
Heart Failure
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Coronary Disease
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Valve Disease
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Structural Heart
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Vascular Disease
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Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor, Medical Director Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
Barbara Shimada-Krouwer, RN, BSN
Research Coordinator Lead
Sue Cotey, CVT
Clinical Research Assistant
Leanne Harmann, BA, RDCS, RDMS, RVT
Research Sonographer
Kaitlyn Duskin, BS, RDCS
Research Sonographer
Mary Wexler, BS, RT(R), CVT
Clinical Research Coordinator
Shelley Schultz, BS, MHA
Clinical Research Coordinator
Ashley Schwarz, BS, CCRC
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Sue Mauermann, RN, CCRC
Compliance Coordinator
Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
The Cardiovascular Research Service is currently conducting drug and/or device trials in the cardiac subspecialties listed. However, this does not limit what we may be working on tomorrow.
Please contact the Cardiovascular Trials program by calling (414) 955-7021 or at DOMCVClinTriStaff@mcw.edu.