Aaron D. Kugelmass, MD

Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• System Vice President and Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Program at Baystate Health

Academic Appointment

• Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  Fellowship, Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology (1990-1994)
• University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
  Residency, Internal Medicine (1986-1989)
• Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  M.D. (1982-1986)
• Columbia College, New York, New York
  A.B. (summa cum laude) (1978-1982)

Scholarly Foci

• Interventional cardiology
• Acute coronary
• Cost effectiveness

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Kugelmass's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• American College of Cardiology
  • ACC Ambassador, China (2020-present)
  • ACC Asia Pacific Conference
    • Program Chair (2016-2019)
  • Joint Program for Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management
    • Chair (2015-2019)
  • Integrated Learning Committee
    • Chair (2012-2014)
  • Middle East Symposium
    • Program Chair (2011-2016)
  • Education Oversight Committee
    • Co-Chair (2010-2012)
• American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions
  • Program Chair (2009)

Significant Honors and Awards

• Focus on People Award, Henry Ford Health System (2005, 2006)
• Emergency Impact Award, AHA Scientific Sessions, American College of Emergency Medicine (2004)
• Finalist, Kalil Research Award, Beth Israel Hospital (1994)
• Trainee Investigator Award, AAP/ASCI/AFCR (1994)

Contact Information

 Department of Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-3015
Aaron.KugelmassMD@baystatehealth.org

(Updated January 2022)