Sawalla Guseh

Dr. J. Sawalla Guseh, II is cardiologist whose primary interests include the treatment of patients, professionals, and athletes with varied forms of heart disease. He directs fellowship training within the Cardiovascular Performance Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center.

Dr. Guseh received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA) and then completed internal medicine training, cardiovascular disease fellowship training, and sports cardiology fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA). He served as Chief Medical Resident of the Mass General Internal Medicine Training Program.

His honors and awards include the 2015 Roman W. DeSanctis Clinical Scholar Award, the 2017 American Heart Association’s Laennec Young Clinician Award.

Research

His ongoing research focuses on understanding the molecular influences of exercise on the biology of the heart. He conducts research in the Cardiovascular Research Center and the Cardiovascular Performance Program studying the cardiovascular adaptations to exercise as the pertain to health, disease, and human performance.

Departments, Centers, & Programs:

• Heart Center
  • Cardiovascular Performance Program
• Cardiology

Clinical Interests:

• Athlete's heart
• Coronary artery disease
• Exercise physiology
• High altitude travel and heart disease
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Ischemic heart disease
• Sports Cardiology
• Sudden cardiac death
• Syncope

Medical Education

• MD, Harvard Medical School
• Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

American Board Certifications

• Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine