David Aguilar, MD

Dr. David Aguilar is the newest member of UK’s Adult Cardiovascular Medicine program. Dr. Aguilar graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and went on to complete both his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston. He has advanced training in non-invasive imaging, including echocardiography. He joins UK as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Prior to moving to Kentucky, Dr. Aguilar was a faculty member at the University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern Medical School in Houston and in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health.

Dr. Aguilar’s research interests have predominantly focused on the impact of cardiometabolic disorders (including type 2 diabetes mellitus) on health outcomes. He has been the principal investigator and co-investigator in multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and has been actively involved in clinical trials testing new treatment strategies in cardiovascular disease. He is active in American Heart Association, and he has participated in several scientific statements outlining optimal treatment strategies in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.