Pam Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC
Professor of Medicine. Step Family Director's Endowed Chair, Director of Preventive Cardiology
Dr. Pam Taub is a board-certified cardiologist specializing in general and preventive cardiology. She is an internationally recognized researcher and expert in cardiometabolic disease.
Dr. Taub believes that prevention is the new frontier in cardiovascular medicine. She takes an evidence-based approach to care and tailors it to each patient, with the goal of minimizing medications and procedures. She also collaborates closely with other specialists to provide cardiac care for patients with complex, multi-system diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disease.
She is the director of Preventive Cardiology, the founding director of the Step Family Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, and a professor of medicine with tenure at UC San Diego. She also holds the Step Family Director's Endowed Chair. Dr. Taub was responsible for all aspects of creating the center, which is one of the largest comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programs in the world. She also leads the newly formed BEACON Center for Lipoprotein (a) Research and Innovation at UC San Diego.
She is active in clinical and translational research with continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health for the past 15 years, and serves as the principal investigator on multiple R01 grants. She has also received research funding from the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and American Heart Association. She is an experienced clinical trialist and serves on the executive committee for multiple international clinical trials focused on novel cardiovascular therapies.
Currently, she is investigating the impact of daily fasting on improving cardiometabolic parameters and on mitochondrial function; biomarkers for cardiovascular risk factor stratification; wearable/mobile devices in improving cardiovascular outcomes; and epicatechin (a compound in dark chocolate) on mitochondrial function/cellular bioenergetics and exercise capacity.
Dr. Taub holds multiple patents, has edited several textbooks, and is widely published with more than 150 high-impact articles in leading peer-reviewed journals that have influenced clinical practice. She has also served on multiple guideline committees.
She has consistently been selected by her peers as a top physician in San Diego Magazine's "Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" annual survey performed in collaboration with the San Diego County Medical Society.
Dr. Taub completed a fellowship in cardiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle and earned her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Taub holds multiple leadership positions in professional societies. She is a fellow and a former board member of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, a fellow and prior member of the American College of Cardiology's Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Council. Currently, she serves as Chair of the American Heart Association's Women in Cardiology Committee.
