Odayme Quesada

Odayme Quesada
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External videos
How to prevent heart disease with Odayme Quesada, MD, The Christ Hospital, Feb 15, 2023
"Having a Heart-to-Heart with Dr. Odayme Quesada", Cincy Lifestyle, Oct 21, 2020.

Odayme Quesada is a cardiologist who specializes in heart diseases in women. Quesada holds the Ginger Warner Endowed Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Health and is the medical director of The Women's Heart Center at The Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati.[1][2]

Early life and education

Quesada grew up in Cuba before moving to Miami.[3][2] She earned her Bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Florida.[4] She received her MD and MHS degrees from Yale University School of Medicine.[1] This was followed by a residency in internal medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and a cardiovascular research fellowship at the Smidt Heart Institute of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she worked with C. Noel Bairey Merz.[1][5]

Career

Quesada is the medical director of The Women's Heart Center at Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati, where she holds the Ginger Warner Endowed Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Health. Quesada established The Women's Heart Center and the Coronary Microvascular and Vasomotor Dysfunction (CMVD) program at The Christ Hospital as of 2020.[1]

Quesada studies cardiovascular diseases and the long-term effects of persistent social and economic factors such as childhood adversity, financial disadvantage, intimate partner violence and caregiver stress, all of which disproportionately affect women.[6] Women are encouraged to improve health and reduce stress through exercise, mindfulness and yoga, and to seek support from health and mental health resources.[6] Quesada is fluent in Spanish[7] and works to improve the health of Latina women, who are both at higher risk and culturally diverse, through the Latina Heart Health Awareness Campaign.[8]

Quesada researches connections between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and cardiovascular disease. Pregnant women who experience preeclampsia have up to a fourfold risk for early heart disease.[9][5][10] Quesada's center is also part of the WARRIOR trial (Women's Ischemia Trial to Reduce Events in Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, NCT03417388)[10][11][12] and the FREEDOM Trial, using cell therapy to attempt to repair coronary artery damage in cases such as coronary microvascular disease.[10][13]

Awards and honors

  • National Institute of Health (NIH) Career Development Award [9]
  • 2022, Health Care Hero, Cincinnati Business Courier[14]
  • 2025, Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Awardee[15]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Doctor Odayme Quesada". esc365.escardio.org. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Christ Hospital launches new women's heart center led by 'rock star' M.D." Cincinnati Business Courier. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Dr. Odayme Quesada - Breaking Barriers - The Journey to Better". The Journey to Bette. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  4. ^ "The WHAM Research Collaborative". Wham Now. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Heartfelt Focus – Dr. Quesada's Story". WISe Wellness Guild. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b Dippold, Bryn (February 27, 2025). "Keep Calm for Your Heart". Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Press Release Details". www.thechristhospital.com. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  8. ^ Weingartner, Tana (21 March 2023). "Heart health initiative aims to reach Latinas / Iniciativa de salud del corazón tiene como objetivo llegar a las latinas". WVXU. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b "Women's Heart Center Care Team". The Christ Hospital. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b c "Vital research on women's heart health underway". The Enquirer. February 23, 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  11. ^ Vervaat, FE; de Vos, A; Schenk, J; Tonino, PAL; Wijnbergen, IF (9 June 2025). "Treatment Modalities for Angina with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (ANOCA): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14 (12): 4069. doi:10.3390/jcm14124069. PMC 12194334. PMID 40565817.
  12. ^ "Women's Ischemia Trial to Reduce Events in Non-Obstructive CAD". American College of Cardiology. Mar 29, 2025.
  13. ^ Bonis, Liz (31 January 2022). "Breakthroughs in Medicine: New research uses stem cells in healing in FREEDOM Trial". WKRC. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  14. ^ "2022 Health Care Heroes winner: Dr. Odayme Quesada". Cincinnati Business Courier. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program". www.3blmedia.com. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
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