Odayme Quesada

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.

Early life and education Quesada grew up in Cuba before moving to Miami. She received her MD and MHS degrees from Yale University School of Medicine. Women are encouraged to improve health and reduce stress through exercise, mindfulness and yoga, and to seek support from health and mental health resources. 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.

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. Quesada's center is also part of the WARRIOR trial (Women's Ischemia Trial to Reduce Events in Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease, NCT03417388) and the FREEDOM Trial, using cell therapy to attempt to repair coronary artery damage in cases such as coronary microvascular disease.

Awards and honors National Institute of Health (NIH) Career Development Award 2022, Health Care Hero, Cincinnati Business Courier 2025, Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Awardee

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