Michael Ritt Jaff, DO
Medical Director, Mass General Vascular Center
Medical Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
Michael R. Jaff, DO, is the Medical Director of the Vascular Center and the Medical Director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory and Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital.
- Phone: 617-726-3784
- Departments
- Cardiology
- Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Surgery
Specialties
- Heart Center
- Vascular Medicine & Intervention
- Vascular Center
- Cardiology/Vascular Medicine
- Clinical Interests
- Venous thromboembolic disease - thrombolysis, IVC filters
- Renal/mesenteric Artery Disease
- Limb edema
- Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)
- Aortic aneurysm
- Carotid artery disease
- Peripheral artery disease of the legs
- Locations
- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Waltham: Mass General West
- Medical Education
- DO, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Gender
- Male
- Patient Age Group
- Adult
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes
BiographyMichael R. Jaff, DO, is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Heart, Vascular, and Stroke Care; Medical Director of the Vascular Center; and the Medical Director of the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory at Mass General.
Dr. Jaff is an active clinical consultant in all aspects of vascular medicine, including peripheral arterial disease, venous thromboembolic disease, aneurysmal diseases, and all diagnostic strategies in vascular medicine.
He is the founder and Medical Director of the Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, the largest of its kind in the United States. The Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory has participated in trial design and independent analysis of vascular laboratory images for over 100 prospective multicenter trials.
Dr. Jaff has published extensively in the field of vascular medicine with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and eight textbooks, is the past-president of the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, and received the first designation as Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, and is a registered physician in vascular interpretation (RPVI).
Dr. Jaff received an honorary Doctorate of Science from A.T. Still University School of Medicine in 2008, and received the Leaders in Vascular Education award at the annual Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting held in Las Vegas, Nevada in October 2010. In November 2011, Dr. Jaff became an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Research
Dr. Jaff is the founder and Medical Director of the Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, the largest of its kind in the United States. The Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory has participated in trial design and independent analysis of vascular laboratory images for more than 60 prospective multicenter trials dedicated to the field of vascular medicine and intervention.
Publications
CNN segment on Peripheral Arterial Disease featuring Dr. Michael Jaff
Dr. Michael Jaff, Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center, is featured in a CNN segment on Peripheral Arterial Disease.
Recognize the symptoms of peripheral artery disease
Michael Jaff, DO, encourages the public to recognize the symptoms of peripheral artery disease, a circulatory condition in which arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis reduce blood flow to the limbs, particularly to the legs and arms.
Michael Jaff, DO, discusses diabetes and its potential complications, such as peripheral artery disease
Michael Jaff, DO, Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center, says that if you have diabetes, your odds are 1 in 3 of developing peripheral artery disease, with potentially serious consequences. Learn more about why peripheral artery disease often goes undetected, and how it can be diagnosed and treated.
Michael Jaff, DO, explains how knowing your personal and family history may help prevent a stroke
Michael Jaff, DO, Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vascular Center explains how carotid artery disease can cause a stroke, unless it is found early and treated, and how you can identify your risk for this condition.
Mass General experts discuss diabetes
Our physicians discuss the education, management and prevention of diabetes, a condition affecting nearly 24 million adults and children in the United States.
Vascular Center celebrates five years
MGH Hotline 11.06.09 More than 100 MGH Vascular Center physicians, nurses and staff members gathered at the Liberty Hotel ballroom Oct. 28 to celebrate five years of excellence in clinical care, education and research.
MGH leads team demonstration of complex vascular interventions
MGH Hotline 11.19.10
VIVA Las Vegas
Mass General Heart & Vascular Center physicians perform demonstrations of complex vascular interventions for an educational conference in Las Vegas.
In General awards and honors 1.28.11
MGH Hotline 1.28.11 In General
Smoking Linked to Vascular Diseases
Quit smoking initiatives provide awareness and resources: featuring Q&A with Michael R. Jaff, medical director of the Mass General Vascular Center
Jaff to lead care redesign
Michael R. Jaff, DO, medical director of the Vascular Center, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory and Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, has been named the new leader of MGH/MGPO care redesign, part of the Partners-wide Strategic Initiative focused on ways to improve quality and efficiency of care.
Collaborative caring
To introduce the Institute of Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care to the MGH community, “Health Information Day” will be held Sept. 12 from 7 am to 8 pm under the Bulfinch Tents.
MGH physician offers tips on avoiding deep vein thrombosis
Learn more about the signs and symptoms of DVT as well as helpful hints on how to lessen the risk of developing this common but serious vascular condition.
Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Systemic Cardiovascular Disease
Experts from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care present a dynamic symposium on systemic cardiovascular disease.
The economics of cardiovascular disease
Michael R. Jaff, DO, chair of the MGH Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, addresses rising costs in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death for Americans.
Vascular Disease, Diabetes and Foot Ulcerations
Join Mass General experts for a continuing medical education event discussing interventions for patients with foot and ankle complications related to diabetes mellitus and vascular disease.
Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Systemic Cardiovascular Disease: An Integrated Approach to Treating Heart Failure and Valve Disease, Vascular Disease
Experts from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care present a dynamic symposium on systemic cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Michael R. Jaff invited to chair a California health task force
Dr. Michael R. Jaff named chairman and moderator of a task force aimed at increasing awareness of peripheral artery disease.
Kidney stenting lowers blood pressure in patients with severe hypertension
Patients with uncontrolled renovascular hypertension saw a significant improvement in their blood pressure with renal artery stent deployment.
Mass General receives top honor for stroke patients’ quality of care
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has received a top honor from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) for its commitment to improving its quality of care to stroke patients. The “2013 Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) Defect-Free Care Award” recognizes the MGH for providing defect-free care to more than 80 percent of patients admitted with stroke over the course of a year
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