I approach every patient-doctor relationship as a partnership built on a foundation of mutual respect and understanding. My job as your cardiologist is not to tell you what to do but rather to provide you with the most up-to-date and evidence-based recommendations that I can, and together we will formulate a treatment plan that is consistent with your preferences and goals.

Ryan Lahey, MD, PhD
Cardiology
Practices In:
Joliet, New Lenox
Patients Seen:
Adults
Languages
English, Spanish
Awards & Accolades
Resident Teaching Award
2018
First Prize, Northwestern University Internal Medicine Resident Research Day
2018
Resident Teaching Award
2017
Resident Teaching Award
2016
Predoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate
2014
Mark R. Lambrecht Award for Scholarship and Commitment, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
2013
Young Investigator Award, University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Cardiovascular Research
2013
Top Graduate Student Abstract, University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Cardiovascular Research Day
2011
University of Illinois at Chicago Chancellor’s Student Service and Leadership Award
2010
Clinical Interests
I have conducted extensive research looking into the ways in which energy metabolism changes in heart failure. I have a specific interest in prevention and the ways in which lifestyle (body weight, diet, exercise) contributes to cardiovascular risk over the course of a person’s life.
Personal Interests
Running, skiing, cooking, listening to music, traveling.
Memberships
American Heart Association
American Physician Scientists Association
Silver Cross Hospital
Palos Community Hospital
Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital, Joliet
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers
School
University of Illinois Chicago
College of Medicine
Graduation Date:
2016
Degree:
MD
University of Illinois Chicago
College of Medicine
Graduation Date:
2016
Degree:
PhD in Physiology and Biophysics
Washington University
Graduation Date:
2007
Degree:
BS in Biomedical Engineering
Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Resident in Internal Medicine
Fellowships
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease
Provider's Contributions

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Provider’s Publications
Kudo T, Lahey R, Hirschfeld CB, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular testing in Asia: the IAEA INCAPS-COVID study. JACC Asia.
2021
Hirschfeld CB, Lahey R, Malkovskiy E, et al. The impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular imaging in the United States: findings from a 108-country IAEA study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.
2021
Lahey R, Zilinyi R, Bohnen M, Bravo C, Siegelin M, Lee SH, Axsom K. Case of the pink cells: a rare cause of acute shock in chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;75(11,Supp1):3355.
2019
Lahey R, Khan SS. Trends in obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2018; 5:243-251.
2018
Lahey R, Carley AN, Wang X, Glass CE, Accola K, Silvestry SC, O’Donnell JM, Lewandowski ED. Enhanced redox state and efficiency of glucose oxidation with miR based suppression of maladaptive NADPH-dependent malic enzyme 1 expression in hypertrophied hearts. Circ Res. 2018;122(6):836-845.
2018
Lahey R, Fischer SK, Wang X, Bi J, Carley AN, O’Donnell JM, Lewandowski ED. Suppressing increased expression of NADPH-dependent malic enzyme 1 in hypertrophied hearts eliminates maladaptive anaplerosis and improves redox conditions. Circulation. 2014;130:A15571.
2014
Lahey R, Lewandowski ED. Lipid dynamics in decompensated hearts are influenced by chain composition of major dietary fats and linked to nuclear signaling through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2013;65:S87.
2013
Lahey R, Lewandowski ED. Chain length and saturation of primary dietary fats mediate impaired or preserved triglyceride dynamics and contractility in decompensated hearts. Circulation. 2012;126:A9304.
2012
Lahey R, Lewandowski ED. Fatty acid chain length distinguishes lipid storage kinetics in the intact perfused rat heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011;51:S24.
2011
Maxwell DJ, Bonde J, Hess DA, Hohm SA, Lahey R, Zhou P, Creer MH, Piwnica- Worms D, Nolta JA. Fluorophore conjugated iron oxide nanoparticle labeling and analysis of engrafting human hematopoietic stem cells. Stem Cells. 2008;26:517-524.
2008
Hess DA, Bonde J, Craft TP, Wirthlin L, Hohm SA, Lahey R, Meyerrose TL, DiPersio JF, Divine SM, Nolta JA. Human progenitor cells rapidly mobilized by AMD3100 repopulate NOD/SCID mice with increased frequency in comparison to cells from the same donor mobilized by granulocyte colony stimulating factor. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007;13:398-411.
2007
Hess DA, Wirthlin L, Craft TP, Herrbrich PE, Hohm SA, Lahey R, Eades WC, Creer MH, Nolta JA. Selection based on CD133 and high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity isolates long-term reconstituting human hematopoietic stem cells. Blood. 2006;107:2162-2169.
2006
Bonde J, Maxwell DJ, Hess DA, Lahey R, Creer MH, Piwnica-Worms D, Nolta JA. In vivo imaging and tracking of defined, repopulating human stem cell subsets using fluorescence conjugated nanoparticles in a clinically applicable ex vivo protocol. Blood. 2005;106(11):3031.
2005
Bonde J, Hess DA, Maxwell DJ, Lahey R, Creer MH, Piwnica-Worms D, Nolta JA. Comparison of human stem cell homing after intravenous or intra-femoral transplantation using multimodal in vivo imaging of repopulating human CD34+ cells labeled with far-red fluorescent-conjugated nanoparticles. Blood. 2005;106:2196.
2005
Hess DA, Wirthlin L, Craft TP, Bonde J, Lahey RW, Hohm SA, Herrbrich PE, DiPersio JF, Devine SM, Nolta JA. Human CD34+ cells mobilized by AMD3100 demonstrate enhanced NOD/SCID repopulating function compared to CD34+ cells mobilized by granulocyte colony stimulating factor. Blood. 2005;106:1962.
2005
Lahey R, Bonde J, Nolta JA. Uptake of protamine sulphate complexed fluorescent nano particles is not defined by cell cycle status in primary human CD34+ cells: use of a multi-color p27kip1 based flow cytometric assay. Blood. 2005;106:1363.
2005
Bonde J, Lahey R, Herrbrich P, Nolta JA. Use of multi-color p27kip1 based flow cytometric assay to evaluate and characterize G0 to G1 cell cycle related changes in human hematopoietic cells after subjection to a clinically applicable ex vivo transduction protocol. Mol Ther. 2005;11(S1):S400.
2005
Bonde J, Maxwell DJ, Hess DA, Lahey R, Piwnica-Worms D, Nolta JA. Transient transduction of repopulating human CD34+ cells wsing nanoparticles in a clinically applicable ex vivo protocol. Mol Ther. 2005;11:S304.
2005
Bonde J, Maxwell DJ, Hess DA, Lahey R, Piwnica-Worms D, Nolta JA. Differential, transient transduction of defined human stem cell subsets using nanoparticles in a clinically applicable ex vivo protocol. Mol Ther. 2005;11:S83- S84.
2005
Bonde J, Herrbrich P, Lahey R, Nolta JA. Use of multi-color p27kip1 based flow cytometric assay to evaluate and characterize G0 to G1 cell cycle related changes in human hematopoietic cells after subjection to a clinically applicable ex vivo transduction protocol. Blood. 2004;104(11):5283.
2005
Bonde J, Hess DA, Lahey R, DiPersio JF, Nolta JA, Devine SM. Multilineage analysis of paired AMD-3100 and G-CSF mobilized-peripheral blood stem cell products from healthy donors undergoing clinical mobilization: a pilot study. Blood. 2004;104(11):2848.
2004
Procedures
2-D Echocardiographic Stress Testing, 30-Day Event Monitoring, CT (Computed Axial Tomography), Cardiac Amyloidosis Imaging ((99m)Tc-PYP), Cardiac Stress Testing, Coronary CT Angiography, Echocardiogram, Echocardiographic Stress Testing, Echocardiography Stress Testing, Electrocardiogram (EKG), Imaging, MUGA Testing, Nuclear Stress Testing, Pharmacologic Stress Testing, Transesophageal Echocardiography
Conditions
Angina, Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib), Cartoid Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, Dyslipidemia, High Blood Pressure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Valvular Heart Disease, Women and Heart Disease
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