Ludwine D. Paul, MSN, ACNP-BC, AACC is an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Associate of the American College of Cardiology (AACC) and a Nurse Practitioner within the Cardiomyopathy Department at Boston Medical Center/ Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Her interests are heart failure management, patient education and mentoring/precepting nurse practitioner students from surrounding Universities and Colleges in Massachusetts. She is a member of the Medical-Dental Staff Clinicians Council committee and the Re-admissions Strategy Working Group, the later aiming at improving heart failure re-admissions at Boston Medical Center.
Following graduation from Northeastern University as a Nurse Practitioner, Ludwine joined the Cardiology Group at Signature-Healthcare Brockton Hospital where she worked in various clinical and managerial roles over the course of 8 years including being the co-founder of their Advanced Heart Failure Program with Dr. Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth. Prior to joining Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Ludwine worked as Director of Nursing for the Adult Services at the May Institute Inc. covering the Northeast, Western Mass and Florida divisions. May Institute is a nonprofit organization with its corporate headquarters in Randolph, MA that provides a wide range of community-based services, educational, rehabilitative, and behavioral healthcare for adults of all ages with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Ludwine worked on standardization of nursing practices in collaboration with Quality Improvement and Human Resources Departments in regards to systems, standard operation procedures, documentation, nursing forms, job title, and work performance. Initiated residential nursing services in certain programs to improve health outcomes, and mentored non-allied staff on health-related matters. She initiated recognition of Nurses’ week in 2014 shortly after joining the institute and was an active member of different committees within the organization.
Ludwine is fluent in Haitian-Creole and is an Approved Bilingual Provider ID # ABP351. She often provides health related lectures for the Haitian community upon request.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are deeply important to me. Throughout my career, I often find myself working as sole woman of color within my department or one of the few within leadership roles. Consequently, I bring a different perspective to these spaces, and I actively work to pave the way for change and promote more inclusive communities for those who come after me.
My unique perspective is also vital in my work with patients. As an immigrant from Haiti where healthcare disparities are particularly prevalent due to not only a lack of access to healthcare, but also poor health literacy, I am sensitive to the challenges that non-English speaking patients in our current healthcare system face. As a result, throughout my career as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner I have been determined to work towards creating an environment where underrepresented minorities and socioeconomically underprivileged patients feel valued and appreciated. This include everything from taking the time to have them teach me how to say, “good morning” “good afternoon,” and “how are you today?” in their own language, to helping patients understand their disease while incorporating their own beliefs system into their management. I am also committed to increasing accessibility and equity by educating our patients about novel treatments for heart failure population. For example, I have been working with cardiomyopathy providers along with our cardiology nursing staff on the implementation of the CardioMEMS program at BMC. This is a program started in 2019 with the aim to reduce heart failure re-admissions within an ACO safety net organization.
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Paul LD, Moinul S, Urina-Jassir M, Gopal DM, Ayalon N. Expanding pulmonary artery pressure monitoring to racially and socially diverse populations: A pilot CardioMEMS program. Am J Med Sci. 2024 Jul 06.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38972379
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Madhani A, Sabogal N, Massillon D, Paul LD, Rodriguez C, Fine D, Helmke S, Winburn M, Kurian D, Raiszadeh F, Teruya S, Cohn E, Einstein AJ, Miller EJ, Connors LH, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Clinical Penetrance of the Transthyretin V122I Variant in Older Black Patients With Heart Failure: The SCAN-MP (Screening for Cardiac Amyloidosis With Nuclear Imaging in Minority Populations) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Aug; 12(15):e028973.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37486082; PMCID: PMC10492994; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028973;
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2022 American College of Cardiology:
Associate of the American College of Cardiology (AACC)
2006 Northeastern University, Boston, MA:
Nancy Walden Professional Achievement Award
2006 Northeastern University, Boston, MA:
Summa Cum Laude
2006 Northeastern University Boston, MA:
The Chancellor's List
2005 Northeastern University, Boston, MA:
The Chancellor’s List
2005 Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA:
Lily Kravitz Nursing Studies Award
2005 Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA:
Certification of Recognition: Diversity Mentoring Program
2005 National Scholars Honors Society:
National Scholars Honors Society Membership
2005 Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA:
Medicine House Staff Annual Nursing Awards
2005 The National Dean's List
2004 Northeastern University, Boston, MA:
Minority Fellowship
2004 The National Dean’s List