Dr. Pam Taub, MD
Not yet claimedCardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Physician (MD)
La Jolla, CA
Professor of Medicine at UC San Diego and founding director of the Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, focusing on preventive cardiology and women's cardiovascular health.
About Dr. Pam Taub, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Pam Taub is a cardiologist who focuses on preventive cardiology. She practices with UC San Diego Health in the La Jolla and San Diego area and is a Professor of Medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (https://profiles.ucsd.edu/pam.taub).
She earned her MD at Boston University School of Medicine, completed internal medicine residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, and did her cardiovascular medicine fellowship at UC San Diego (https://profiles.ucsd.edu/pam.taub, https://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/faculty/pam-taub/, https://cardiology.ucsd.edu/research/labs/preventive/about/pam-taub.html). She is the founding director of the Step Family Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center and directs preventive cardiology at UC San Diego (https://profiles.ucsd.edu/pam.taub, https://www.doximity.com/cv/pam-taub-md-slash-1).
Much of her public work involves research and guideline writing. She has been credited with more than 100 publications, book chapters and abstracts, and she runs research funded by the NIH, the Department of Defense and the American Heart Association (https://profiles.ucsd.edu/pam.taub, https://reachmd.com/profiles/pam-r-taub-md-facc-faspc/j1D0qv/biography/). She served on the writing committee for the 2025 ACC/AHA guideline on acute coronary syndromes and the 2022 ACC expert consensus pathway on heart problems after COVID-19 (https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.11.009, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35307156/). She was a co-corresponding author on a UC San Diego and Salk Institute study of time-restricted eating in firefighters (https://today.ucsd.edu/story/study-time-restricted-eating-improves-cardiovascular-health-for-firefighters).
Federal Open Payments records for 2021 through 2025 list $887,116.29 in industry payments to her across 637 records, with the largest amounts from Novo Nordisk, Medtronic and Boehringer Ingelheim. Payments from drug and device makers to physicians are common and legal, and are often tied to research, consulting or speaking work; patients can ask a doctor directly how such relationships may relate to their care.
- Preventive cardiology director
- She is Director of Preventive Cardiology at UC San Diego and founding director of the Step Family Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. profiles.ucsd.edu
- Board certifications listed
- Her UC San Diego page lists board certification in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and nuclear cardiology. cardiology.ucsd.edu
- National guideline author
- She was a writing committee member for the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI guideline on managing patients with acute coronary syndromes. jacc.org
- COVID-19 heart care guidance
- She helped write the 2022 ACC expert consensus decision pathway on cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 in adults, covering myocarditis, long COVID and return to play. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Research on meal timing
- She was co-corresponding author on a UC San Diego and Salk Institute study showing time-restricted eating improved cardiovascular measures in firefighters, a shift-working group. today.ucsd.edu
- Funded researcher
- She has served as a principal investigator on NIH R01 funding and has received support from the Department of Defense and the American Heart Association. reachmd.com
- Published author
- She has more than 100 publications, book chapters and abstracts, including in Cell Metabolism and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and wrote a book on nutritional and dietary approaches to cardiovascular disease. cardiology.ucsd.edu
- Leadership recognition
- WomenHeart recognized her for excellence in medical leadership through its Wenger Awards program. womenheart.org
- Hospital affiliations
- Her CV lists affiliations with UC San Diego Medical Center–Hillcrest and the Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center. doximity.com
Worth knowing
- CMS Open Payments records for 2021 through 2025 show $887,116.29 in industry payments across 637 records, with the largest totals from Novo Nordisk, Medtronic and Boehringer Ingelheim. Such payments are common and legal and often reflect research, consulting or speaking work. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- Her certifications are listed differently in different places: her UC San Diego page lists nuclear cardiology in addition to internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, while a conference faculty bio lists only internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. cardiometabolichealth.org
- At least one outside profile page still lists her former title of Associate Professor rather than her current rank of Professor. theconversation.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$887,116
637 payments
| 2021 | $87,837 |
| 2022 | $131,642 |
| 2023 | $155,269 |
| 2024 | $247,175 |
| 2025 | $265,193 |
Top payers
- Novo Nordisk AS$171,109
- Novo Nordisk Inc$97,883
- Medtronic, Inc.$76,919
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$71,625
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$53,091
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$495,636
- Travel and Lodging$198,514
- Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$167,399
- Food and Beverage$15,381
- Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$7,913
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
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Practice location
UC San Diego Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Program (Step Family Foundation Center)
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
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