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2010 Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty (confirmed as of 2/26/2010)

2010 CMHC Chairpersons
George Bakris, MD George Bakris, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Hypertensive Diseases Unit,
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine


Christie M. Ballantyne, MD Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center and Baylor College of Medicine
Robert H. Eckel, MD Robert H. Eckel, MD
Professor of Medicine
  Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
  Division of Cardiology
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
Director Discovery Translation
Colorado Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
Director Lipid Clinic, University Hospital
Jay S. Skyler, MD Jay S. Skyler, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, & Psychology
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Associate Director for Academic Programs
Diabetes Research Institute
 
2010 Faculty
Richard Bergman, PhD Richard Becker, MD
Professor of Medicine
Divisions of Cardiology and Hematology
Duke University School of Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Richard Bergman, PhD

Richard Bergman, PhD
Keck Professor of Medicine and Chair
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Kathy Berra, MD Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP
Clinical Director, HEART
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Board of Directors, PCNA
Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH
Chief of Cardiology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Director
Integrated Interventional Cardiovascular Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital
VA Boston Healthcare System
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Harvard Medical School

Christopher Cannon, MD Christopher Cannon, MD
Senior Investigator,
TIMI Study Group Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Charles Czeisler, PhD, MD Charles Czeisler, MD, PhD
Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine
Director, Division of Sleep Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Tara Dall, MD Tara Dall, MD
Advanced Lipidology, S.C.
Early Detection Center for Heart Disease & Diabetes Diplomate American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Keith Ferdinand Keith Ferdinand, MD
Clinical Professor, Cardiology Division, Emory University
Chief Science Officer, Association of Black Cardiologists

Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD
Professor, Rockefeller University
Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
James R. Gavin III, MD James Gavin III, MD, PhD
CEO & Chief Medical  Officer
Healing Our Village, Inc.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Henry Ginsberg Henry Ginsberg, MD
Irving Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director
Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
Columbia University Medical Center
Neal Kleiman, MD Neal Kleiman, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Professor, Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Rober Kushner, MD Robert Kushner, MD
Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Wendy Lane, MD Wendy Lane, MD
Clinical Endocrinologist
Director, Clinical Research Unit
Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Harold Lebovitz, MD Harold Lebovitz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism/Diabetes
State University of New York
Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn

Peter Libby, MD Peter Libby, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Steven E. Lipshultz, MD Steven Lipshultz, MD
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Chief of Staff of Holtz Children's Hospital
University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Peter McCullough, MD Peter McCullough, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology
William Beaumont Hospital
Clinical Professor of Health Science
Oakland University, School of Health Sciences
Darren McGuire, MD Darren McGuire, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
Director, Parkland Hospital and Health Systems
Outpatient Cardiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Richard Nesto, MD Richard Nesto, MD
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Chair, Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
D. Wayne Overby, MD D. Wayne Overby, MD
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Center for Bariatric Surgery
Daniel Rader, MD Daniel Rader, MD
Director
Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine & Lipid Clinic
Penn Cardiac Care at Presbyterian Medical Center
Paul Ridker, MD Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Eric B. Rimm Eric Rimm, ScD
Associate Professor in the
Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Director, Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Harvard Medical School
Donna H. Ryan, MD Donna Ryan, MD
Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research
Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
President, The Obesity Society
Allen J. Taylor, MD Allen Taylor, MD
Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Research Institute
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