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2010 Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty (confirmed as of 8/4/2010)


2010 CMHC Chairpersons
George Bakris, MD George L. 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
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
David Badesch, MD David Badesch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences, Critical Care Medicine, and Cardiology
Clinical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
University of Colorado Denver
C. Noel Bairey Merz C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director Women’s Heart Center
Director Preventive & Rehabilitative Cardiac Center
Women’s Guild Endowed Chair in Women’s Health
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Richard Becker, MD Richard Becker, MD
Professor of  Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Thrombosis Center
Duke University Medical Center
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Richard Bergman, PhD Richard Bergman, PhD
Keck Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Kathy Berra, MD Kathy Berra, MSN, ANP
Clinical Director, Stanford Heart Network
Stanford University School of Medicine
Prevention Specialist
Cardiovascular Medicine & Coronary Interventions
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

Lawrence Blonde, MD Lawrence Blonde, MD
Director, Ochsner Diabetes Clinical Research Unit
Department of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
Associate Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Eugene Braunwald, MD Eugene Braunwald, MD
Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chairman, TIMI Group
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Eliot Brinton, MD Eliot Brinton, MD
Cardiovascular Genetics
University of Utah School of Medicine

John Buse, MD, PhD, CDE John Buse, MD, PhD, CDE
Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetes Center
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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
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
Paul Forfia, MD Paul Forfia, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD
Professor, Rockefeller University
Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kishore Gadde, MD Kishore Gadde, MD
Director, Obesity Clinical Trials Program
Duke University Medical Center
Om Ganda, MD Om Ganda, MD
Senior Physician & Director, Lipid Clinic
Chairman, Clinical Oversight Committee
Joslin Diabetes Center
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Alan Garber, MD, PhD Alan Garber, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Baylor College of Medicine
Attending Physician, The Methodist Hospital
Timothy Garvey, MD W. Timothy Garvey, MD
Butterworth Professor and Chair
Department of Nutrition Sciences
GRECC Investigator and staff physician
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Director, UAB Diabetes Research and Training Center
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
Thomas Giles, MD Thomas Giles, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Tulane University
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
Ronald Goldberg, MD Ronald Goldberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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 of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Clinical Director
Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity
Wendy Lane, MD Wendy Lane, MD
Clinical Endocrinologist
Director of Clinical Research
Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Jack Leahy, MD Jack Leahy, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Unit
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine
Harold Lebovitz, MD Harold Lebovitz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
The State University of New York
Health Science 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
Department of Pediatrics
Associate Executive Dean for Child Health
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Chief of Staff of Holtz, Children's Hospital
Michelle Look, MD Michelle Look, MD
Family Physician
Medical Director
San Diego Sports Medicine and Clinical
Research Family Health Center
Atul Malhotra, MD
Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Program
Clinical Chief, Sleep Medicine
Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

R. Preston Mason, PhD R. Preston Mason, PhD
President
Elucida Research Cardiovascular Institute
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Peter McCullough, MD Peter McCullough, MD, MPH
Consultant Cardiologist
Chief, Division of Nutrition & Preventive Medicine
William Beaumont Hospital
Clinical Professor of Health Science
Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Darren McGuire, MD Darren McGuire, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate, Donald W. Reynolds
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Richard Nesto, MD Richard Nesto, MD
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Chair
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Suzanne Oparil, MD Suzanne Oparil, MD
Professor and Director
Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham
D. Wayne Overby, MD D. Wayne Overby, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
University of North at Chapel Hill
Myung H. Park Myung Park, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Program
Division of Cardiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Anne Peters, MD Anne Peters, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Programs
Matthew Price, MD Matthew Price, MD
Assistant Professor
Scripps Translational Science Institute
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Scripps Clinic
Daniel Rader, MD Daniel Rader, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Preventive Cardiology & Lipid Clinic
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Robert Ratner, MD Robert Ratner, MD  
Vice President for Scientific Affairs
Medstar Research Institute
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 of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Director, Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Channing Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Julio Rosenstock, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Donna H. Ryan, MD Donna Ryan, MD
Professor
Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
President, The Obesity Society
Peter Stone, MD Peter Stone, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit
Director, Clinical Trials Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Allen J. Taylor, MD Allen Taylor, MD
Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Director of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging
Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Research Institute
Robert Wilensky, MD Robert Wilensky, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Interventional Cardiology Research
University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Wiviott, MD Stephen Wiviott, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Associate Physician, Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Carol Wysham, MD Carol Wysham, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Washington-School of Medicine
Section Head, Department of Endocrinology
Rockwood Clinic
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