2016 CMHC - Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
• Chief, Section of Cardiology
• Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
• Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
• Baylor College of Medicine
• Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
• Houston, TX

George L. Bakris, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
• University of Chicago Medicine
• Chicago, IL

Rajiv Agarwal, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Indiana University School of Medicine & VA Medical Center
• Indianapolis, IN

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH

• Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Executive Director
• Interventional Cardiovascular Programs
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center
• Boston, MA

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP

• Magerstadt Professor of Medicine
• Professor of Medical Social Sciences
• Chief, Div. of Cardiology, Northwestern Univ.
• Feinberg School of Medicine
• Assoc. Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Chicago, IL

Michael H. Davidson, MD*

• Clinical Professor
• Director of the Lipid Clinic
• The University of Chicago
• Pritzker School of Medicine
• Chicago, IL

Michael Emmett, MD, MACP

• Chairman of Internal Medicine
• Ralph Tompsett Professor of Medicine
• Baylor University Medical Center
• Professor of Internal Medicine Texas A&M School of Medicine
• Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern
• Dallas, TX

Henry N. Ginsberg, MD

• Irving Professor of Medicine
• Director, Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
• Columbia University
• New York, NY

Paul Gurny, MBA, MS

• Managing Director
• Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC
• Sparks, MD

Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH

• Professor of Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Boston, MA

C. Ronald Kahn, MD

• Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Chief Academic Officer
• Joslin Diabetes Center
• Boston, MA

Michael J. Koren, MD

• CEO and Director
• Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research
• Encore Research Group
• Jacksonville, FL

Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD

• Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine
• Director, Stanford Center for Clinical Research (SCCR)
• Stanford, CA

Paul M. Muntner, PhD

• Professor and Vice Chair
• Department of Epidemiology
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Birmingham, AL

Suzanne Oparil, MD

• Distinguished Professor of Medicine
• Professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
• Director, Vascular Biology & Hypertension Program
• Division of Cardiovascular Disease
• Department of Medicine
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Birmingham, AL

Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD

• Corporate Vice President
• Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
• San Diego, CA

Paul M. Ridker, MD

• Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Director
• Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Boston, MA

Francesco Rubino, MD

• Professor and Chair
• Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
• King's College
• London, UK

Gregg W. Stone, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Columbia University
• Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education
• Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy
• New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center
• Co-Director of Medical Research and Education
• The Cardiovascular Research Foundation
• New York, NY

James A. Underberg, MD

• Lipidology & Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
• NYU Medical School & NYU Center for CV Prevention
• Director, Bellevue Hospital Lipid Clinic
• President-Elect National Lipid Association
• New York, NY

Jean-François Yale, MD, FRCPC

• Professor of Endocrinology
• McGill University Health Centre
• McGill University
• Montreal, Qc, Canada