2016 CMHC - Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty

George L. Bakris, MD

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

Jay S. Skyler, MD

• Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, & Psychology
• Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Deputy Director for Clinical & Academic Programs
• Diabetes Research Institute
• Miami, FL

Caroline M. Apovian, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
• Boston Medical Center
• Boston, MA

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

Michael H. Davidson, MD*

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

Pamela B. Morris, MD

• Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
• Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
• Medical University of South Carolina
• Charleston, SC

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

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA

• Professor of Medicine
• Tulane University School of Medicine
• Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
• New Orleans, LA

Stephen Gottlieb, MD

• Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Director, Clinical Research in Cardiology
• University of Maryland
• Baltimore, MD

Irl B. Hirsch, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair
• University of Washington Medical Center
• Medical Director
• UWMC Diabetes Care Center
• Seattle, WA

David Joyce, MD, MBA

• Director Educational Programs
• Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC
• Sparks, MD

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Director, Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Boston, MA

Peter Libby, MD

• Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Cardiovascular Specialist
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Boston, MA

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

Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, FRCSC

• Cardiac Surgeon, St Michael’s Hospital
• Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
• and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
• Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology
• University of Toronto
• Canada Research Chair in Atherosclerosis

Bernard Zinman, MD

• Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes
• Sam and Judy Pencer Family Chair in Diabetes Research
• Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
• Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Mount Sinai Hospital
• Toronto, Ontario