2016 CMHC - Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty

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, T32 in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Director, Lipid Clinic, University Hospital
• Aurora, CO

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

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

Javed Butler, MD, MPH

• Professor of Medicine
• Chief of Cardiology
• Stony Brook University
• Stony Brook, NY

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

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

Pamela B. Morris, MD

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

Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC

• Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
• Cleveland Clinic
• Professor of Medicine
• Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
• Cleveland, OH

Anne L. Peters, MD

• Professor, Keck School of Medicine
• Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
• University of Southern California
• Los Angeles, CA

Robert E. Ratner, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Washington, DC

Julio Rosenstock, MD

• Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
• Clinical Professor of Medicine
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Dallas, TX

Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH

• TIMI Study Group
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Harvard Medical School
• Boston, MA

Robert D. Toto, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
• Dallas, TX

Jean-François Yale, MD, FRCPC

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