2016 CMHC - Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty
Chairpersons
Robert H. Eckel, MD
- Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
- Division of Cardiology
- Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Emeritus
- Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Aurora, CO
George L. Bakris, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
- University of Chicago Medicine
- Chicago, IL
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
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
Distinguished Faculty
Rajiv Agarwal, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Indiana University School of Medicine & VA Medical Center
- Indianapolis, IN
Caroline M. Apovian, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
- Boston Medical Center
- Boston, MA
JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD
- Director, Heart Failure and Transplant
- Professor of Medicine
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Nashville, TN
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, MBA
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
- University of Mississippi
- Jackson, MS
Michael H. Davidson, MD*
- Clinical Professor
- Director of the Lipid Clinic
- The University of Chicago
- Pritzker School of Medicine
- Chicago, IL
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
Pamela B. Morris, MD
- Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
- Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Charleston, SC
Stephen Devries, MD, FACC
- Executive Director
- Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology
- Deerfield, 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
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
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
- Professor of Medicine
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
- New Orleans, LA
Henry N. Ginsberg, MD
- Irving Professor of Medicine
- Director, Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
- Columbia University
- New York, NY
Stephen Gottlieb, MD
- Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Research in Cardiology
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore, MD
Paul Gurny, MBA, MS
- Managing Director
- Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC
- Sparks, 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
Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH
- Professor of Medicine
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Boston, MA
David Joyce, MD, MBA
- Director Educational Programs
- Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC
- Sparks, MD
C. Ronald Kahn, MD
- Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Chief Academic Officer
- Joslin Diabetes Center
- Boston, MA
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Director, Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston, MA
Michael J. Koren, MD
- CEO and Director
- Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research
- Encore Research Group
- Jacksonville, FL
Peter Libby, MD
- Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Cardiovascular Specialist
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Boston, MA
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
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
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
Anne L. Peters, MD
- Professor, Keck School of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, CA
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD
- Corporate Vice President
- Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
- San Diego, CA
Robert E. Ratner, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Washington, DC
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
- Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Director
- Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Boston, MA
Julio Rosenstock, MD
- Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
Francesco Rubino, MD
- Professor and Chair
- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
- King's College
- London, UK
Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH
- TIMI Study Group
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston, MA
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
Robert D. Toto, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
- Dallas, TX
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
Jean-François Yale, MD, FRCPC
- Professor of Endocrinology
- McGill University Health Centre
- McGill University
- Montreal, Qc, Canada
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
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