2017 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

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

Catherine Davis Ahmed, MBA

• Vice President, Policy and Outreach
• The FH Foundation
• Pasadena, CA

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

Eugene Braunwald, MD

• Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic
• Harvard Medical School
• Chairman, TIMI Study Group
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• 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

Rajat Deo, MD, MTR*

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA

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

Roy Freeman, MD

• Professor of Neurology
• Harvard Medical School
• Director, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Boston, MA

Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM

• Chief Medical Officer and Director, Healthcare Transformation
• IBM Global Healthcare Life Science Industry
• Prof. University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
• Hopewell Junction, NY

David G. Harrison, MD, FACC, FAHA

• Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
• Professor, Department of Medicine
• Betty and Jack Bailey Chair in Cardiology
• Professor, Department of Pharmacology
• Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Nashville, TN

Robert John Hughes

• ChangeWell Inc.
• San Diego, CA

C. Ronald Kahn, MD

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

Wendy S. Lane, MD

• Clinical Endocrinologist
• Director of Clinical Research
• Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine Center
• Asheville, NC

Pamela B. Morris, MD

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

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

Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH

• Chairman, TIMI Study Group
• Lewis Dexter, MD Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Boston, MA

Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Director, Medical Chronobiology Program, Brigham & Women's Hospital
• Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
• Departments of Medicine and Neurology
• Brigham & Women's Hospital
• Boston, MA

Kumar Sharma, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Director, Institute of Metabolomic Medicine
• Center for Renal Translational Medicine
• UC San Diego Health Sciences
• San Diego, CA

Mark J. Tager, MD

• CEO
• ChangeWell Inc.
• San Diego, CA

Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Associate Clinical Chief, MGH Diabetes Center
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Boston, MA