Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD
Dr. Virend K. Somers is a consultant cardiologist in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, with joint appointments in the Division of Nephrology and Internal Medicine and the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Somers also directs the Cardiovascular Facility and the Sleep Facility within the Center for Clinical and […]
Krishnaswami (Kris) Vijayaraghavan (Vijay), MD, MS
Dr. Kris Vijay is a noninvasive cardiologist, heart failure specialist, endocrinologist, clinical lipidologist and ardent researcher having participated in more than 180 clinical trials and authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is the medical director of the Institute of Congestive Heart Failure at Abrazo Health Network, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona, […]
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, is Executive Director for Research at Providence Health Care, Co-Principal Investigator of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, and Professor of Medicine at the Kidney Research Institute and the University of Washington. Dr. Tuttleโs major research interests are in the areas of clinical and translational science and precision medicine strategies for […]
Angela Lowenstern, MD, MHS
Dr. Angela M. Lowenstern is a specialist in interventional and structural cardiology and assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her clinical specialties are in the treatment of coronary and valvular heart disease, and herย research interests lie in the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease as well as outcomes related to the […]
Michael A. Weber, MD
Dr. Michael A. Weber is a preventative cardiologist and hypertension specialist at Downstate College of Medicine of the State University of New York. He has been a leading part of several of the clinical trials that have helped define strategies for optimizing cardiovascular protection for patients with hypertension. He has been involved in drug development […]
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD
Dr. Athena Philis-Tsimikas is the corporate vice president of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute at Scripps Health in San Diego, California. With over 25 years of experience, she leads the Diabetes Care Line which creates programs, conducts research and delivers diabetes services across the Scripps Health system of hospitals, outpatient clinics, and community outreach initiatives. […]
Donna H. Ryan, MD
Dr. Donna H. Ryan is professor emerita of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where until retirement she directed clinical research for 22 years. Her own research includes participation on the teams that developed and executed studies such as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Preventing Overweight Using […]
Richard E. Pratley, MD
Dr. Richard E. Pratley is the medical director of the Florida Hospital Diabetes Institute, a senior scientist at the Florida Hospital Sanford-Burnham Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes, and a professor at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona. Dr. Pratley is an internationally recognized expert in diabetes, hosting frequent lectures and conducting […]
Spero M. Manson, PhD
Spero M. Manson, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center. As a member of the Pembina Band of Chippewa, Dr. Manson is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading authorities on Indian and Native health. […]
Steven E. Nissen
Steven E. Nissen MD, is Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. In 2006-2007 he served as President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the professional society representing American cardiologists. His research has […]
