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2011 Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty


Chairpersons
George Bakris, MD George L. Bakris, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Hypertensive Diseases Unit,
Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine


Christie M. Ballantyne, MD Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Robert H. Eckel, MD Robert H. Eckel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jay S. Skyler, MD Jay S. Skyler, MD, MACP
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
 
Distinguished Faculty
Martin Abrahamson, MD Martin Abrahamson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief Medical Officer
Joslin Diabetes Center
Brad Astor, MD David Aguilar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Brad Astor, MD Brad Astor, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
David Badesch, MD David Badesch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Sciences,
Critical Care Medicine, and Cardiology
Clinical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Center
University of Colorado Denver
Harold Bays, MD Harold Bays, MD
Medical Director/President
Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis
Research Center Inc
Rhonda Bentley-Lewis, MD, MBA, MMScD Rhonda Bentley-Lewis, MD, MBA, MMSc
Assistant in Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Diabetes Unit
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Shalender Bhasin, MD Shalender Bhasin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Director, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans
Independence Center for Function Promoting Anabolic Therapies
Boston Medical Center
Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH
Chief of Cardiology
VA Boston Healthcare System
Director, Integrated Interventional CV Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Eliot Brinton Eliot Brinton, MD
Director of the Metabolism Section of Cardiovascular Genetics
Associate Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Matthew Budoff, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Program Director, Division of Cardiology
Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
John Buse, MD, PhD, CDE John Buse, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetes Care Center
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Research
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Christopher Cannon, MD Christopher Cannon, MD
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Richard Channick, MD Richard Channick, MD
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Director
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
William Cushman, MD William Cromwell, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Chief, Lipoprotein and Metabolic Disorders Institute
William Cushman, MD William Cushman, MD
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
College of Medicine in Memphis
Chief, Preventive Medicine Section
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis
Tara Dall, MD Tara Dall, MD
Medical Director, President
Advanced Lipidology, SC
Early Detection Center for Heart Disease & Diabetes Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin
Jaime Davidson, MD Jaime Davidson, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
President WorldWIDE Diabetes
Michael Davidson, MD Michael Davidson, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Preventive Cardiology
The University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine
James DeLemos, MD James de Lemos, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Director, Cardiology Fellowship
UT Southwestern Medical School
Pamela Douglas, MD Pamela Douglas, MD
Ursula Geller Professor for Research
in Cardiovascular Diseases
Duke University Medical Center
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Program
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Keith Ferdinand Keith Ferdinand, MD
Clinical Professor
Cardiology Division
Emory University
Chief Science Officer
Association of Black Cardiologists
Vivian Fonseca, MD Vivian Fonseca, MD
Tullis–Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane University School of Medicine
JoAnne Foody, MD JoAnne Foody, MD
Medical Director
Cardiovascular Wellness Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Paul Forfia, MD Paul Forfia, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology
University of Pennsylvania
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD
Professor
Rockefeller University
Senior Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
James R. Gavin III, MD James Gavin III, MD, PhD
CEO & Chief Medical Officer
Healing Our Village, Inc.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
C. Michael Gibson, MD C. Michael Gibson, MD
Chief of Clinical Research, Division of Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director TIMI Core Laboratories and Data
Coordinating Center
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Thomas Giles, MD Thomas Giles, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane University School of Medicine
Richard Glassock, MD Richard Glassock, MD
Emeritus Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Alan Gradman, MD Alan Gradman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Temple University
Paul Gurbel, MD Paul Gurbel, MD
Director, Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Edward Horton, MD Edward Horton, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Investigator
Joslin Diabetes Center
C. Ronald Kahn, MD C. Ronald Kahn, MD
Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Vice Chairman of the Board
Joslin Diabetes Center
Lee Kaplan, MD Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, MGH Weight Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neil Kleiman, MD Neal Kleiman, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Samuel Klein, MD Samuel Klein, MD
William H. Danforth
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science
Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Washington University School of Medicine
Peter Libby, MD Peter Libby, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Robert Like, MD Robert Like, MD
Professor and Director
Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Staff Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Division
Director, Cardiometabolic Program
Mayo Clinic
R. Preston Mason, PhD R. Preston Mason, PhD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Scientific Director, Elucida Research
Mary McGowan, MD Mary McGowan, MD
Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Executive Director Phase I-IV Clinical Trials
Medpace
Darren McGuire, MD Darren McGuire, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate, Donald W. Reynolds
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Puja Mehta, MD Puja Mehta, MD
Instructor
Women's Heart Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Luigi Meneghini, MD

Luigi Meneghini, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Diabetes & Metabolism Director, Eleanor and Joseph Kosow Diabetes Treatment Center, Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Mark Molitch, MD Mark Molitch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Michael Miller, MD Michael Miller, MD
Professor of Medicine
Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Director, Center for Preventive Cardiology
University of Maryland Medical Center
David Morrow, MD David Morrow, MD, MPH
Director, Levine Cardiac Unit, Cardiovascular Division
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Stephen Nicholls, MD, PhD Stephen Nicholls, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine
Cardiovascular Director, Cleveland Clinic
Coordinating Center for Clinical Research
Heart & Vascular Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Erik Ohman, MD E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Program for Advanced Coronary Disease
Director, UNC Heart Center
Duke University Medical Center
Daniel Rader, MD Anne Peters, MD
Professor, Keck School of Medicine
Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
University of Southern California
Jorge Plutzky, MD Jorge Plutzky, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Daniel Rader, MD Daniel Rader, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Paul Ridker, MD Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH
Chairman of the TIMI Study Group
Associate Physician in Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Jean-Claude Tardif, MD Jean-Claude Tardif, MD
Director, Montreal Heart Institute Research Center
Professor of Medicine
Endowed Research Chair in Atherosclerosis
University of Montreal
Eric Velazquez, MD Eric Velazquez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Diagnostic Unit
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University Health System
Carol Wysham, MD Margaret Wierman, MD
Professor in Medicine
Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Denver
Chief of Endocrinology
Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Carol Wysham, MD Carol Wysham, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Washington-School of Medicine
Section Head, Rockwood Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology
Bernard Zinman, MD Bernard Zinman, MD
Director, Leadership Sinai Center for Diabetes
Mount Sinai Hospital
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto