Faculty Members - Women's Heart Health Summit

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Faculty Members

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Director of the Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Patricia J. M. Best, MD
Interventional Cardiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Chloe E. Bird, PhD
Senior Sociologist, RAND Corporation, and Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, California

Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH
Section Head, Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Shalini Bobra, MD
Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Health Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Susan Cahoon
Metro Director, American Heart Association

John G. Canto, MD, MSPH
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Research & Education, Watson Clinic
Director, Chest Pain Center, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, Florida

Anne B. Curtis, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Susan Czajkowski, PhD
Social Science Analyst, Division Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

John R. Finnegan, PhD
Dean, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Rachel Gilmore, MB, BCh
Emergency Department, Mayo Clinic

Kevin Graham, MD
Cardiologist, President of Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Elizabeth Grey, MD
Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Health Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Jennifer Hall, PhD
Director, Program in Translational Genomics, University of Minnesota

Robert Hauser, MD
Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Health Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Sharonne N. Hayes, MD
Director, Women's Heart Clinic, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Timothy D. Henry, MD
Cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Director of Research, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Suma Konety, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Anne Kukowski, MS, JD
Director, SagePlus Program, Cancer Control Section, Minnesota Department of Health

Ruth Lindquist, PhD, RN
Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing
Research Consultant, Women’s Heart Health Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Russell V. Luepker, MS, MD
Mayo Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine and Director, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota

Debra Moser, DNSc, MN, RN
Professor and Gill Chair of Cardiovascular Nursing, University of Kentucky School of Nursing

Mary Pawlenty, JD
First Lady, First Lady's Heart Health Initiative

Leopoldo Pozuelo, MD
Associate Director, Bakken Heart Brain Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Nancy Raymond, MD
Director, Deborah E. Powell Center for Women's Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rita Redberg, MD
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Services, University of California, San Francisco, California
Editor, Archives of Internal Medicine

Scott W. Sharkey, MD
Cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Doris Taylor, PhD
Professor, Integrative Biology/Physiology, University of Minnesota

Norma Thiessen, MD
Cardiologist, Women’s Heart Health Program, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Randal J. Thomas, MD, MS
Director, Cardiovascular Health Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and Project Director, CardioVision 2020, Rochester, Minnesota

Nanette K. Wenger, MD
Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

 

For more information, visit the following pages:  Summit Overview, Agenda, Planning Committee, Faculty.

 

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