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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