President

Nathan D. Wong, PhD
Dr. Wong is Professor and Director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology at University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. Read more

President

Nathan D. Wong, PhD
Dr. Wong is Professor and Director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology at University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He is also Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at UCLA and a consulting investigator with the Department of Imaging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Wong has more than 20 years of experience as a cardiovascular epidemiologist, and has authored or coauthored more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the area of preventive cardiology, including his principal research areas involving early detection of atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, lipids, and hypertension. He holds PhD and MPH degrees in epidemiology from Yale University. A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Dr Wong serves on the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and is a cardiovascular health fellow of the American Hospital Association. He has lectured nationally and internationally on his research and on various topics in preventive cardiology. Read less

Immediate Past President

Peter W.F., Wilson, MD
Peter W. F. Wilson, MD is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health (Global Health, Epidemiology) in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, where he is Director of Epidemiology and Genomic Medicine at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Read more

Immediate Past President

Peter W.F., Wilson, MD
Peter W. F. Wilson, MD is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health (Global Health, Epidemiology) in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, where he is Director of Epidemiology and Genomic Medicine at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He graduated with a B.S. from Yale University in 1970 and a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1974. His postgraduate medical training took place at Duke University and he is board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology. He was previously employed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1978-1999), Director of Laboratories at the Framingham Heart Study (1983-2003), Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine (1999-2003) and Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (2003-2006). His research focuses on metabolic and cardiovascular disease in populations. He is an author or coauthor of more than 500 scientific articles and four books. Read less

President Elect

Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA
Dr. Roger S. Blumenthal is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
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President Elect

Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA
Dr. Roger S. Blumenthal is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the principal developer of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, and he is the Director of Preventive Cardiology at Johns Hopkins. He also is a member of the official national spokesperson panel for the American Heart Association and has written numerous articles and editorials dealing with many aspects of coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis management. He graduated with honors from The Johns Hopkins University and received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, where he was awarded the Weiss Prize for Excellence in Clinical Medicine. His principal clinical and research interests involve the optimal management of ischemic heart disease, noninvasive detection of coronary atherosclerosis, and the development of new strategies to optimize the management of cardiovascular disease risk factors. He was selected as one of the country's Top Twenty Cardiologists by Men's Health Magazine in 2007. Read less

Secretary-Treasurer

Steve Kopecky, MD
Dr. Kopecky is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After his training at Mayo Medical School, he started in Mayo's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory doing interventional procedures and treating myocardial infarctions in the Coronary Care Unit. Read more

Secretary-Treasurer

Steve Kopecky, MD
Dr. Kopecky is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After his training at Mayo Medical School, he started in Mayo's Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory doing interventional procedures and treating myocardial infarctions in the Coronary Care Unit. After treating heart attacks for 18 years, he realized the best way to treat coronary artery disease is to prevent the disease before it has a chance to cause clinical symptoms. Dr. Kopecky currently works in Mayo Clinic's Cardiovascular Health Clinic, which is the prevention clinic in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. He has written numerous articles for peer-reviewed journals and has received multiple "Teacher of the Year" awards from Mayo's Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Department of Internal Medicine. His research interests include the role of inflammation in cardiovascular disease and the role of lifestyle, including diet, exercise, and proper nutrition, in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Read less

At-Large Directors

Ezra Amsterdam, MD
University of California Davis Medical Center - Sacramento, CA
Wilbert S. Aronow, MD
New York Medical College - Valhala, NY
Deb R. Levy, MD, MPH
Brigham & Women's Hospital - Boston, MA
Lori Mosca, MD
Columbia University - New York, NY
Douglas Schocken, MD
Duke University Center for Living - Durham, NC

Committees

Membership Committee
Stephen Kopecky, MD
Deb R. Levy, MD, MPH
Nathan D. Wong, MD

Program Committee
Wilbert S. Aronow, MD
Roger Blumenthal, MD
Stephen Kopecky, MD
Nathan Wong, MD

Publications Committee
Deb R. Levy, MD, MPH
Ezra Amsterdam, MD
Stephen Kopecky, MD
Wilbert S. Aronow, MD

Associate Director

Karen Kent
Jacksonville, FL