STRIVE^® Scientific Committee

Chair
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation
Professor of Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, The Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for
Cardiovascular Health
Director, The Zena and Michael A. Weiner Cardiovascular Institute
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY

Mark J. Alberts, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Stroke Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 and Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Baylor College of Medicine 
Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
Houston, TX

Kyra Becker, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Department of Neurology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Joshua Beckman, MD
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Partners HealthCare System
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Chief of Cardiology, VA Boston Healthcare System
Director, Integrated Interventional Cardiovascular Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the VA Boston Healthcare System
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Robert M. Califf, MD
Professor of Medicine & Associate 
Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research
Director, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC

Christopher P. Cannon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
Associate Physician, Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Seemant Chaturvedi, MD
Professor of Neurology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI

James Chesebro, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Group
  and Medical School
Worcester, MA

Jerome D. Cohen, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Preventive Cardiology Programs
St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
UCLA Division of Cardiology
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Louis G. Graff, IV, MD, FACEP, FACP
Professor of Traumatology & Emergency Medicine
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Associate Chief, Emergency Medicine
New Britain General Hospital
New Britain, CT

David R. Holmes, Jr., MD
Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

David Janicke, MD, PhD
Research Director
Professional Emergency Services, PLLC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Spencer B. King, III, MD
Fuqua Chair of Interventional Cardiology
Fuqua Heart Center at Piedmont Hospital
Co-Director, Atlanta Cardiovascular Research Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Emory University School
Atlanta, GA

Peter Libby, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Shamir R. Mehta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
McMaster University – General Division
Director, Coronary Care Unit
McMaster University Medical Centre
Ontario, Canada

Jeffrey W. Moses, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Chief of Interventional Cardiology
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

Joseph Ornato, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond VA

Charles V. Pollack Jr, MA, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

Prediman K. (PK) Shah, MD
Director, Division of Cardiology
Director, Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center
Shapell and Webb Family Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA