Eugene Braunwald MD
Professor, Harvard Medical School and Chairman, TIMI Study GroupEugene Braunwald, MD is considered the leading name in cardiology and his research has expanded knowledge and understanding in the areas of congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease. He has authored more than 1400 medical articles and his textbook, Braunwald’s Heart Disease, is cited worldwide and recognized as the best book on the subject.
Dr. Braunwald has received numerous honors and awards including the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American College of Cardiology, Research Achievement, and Herrick Awards of the American Heart Association, the Gold Medal of the European Society of Cardiology and is the recipient of nineteen honorary degrees from distinguished universities throughout the world. Dr. Braunwald was the first cardiologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. The living Nobel Prize winners in medicine voted Dr. Braunwald as “the person who has contributed the most to cardiology in recent years”.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Survival After Septal Reduction in Patients Aged >65 Years With Obstructive HCM
- Cardiovascular Disease Projections in the US Based on the 2020 Census Estimates
- Empagliflozin Triggers Substantial Results in HFpEF
- Empagliflozin in Patients With HFpEF
- Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable CAD
- Plaque Characterization by Coronary CTA and the Likelihood of Acute Coronary Events in Midterm Follow-Up
- The Ten Advances That Defined Modern Cardiology