The mission of the Scientific Advisory Council is to provide medical and scientific leadership and guidance to help advance the mission of WomenHeart by proactively facilitating the development of new knowledge about heart disease in women, actively disseminating knowledge about heart disease in women to medical and public audiences, and advocating and raising awareness about heart disease in women.
Members
Karol Watson, MD, PhD, FACC — CHAIR
UCLA School of Medicine; Co-director, UCLA Center for Cholesterol and Lipid Management
Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, FACC — PAST CHAIR
Director, Mayo Clinic Women’s Heart Clinic
Theresa Beckie, Ph.D, RN, RAHA
University of South Florida College of Nursing
Susan K. Bennett, MD
Clinical Director, Women’s Heart Program, The George Washington University Hospital
Kathy Berra, MSN
Stanford Research Center and Director, Stanford Heart Network
Nieca Goldberg, M.D.
Director, New York University Women’s Heart Program
Phyllis Greenberger, MSW
President and Chief Executive Officer, Society for Women’s Health Research
Martha Gulati, M.D., MS, FACC, FAHA
Associate Professor, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Eileen Hsich, M.D.
Associate Director, Heart Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic
Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University
Alexandra Lansky, M.D., F.E.S.C., F.A.C.C.
Director, Women's Heart Center
Yale University School of Medicine
Pamela Marcovitz, MD
Director, Ministrelli Women’s Heart Center, Beaumont Hospital
Jean M. Nappi, PharmD, B.S., FCCP, BCPS
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Outcome Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Stacey E. Rosen, M.D., FACC, FACP, FASE
Vice
President, Women's Health
NSLIJ
Health System
Tracy L. Stevens, MD, FACC
Medical Director, St. Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute
Amparo Villablanca, M.D.
Director, Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine,
University of California, Davis
Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College
Medical Director, Heart Center for Women
Rush University Medical Center
Mary Norine Walsh, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Programs
St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
Nanette Kass Wenger, MD, MACC, FAHA
Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University School of Medicine
Susan Wood, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Public Health & Health Services
The George Washington University
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Altagracia Chavez, MD
Staff cardiothoracic surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Heart Center
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Medical Director, Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jennifer H. Mieres, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.N.C., F.A.H.A.
Senior Vice President, Office of Community and Public Health
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Rita Redberg, M.D., M.Sc., FACC
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Services
UCSF Medical Center
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