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Dr. Peter Libby
PETER LIBBY, MD
Peter Libby, M.D., is the Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. He also serves as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He directs the D.W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center at Harvard. Dr. Libby’s current major research focus is the role of inflammation in vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research accomplishments. His areas of clinical expertise include general and preventive cardiology.
An extensive author and lecturer on cardiovascular medicine and atherosclerosis, Dr. Libby has published extensively in medical journals including Circulation, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Nature. He is an editor of Braunwald's Heart Disease. Dr. Libby also contributes the chapters on the pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of atherosclerosis to Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. He has held numerous Visiting Professorships and has been selected to deliver over 40 named or keynote Lectures throughout the world.
Dr. Libby is a member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He has served in many roles as a volunteer for the American Heart Association, including Chairmanship of several research committees and membership in the Executive Committees of the Councils on Arteriosclerosis, Circulation, and Basic Science. He has also served as a frequent consultant to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and has recently completed a five-year term on the Board of Scientific Councilors. He is the recipient of a MERIT Award from the Institute.
Dr. Libby earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego and completed his training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (currently Brigham and Women’s Hospital). He also holds an honorary Master of Arts Degree from Harvard University.
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