| Dr Smith is Professor of Medicine,
Chief of Cardiology, and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular
Science and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. He received his MD degree from Yale University in New Haven,
Connecticut, and completed a residency in internal medicine and
a fellowship in cardiology at Harvard Medical School/Peter Bent
Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining the
faculty of the University of North Carolina, Dr Smith was Clinical
Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego,
and Director of the San Diego Cardiac Center at Sharp Healthcare.
He also served as Director of the Cardiovascular Laboratories at
the University of Colorado.
Dr Smith served as national President of the American Heart Association
(AHA) from 1995 to 1996. His service with the AHA spans 2 decades
and includes work at all levels of the organization and with three
different AHA affiliates. He has been a member of a number of
national committees with the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
and has been active in the development of ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines.
Currently, he serves as Chair of the ACC/AHA Committee to Revise
PTCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) Guidelines. Dr Smith
is a member of the editorial boards for such entities as the Journal
of Interventional Cardiology, the American Heart Journal, and
the American College of Cardiology Education and Learning Program.
He also serves on the medical advisory board for the Time-Life
Medical Series of books. The author of more than 150 articles
and book chapters, Dr Smith presents regularly at scientific meetings
and guest lectures. He has spoken about heart disease and stroke
in interviews with CNN, CBS, NBC, and many national newspapers.
In 1993 Dr Smith was honored as the AHA’s Physician of the Year
and in 1996 received the association’s Distinguished National
Leadership Award. In 1998 he was elected to “Best Doctors in America.”
In 2000 he was awarded the prestigious Gold Heart Award by the
AHA.
The focus of Dr Smith’s research has been on lipoprotein abnormalities,
reperfusion therapies for acute myocardial infarction, and medical
management of unstable angina pectoris. He is currently evaluating
the role of primary and secondary prevention efforts in the treatment
of cardiovascular disease.
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