Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Bellaire, Texas
Salim S. Virani, MD, Ph.D., is a tenured Professor in the Sections of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. His clinical practice includes being a Preventive Cardiologist with a special emphasis on management of complex dyslipidemias. He serves as the Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Virani’s research portfolio aims to understand the pathophysiology and epidemiology of atherosclerosis, and how “big data”, and point-of-care informatics driven interventions can improve guideline-concordant care delivery. He has authored or co-authored ~550 publications on various aspects of cardiovascular disease prevention with several in high-impact journals. This work has received >95,000 citations. He has been recognized as “World Expert” in Cholesterol by Expertscape (top 0.01% of scholars writing about cholesterol from 2011-2021 among 181,887 authors). Dr. Virani has also served as a faculty for >50 online educational programs and has participated in >100 online or in person media interviews. He has made >250 presentations at various conferences and academic institutions with >60 of those at institutions and conferences outside the U.S. He has been inducted several times in the Best Doctors® Database (peer-reviewed group that includes the top 5% of U.S. physicians). He has served as a panel member for the 2018 AHA/ACC Multi-society Guideline on Cholesterol Management, the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, and the 2019 World Heart Federation and International Diabetes Federation’s Road Map on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease among People Living with Diabetes.
American College of Cardiology (Associate Editor of Innovations, acc.org) (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Honorarium in my role as Associate Editor for Innovations, acc.org, Other Financial or Material Support; Department of Veteran Affairs (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support; National Institute of Health (Individual(s) Involved: Self; Clinical Condition: Diabetes, Surgery): Grant/Research Support; Tahir and Jooma Family (Individual(s) Involved: Self; Clinical Condition: Global Health): Grant/Research Support
Thursday, May 12, 2022
11:20 AM – 12:05 PM
Thursday, July 21, 2022
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Thursday, September 8, 2022
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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