Editor in Chief, JACC: Heart Failure
The Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine
Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development
Director, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
Assoc. Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Vice-Chair of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Medicine Chief, DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Biykem Bozkurt is the Senior Dean of Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine; Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine; Director of Winters Center of Heart Failure; W.A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr., Chair and Medicine Chief at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medicine in Houston TX.
Throughout her career, Dr. Bozkurt has been recognized for excellence in clinical care, education, and research. She was the recipient of the VA career development grant and MERIT research awards, American College of Cardiology Proctor Harvey MD Young Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology Gifted Educator Award, Baylor College of Medicine presidential awards in Education, Lifetime Master Clinician, and Professionalism. She has been listed in Clarivate World’s Highly Cited Researchers (top 1% Web of Science) in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
She is the Editor-in-Chief of JACC: Heart Failure and served as the President of the Heart Failure Society of America in 2019-2020. She led the Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure as the Chair in 2021, and the Vice-Chair of the 2022 AHA/ACC Heart Failure Guidelines Writing Committee. Dr. Bozkurt actively participates in clinical and translational research; provides advanced heart failure patient care; presents at national and international scientific sessions; teaches and mentors trainees and faculty.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
14:30 – 14:45 EST
Saturday, October 28, 2023
14:45 – 15:00 EST