NCCH Education Council

NCCH Co-Chairs

• Suzanne Oparil, MD Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Professor of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama

• Michael A. Weber, MD Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine Brooklyn, New York

Education Council Members

• George L. Bakris, MD Professor of Medicine University of Chicago School of Medicine Director Hypertension Center Diabetes Institute Chicago, Illinois

• Keith C. Ferdinand, MD Adjunct Clinical Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine Clinical Professor, Emory University Chief Science Officer Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

• Theodore G. Ganiats, MD Professor and Interim Chair Department of Family & Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla, California

• Steven M. Haffner, MD Professor of Internal Medicine Department of Medicine/Clinical Epidemiology The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas

• Martha N. Hill, RN, PhD Dean and Professor The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Baltimore, Maryland

• Norman M. Kaplan, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas

• Ronald M. Krauss, MD Senior Scientist Director, Atherosclerosis Research Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Cholesterol Research Center Oakland, California

• Joel M. Neutel, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine University of California Irvine Campus School of Medicine Irvine, California

• Sidney C. Smith, Jr, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Center of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine University of North Carolina UNC Cardiology, Bioinformatics Building Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• William B. White, MD Professor Department of Medicine The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, Connecticut