American College of Cardiology

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC
Director, Preventive and Rehabilitative; Cardiac Center; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; 444 S. San Vicente Boulevard, Suite 901; Los Angeles, CA 90048

Gary J. Balady, MD, FACC
Director, Preventive Cardiology; Professor of Medicine; Section of Cardiology; Boston Medical Center; 88 E. Newton Street; Boston, MA 02118

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, SCM, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine; Boston University School of Medicine; The Framingham Heart Study; 73 Mount Wayte Avenue; Framingham, MA 01702-5827

W. David Bradford, PHD
Associate Professor of Economics; Department of Health Administration & Policy; Medical University of South Carolina; 19 Hagood Avenue, Suite 408; PO Box 250807; Charleston, SC 29425

Richard S. Cooper, MD, FACC
Chair; Department of Preventive Medicine; Loyola Medical School; 2160 S. First Avenue; Maywood, IL 60153

Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PHD,
RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, Epidemiology & Occupational Therapy; Director, Center for Research in Chronic Disorders; University of Pittsburgh; School of Nursing, 415 Victoria Building; 3500 Victoria Street; Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Gerald F. Fletcher, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine; Mayo Medical School; Coordinator, Preventive Cardiology; Mayo Clinic Jacksonville; 4500 San Pablo Road; Jacksonville, FL 32224-1865

Valentin Fuster, MD, PHD, FACC
Director; Zena & Michael Wiener Cardiology Institute; Mount Sinai Medical Center; One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1030; New York, NY 10029-6500

Philip Greenland, MD, FACC
Professor and Chairman; Department of Preventive Medicine; Northwestern University Medical School; 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102; Chicago, IL 60611-4407

Laura L. Hayman, PHD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Division of Nursing; The Steinhardt School of Education; New York University; 246 Greene Street; New York, NY 10003-6677

Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Stanford University; VA Palo Alto, 111C; 3801 Miranda Avenue; Palo Alto, CA 94303

Martha N. Hill, RN, PHD, FAAN
Director, Center for Nursing Research; Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing; 525 North Wolfe Street, Room 301; Baltimore, MD 21205-2110

Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN
Associate Director; Stanford Cardiac Rehabilitation; 780 Welch Road, Suite 106; Palo Alto, CA 94304-1516

Thomas E. Kottke, MD, FACC
Consultant and Associate Professor; Mayo Clinic; 200 First Street, S.W.; Rochester, MN 55905-0001

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
and Public Health; Yale University School of Medicine; 333 Cedar Street, Room I-456 SHM; New Haven, CT 06520

Russell V. Luepker, MD, MS, FACC
Professor and Head; Division of Epidemiology; School of Public Health; University of Minnesota; 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300; Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015

Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, FACC
Professor of Medicine; Duke Clinical Research Institute; PO Box 17969; Durham, NC 27715

John C. Mcgrath, PHD
Chief; Public Information Communications Branch; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Building 31-Claude D. Pepper Building; 31 Center Drive, Room 2A32
Bethesda, MD 20892

George A. Mensah, MD, FACC
Chief, Cardiovascular Health Branch; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS K-47; Atlanta, GA 30341-3717

Ira S. Ockene, MD, FACC
Director, Preventive Cardiology Program; University of Massachusetts Medical School
University Campus; 55 Lake Avenue North Worcester, MA 01655-0002

A. David Paltiel, MBA, PHD
Associate Professor; Yale School of Medicine; 60 College Street, Room 305; New Haven, CT 06520

Richard C. Pasternak, MD, FACC
Director, Preventive Cardiology &
Cardiac Rehabilitation; Massachusetts General Hospital; 55 Fruit Street; Boston, MA 02114-2620

N. Burgess Record, MD, FACP
Medical Director; Western Maine Center for Heart Health; Franklin Memorial Hospital; 111 Franklin Health Commons; Farmington, ME 04938

Sandra S. Record, RN
Program Director; Western Maine Center for Heart Health; Franklin Memorial Hospital; 111 Franklin Health Commons; Farmington, ME 04938

Eleanor Schron, MS, RN, FAAN
Nurse Director; USPHS Commissioned Corps; National Institutes of Health/NHLBI/DECA; II Rockledge Center; 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936, Room 8144; Bethesda, MD 20892

Sidney C. Smith, JR, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine; University of North Carolina; Chief of Cardiology; 132 Donegal Drive; Chapel Hill, NC 27514-6560

Paul D. Thompson, MD, FACC
Director of Preventive Cardiology and
Cholesterol Management Center; Hartford Hospital; 80 Seymour Street; Hartford, CT 06102-8000

Robert A. Vogel, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine; Director, Clinical Vascular Biology; University of Maryland Hospital; 22 S. Greene Street, Room S3B06; Baltimore, MD 21201-1544

William S. Weintraub, MD, FACC
Department of Medicine, Emory University; Professor of Medicine/Cardiology; Emory Center for Outcomes Research; 1256 Briarcliff Road, Suite 1 North; Atlanta, GA 30306-2636

Participants/Reviewers
EZRA A. AMSTERDAM, MD, FACC
KATHY BERRA, MSN, ANP, FAAN
JAMES A. BLUMENTHAL, PHD, ABPP
MARCIA BRITT, PHD
LORA E. BURKE, PHD, MPH, RN
JOSEPH CHINN, MD
JEFFREY A. CUTLER, MD, MPH
BARBARA J. FLETCHER, RN, MN, FAAN
GREGG C. FONAROW, MD, FACC
GOTTLIEB C. FRIESINGER II, MD, MACP, MACC
HEATHER E. GANTZER, MD, FACP
NEIL F. GORDON, MD, PHD, MPH
JESSIE GRUMAN, PHD
KENNETH A. LABRESH, MD, FACC
CINDY LAMENDOLA, MSN, ANP
ASH LULLA, BS
DAVID J. MALENKA, MD
DEAN ORNISH, MD
ROBERT A. PHILLIPS, MD, PHD, FACC
NICO P. PRONK, PHD
DAVID B. PRYOR, MD, FACC
BRUCE M. PSATY, MD, PHD
RITA F. REDBERG, MD, MSC, FACC
WILLIAM C. ROBERTS, MD, FACC
ROBERT E. SAFFORD, MD, PHD, FACC
DENISE SIMONS-MORTON, MD, PHD
DENNIS L. SPRECHER, MD
DANIEL STRYER, MD
MARY N. WALSH, MD, FACC
HOWARD WEITZ, MD, FACP, FACC
GAYLE R. WHITMAN, PHD, RN, FAAN
RANDOLPH F. WYKOFF, MD, MPH & TM

Conference Steering Committee
GERALD F. FLETCHER, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
GARY J. BALADY, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
ROBERT A. VOGEL, MD, FACC, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
PHILIP A. ADES, MD, FACC
C. NOEL BAIREY MERZ, MD, FACC
EMELIA J. BENJAMIN, MD, FACC
LAURA L. HAYMAN, PHD, RN, FAAN
THOMAS E. KOTTKE, MD, FACC
HARLAN M. KRUMHOLZ, MD, FACC
GEORGE A. MENSAH, MD, FACC
IRA S. OCKENE, MD, FACC
SIDNEY C. SMITH, JR, MD, FACC
WILLIAM S. WEINTRAUB, MD, FACC

Staff
American College of Cardiology
CHRISTINE W. MCENTEE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CARY SENNETT, MD, PHD, SENIOR ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
CAROLYN CARNEY LANHAM, DIRECTOR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT
EVA MARIE GRACE, PROJECT COORDINATOR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT
SYLVIA POLK-BURRISS, PROJECT COORDINATOR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT