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Linda L. Demer, M.D., Ph.D. is the M.C. Guthman Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Demer earned her PhD (biomedical engineering) and MD from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her clinical training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas. Dr. Demer joined the faculty at UCLA in 1988, and became Chief of Cardiology in 1994, a position she held until 2001. She is currently Director of Graduate Medical Education and Vice Chair for the Department of Medicine. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and she has served as president of the Association of Professors of Cardiology, the Association of University Cardiologists, the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, and the North American Vascular Biology Organization. Dr. Demer’s research addresses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of vascular calcification. Her work earned the Jeffrey Hoeg Award from the American Heart Association, the Stewart-Niewiarowski Award from Temple University, the Franklin Murphy Prize from UCLA, and the Davidson Memorial Lectureship from the Royal College of Physicians. She currently serves on several editorial boards, including Circulation, Circulation Research, and Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology and holds the James T. Willerson, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Diseases and Frank M. Ryburn, Jr, Chair in Heart Research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Hill is a cardiologist-scientist whose research focuses on molecular mechanisms of remodeling in the stressed myocardium. He graduated with an MD, PhD from Duke University. Next, he pursued postdoctoral scientific training at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, followed by clinical training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hill served on the faculty of the University of Iowa for 5 years before moving in 2002 to UT Southwestern to assume the role of Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center. Dr. Hill’s research group strives to decipher mechanisms of structural, functional, and electrical remodeling in heart disease with an eye toward therapeutic intervention. Dr. Hill serves on numerous committees, boards, and study sections, and he lectures widely. In addition, he serves on several editorial boards, including Circulation, Circulation Research, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. He has received numerous recognitions and awards, including election to the Association of American Professors; he presently serves as President of the Association of University Cardiologists. Dr. Hill maintains an active clinical practice focusing on general cardiology, hypertension, and heart failure.
John F. Keaney, Jr, M.D. Dr. Keaney received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine followed by training in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he joined the faculty before moving to Boston University School of Medicine in 1994. Over the next 14 years he eventually rose to the rank of Professor of Medicine and became Vice Chair of Medicine for Research Affairs. In 2007 he took the position of Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care. His area of scientific expertise is vascular biology with a particular emphasis on the endothelium. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and has served as an expert reviewer for the NIH and AHA. His honors include the Established Investigatorship Award from the American Heart Association, and election to membership in professional honor societies such as the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of University Cardiologists. He is currently an Associate Editor for Circulation, and has recently been named Deputy Editor for the newly formed Journal of the American Heart Association.
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