Pamela Douglas, MD, MACC

Pamela S Douglas, MD, MACC, FASE, FAHA is the Ursula Geller Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Duke University.She has ledseveral landmarkmulticenter randomized clinical trials andoutcomes research studies and is renowned for her scientific and policy work in improving the quality and appropriateness of imaging in clinical care, clinical trials,and registries.Dr Douglas helped to establish several important specialty areasincluding heart diseasein women, sports cardiology, and cardio-oncology. Dr. Douglas’ wealth of experience includes authorship of over600peer reviewed manuscriptsand 30 practice guidelines, service as the President of the American College of Cardiology, President of the American Society of Echocardiography, and Chief of Cardiology at both the University of Wisconsin-Madisonand Duke University.She hasservedon the External Advisory Council of the National Heart, Lung,and Blood Institute and the Scientific Advisory Boards of the National Space Biomedical Institute andthe Patient Advocate Foundation.Among her most cherished recognitions are the naming in her honor of the American College of Cardiology’s Distinguished Leadership Award in Diversity and Inclusion and the American Society of Echocardiography’sResearch Scholar Award.