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Suzanne Oparil, M.D. has served as a member of the board of directors since May 1999. She has been a professor of medicine since 1981, Director of Vascular Biology and Hypertension since 1985, and professor of physiology and biophysics since 1993, in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has served as president of the American Federation of Clinical Research. Dr. Oparil is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, she has held advisory positions with the National Institutes of Health, including membership on a number of task forces, advisory committees and peer review committees. Dr. Oparil was a past president of the American Heart Association and is an active volunteer at both the national and affiliate levels. She was a recipient of the University of Alabama President's Achievement Award. Dr. Oparil has an extensive bibliography in clinical cardiology and hypertension, including over 350 journal articles, books and book chapters. Dr. Oparil received her medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1965. | 