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R. Wayne Alexander, M.D., Ph.D. is R. Bruce Logue Professor and Chairman of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine and Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Alexander received his Ph.D. in physiology from Emory University and his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle, and did his fellowship in cardiology at Duke University. Prior to his appointment at Emory, Dr. Alexander was Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Alexander has published extensively in the cardiovascular literature. In addition, he is co-editor of Hurst's The Heart 11th edition and Hurst's The Heart Manual of Cardiology 11th edition. He has been on the editorial boards of many journals including the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Circulation Research, and Circulation. Active in many professional societies, Dr. Alexander is a member of the Association of American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, and the Association of Professors of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences and of the American College of Cardiology. His research interests include the pathophysiology and treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension. His particular focus has been the cell biology of vascular smooth muscle and endothelium. | 