Cardiovascular Diseases & Gut Flora
Speaker: Stanley L. Hazen, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman
Chair, Dept. Cellular & Molecular Medicine
The Jan Bleeksma Chair in Vascular Cell Biology and Atherosclerosis
The Leonard Krieger Chair in Preventative Cardiology
Section Head, Preventative Cardiology & Rehabilitation
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“Cardiovascular Diseases and Gut Flora – Cleveland”
Light lunch will be provided, No registration fee required.
Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, is the Head of the Section for Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Vice Chair of Translational Research, Lerner Research Institute, Director for the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Mass Spectrometry Core Facilities. Dr. Hazen is board-certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has also completed subspecialty training in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. His research interests include understanding the role of inflammation and oxidant stress in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and other inflammatory diseases. Dr. Hazen has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, invited reviews and book chapters in the fields of atherosclerosis, oxidation and inflammation chemistry, and cardiovascular disease. He has been principal investigator on numerous National Institutes of Health grants and research awards related to his specialty interests. He serves as reviewer for more than 20 scientific journals including Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and many others. He has been invited to lecture at national and international symposia and conferences in both basic science and clinical fields.