Dr. Myron L. Weisfeldt is the William Osler Professor of Medicine and director of the Department of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as the physician in chief at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to assuming these positions, Weisfeldt was chairman of the Department of Medicine and director of the medical service at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. From 1975 to 1991, he was director of the cardiology division at Johns Hopkins. As director, Weisfeldt was involved in research on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and survival from sudden cardiac death, the treatment and management of acute myocardial infarction and acute ischemic syndromes, and age-associated changes in cardiovascular function and response to stress. During much of this time, he was also director of the Johns Hopkins Specialized Center of Research in Ischemic Heart Disease. Weisfeldt is a past president of the American Heart Association. He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, Association of Professors of Medicine, and the National Advisory Council of the National Institute on Aging. Weisfeldt received the Golden Heart Award and the Award of Merit by the American Heart Association. After earning his undergraduate and medical degree from Johns Hopkins, he pursued his research training at the National Institutes of Health and his clinical training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He completed his fellowship in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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