The Medmastery Show - With Franz Wiesbauer Md

Today's guest is yet another cardiology superstar. He's one of the founding fathers of modern lipid research. It's very likely that much of what you do as a clinician every day has been hugely influenced by this man’s research. Here are a couple of facts: He’s dean of Weill Medical College of Cornell University Previous to that he was chairman of the department of Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine where he collaborated extensively with the world-renowned cardiac surgeon and innovator Michael DeBakey He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University His main research focus is in lipids, he’s authored several landmark trials in this field including the seminal AFCAPS/TexCAPS study He was the National President of the American Heart Association and President of the International Arterosclerosis Society He’s a member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences  He has received many honors and has published several books. A Pubmed search of his name yields over 600 publicat