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Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief and Clinical Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Section Head, Vascular Medicine
Director, Thrombosis Research Group
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Goldhaber is the Associate Chief and Clinical Director for the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of the BWH Thrombosis Research Group, Medical Co-Director of the BWH Anticoagulation Management Service, and serves as Principal Investigator of a broad range of randomized clinical trials and observational studies related to the prevention, treatment, and epidemiology of venous thromboembolism, stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, and prevention of recurrent myocardial infarction. He has received the Certificate of Appreciation from the Surgeon General of the United States.
President and Founding Director of the nonprofit organization, North American Thrombosis Forum (www.NATFonline.org), Dr. Goldhaber has co-directed the Thrombosis and Thromboembolism Course since its inception.
He earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, and completed his training in internal medicine and cardiology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now Brigham and Women’s Hospital).

Paul M Ridker, MD, MPH
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Senior Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Formally trained in cardiovascular medicine and epidemiology, Dr. Paul M Ridker is the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and directs the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, a translational research unit at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Ridker’s research focuses on the design and conduct of multinational randomized trials, the development of inflammatory biomarkers for clinical and research use, the molecular and genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases, and novel strategies for cardiovascular disease detection and prevention.
Dr. Ridker is a graduate of Brown University (1981), the Harvard Medical School (1986), the Harvard School of Public Health (1992), and has received honorary medical degrees from several international institutions.
Harvard Medical School
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Deepak Bhatt, MD, Professor of Medicine
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Erin Bohula, MD, DPhil, Instructor in Medicine
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Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine
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Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD, Professor of Medicine
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Raj Gupta, MD, Instructor in Medicine
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Galen Henderson, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Peter Libby, MD, Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine
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Bradley A. Maron, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Michelle O'Donoghue, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, Professor of Medicine
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Marc Pfeffer, MD, PhD, Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine
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Gregory Piazza, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Jorge Plutzky, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Aruna Pradhan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Paul M Ridker, MD, MPH, Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
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Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine
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Benjamin Scirica, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
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Piotr Sobieszczyk, MD, Instructor in Medicine
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Scott Solomon, MD, Professor of Medicine
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Anne Marie Valente, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics