Professional Activities

Honors/Awards

• KARIS Award - Mayo Clinic in Rochester 01/1995
• First Annual Excellence Through Teamwork Award - Acute MI Team 01/1995
• Internal Medicine Teacher of the Year 01/1995
• Cardiovascular Disease Teacher of the Year 01/1995
• The Mayo Cardiovascular Fellows Distinguished Teaching Award – Mayo Clinic 01/1996
• The Mayo Cardiovascular Fellows Distinguished Teaching Award – Mayo Clinic 01/1997
• Excellence in Teaching - Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department ofInternal Medicine, Mayo Clinic 01/1999 - 01/2000
• Stratis Health Innovator Award 01/1999
• CME Outstanding Teacher Recognition - Mayo Clinic 01/2000
• Newell Powell Lectureship in Cardiology, for contribution to medical
• education in Texas - Scott and White Clinic; Temple, Texas 11/2002
• Top Hospital-Based Teachers - Mayo Clinic 04/2005
• Edward C. Rosenow Endowed Professorship Internal Medicine Residency
• Award - Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic 2011 For the study of symptomatic hypotension and bradycardia after acute coronary syndromes.
• JAN J. KELLERMANN MEMORIAL AWARD for Distinguished Work in the
• Field of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - International Academy of
• Cardiology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 07/2013

Previous Professional Positions and Major Appointments

Staff - Heart Group of San Antonio (Group Practice), San Antonio, Texas 1987 - 1989
Clinical Instructor in Medicine - Cardiology - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 1988 – 1989

Clinical Assistant Professor in Medicine - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 1989 – 1990

Senior Associate Consultant - Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 06/1989 - 06/1992

Assistant Professor of Medicine - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 04/1990 - 07/1998
Co-Director - Coronary Care Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 1993 – 2003

Medical Director - Mayo Alliance for Clinical Trials, Mayo Collaborative Services, Inc., Rochester, Minnesota 1993 – 2003

Associate Professor of Medicine - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 07/1998 - 06/2006
Director of Education - Cardiovascular Health Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 2006 – 2010

Professional & Community Memberships, Societies and Services
Professional Memberships & Services

Glaxo Smith Kline - Advisory Board Member - 01/2004 -03/2005

American College of Cardiology – Fellow

American College of Chest Physicians – Fellow

American College of Physicians – Fellow

American Medical Association – Fellow

Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions – Fellow

Fibrex Medical, Inc.- Advisory Board Member - 09/2005 - Present
Advisory Board for Cooperative Cardiovascular Project (CCP), Minnesota – Member

Aesgen, Incorporated - Advisory Board Member

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - ICSI Cardiovascular Advisory Board Member

ICSI for Acute MI Guidelines - Writing Committee Member - 01/1994 -04/2005

ICSI for Congestive Heart Failure - Writing Committee
Member 01/1996 - Present
Chair 04/2002 – Present

Lipid Workgroup - Member  04/2005 – Present

ICSI Cardiovascular Steering Committee - Chair 10/2005 – Present

Aspirin Guidelines for CV Prevention - Group Leader, Bloomington, Minnesota 2012

ICSI Committee on Evidence Based Practice - Member, Bloomington, Minnesota 2012

ICSI Benefit Estimated Tool for Cardiac Interventions - Member, Bloomington, Minnesota 2012

Diocese of Winona - Member 01/1996 - Present
Chair 01/2005 - 01/2007

Catholic Charities Board – Member

American Heart Association

Acute Cardiac Care Committee

Council on Clinical Cardiology – Member

EPI/NPAM Spring Program Committee - Member 2012 – 2014

Leadership Committee of the Epidemiology & Prevention (EPI) Council - Member 2012 – 2016

American Society of Prevention Cardiologists - Liaison 07/2012 - 06/2014
Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians Investigators (Formerly the American
Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians) - Member 01/2002 – Present

Certified Physician Investigator 11/2004 - Present
Trustee 11/2006 – Present

2004 Task Force on Membership Development - Report and Recommendation to the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians Board of Trustees – Member

Academic Membership Committee - Member 01/2003 – Present

Minority Health Institute - Member 01/2004 - 01/2006
Advisory Board – Member

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Workgroup – Member

American Board of Internal Medicine - Diplomate 11/1987 – Present

Preventive Cardiology Practice Improvement Module Standard Setting Committee - Member, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 01/2011

Minnesota Medical Association - Member 01/1989 – Present

Zumbro Valley Medical Society - Member 01/1989 – Present

Minnesota Cooperative Cardiovascular Project Advisory Committee - Member 01/1994 - 01/1996

Wabasha Heart Attack Team Project - Member 01/1995 - 12/1995

Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Clinical Outcomes Task Force - Member 01/1995 - 01/1997

Scientific Advisory Board for Centocors ACS Registry - Member 01/1996 - 01/1998

Stratis Quality Improvement Organization for State of Minnesota Board of Directors - Member 01/1998 -
10/2009
Member 01/1998 -10/2009
ParinGenix,Inc. - Member 06/2003 – Present

Biophysical Corp. -  Advisory Board Member 01/2005 – Present

American Society for Preventive Cardiology - Member 03/2007 - Present
Board Member 07/2008 - 07/2010

Program Committee Representative 2010 - 2012
Secretary/Treasurer 01/2010 - 01/2012
President, Florida 04/2012 - 04/2014

Membership Committee - Member 2010 – 2012

Publications Committee - Member 2010 – 2012

Applied Clinical Inteligence WL Gore and Associates, Inc. Data Safety Monitoring Board
Member 06/2008 - Present
Chair 01/2009 – Present

Association of Clinical Research Professionals
Member, Alexandria, Virginia 2009 – Present

Membership Committee - Member, Alexandria, Virginia 01/2009 - 01/2011

Credentialing and Certification, Certification Examination
Committee Member, Alexandria, Virginia 2010 - 2012
Vice Chair, Alexandria, Virginia 04/2011 - 12/2011
Chair, Alexandria, Virginia 01/2012 - 12/2012

Foundation for Men's Health - Scientific Council Member 2010 – 2012

American Society for Men's Health - Treasurer, United States of America 2011 – 2014

Board of Directors, United States of America 2011 – 2014

Executive Committee Member 2011 – 2014

Scientific Council Member 2011 – 2014

Secretary 2012 – 2014

University of Minnesota
Lillehei Heart Institute and School of Public Health

Partners in Prevention Program Advisory Board Member 2012 – Present
Center for Disease Control
Public Health Genomics

New Strategies in Public Health Genomics: Actions to Save Lives Now
Member, Atlanta, Georgia 09/2012
Invited Participant