Eugene Braunwald was born on August 15,1929 and is an Austrian-born American cardiologist.
15 Facts About Eugene Braunwald
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Eugene Braunwald was inspired to pursue a career in cardiology after practicing in the Bellevue Cardiology Clinic, under Ludwig Eichna, during his time as a medical student at New York University.
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Eugene Braunwald attended several cardiology courses in Mexico City, at the National Institute of Cardiology.
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Eugene Braunwald always thought that the Mexican School of Cardiology was above any other.
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In 1952, Eugene Braunwald married Nina Starr, a thoracic surgeon and medical researcher, with whom he had three children.
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Eugene Braunwald served as chief of cardiology and clinical director at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
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Eugene Braunwald was then recruited to the University of California, San Diego where from 1968 to 1972 he was the founding Chair of the Department of Medicine, bringing John Ross Jr.
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Eugene Braunwald has since been at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he served from 1972 to 1996 as Chair of the Department of Medicine.
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Eugene Braunwald's contributions have been recognized by his election as a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the creation of a permanently endowed chair in his name by Harvard Medical School, and the establishment of the annual academic mentorship award by the American Heart Association.
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In 2002, Eugene Braunwald received the King Faisal Prize for Medicine.
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Eugene Braunwald shared the prize with co-laureate Professor Finn Waagstein.
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Eugene Braunwald's work has dramatically expanded knowledge of heart disease in the area of congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease.
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Eugene Braunwald is the editor of the cardiology textbook Braunwald's Heart Disease, which is in its 12th edition.
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Eugene Braunwald was instrumental in running the TIMI studies, which developed the concepts of thrombosis superimposed on atherosclerosis as the pathological bases for acute myocardial infarction, and has led to treatments that reduce damage to the heart from a heart attack.
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Eugene Braunwald was an editor of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, a textbook of internal medicine, for over 30 years.