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Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, MACP (Chair)
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Clyde W. Yancy, MD received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, in 1982; and his post graduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from Parkland Memorial Hospital and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. He received his initial faculty appointment in 1989 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. After serving on the faculty at UT Southwestern [Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of the Heart Failure/Heart Transplantation Programs, and as an Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs], he accepted his current appointment at Baylor University Medical Center and the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute in September, 2006.
Dr. Yancy's academic and professional interests include hypertension, heart failure and heart transplantation, ethnic/racial disparities in cardiovascular disease, and clinical trials. He has been principal investigator, a member of the steering committee, or subcommittee chair or a participant in over 30 multicenter studies. Dr. Yancy has authored or co-authored more than 200 contributions to the literature including: abstracts, peer-reviewed journal articles, review articles, book chapters, and books. He is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Cardiology. He is on the editorial board of numerous other journals, including the American Heart Journal, Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, Circulation – 'Heart Failure' and Circulation – 'Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.' He is a regular reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, among other publications.
Dr. Yancy has been the recipient of numerous recent honors and awards: the Marquis Who's Who in America, October 2008; Cardiologists-In-Training Hero Award, Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc, 2006; Outstanding Teacher 2005-2006, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; America's Top Physicians, "Guide to America's Top Physicians," 2006 e-book; "Top Doctors," D Magazine, October 2008; and Texas Super Doctors 2005 through 2008 noted in Texas Monthly magazine. In 2003, he was named "AHA (National) Physician of the Year".
Dr. Yancy is a member of the Heart Failure Society of America, (Executive Committee); American College of Cardiology (Guidelines Taskforce Committee); the American Heart Association (multiple appointments) and several others. As of 2009-2010, he is President – Elect of the American Heart Association. Currently, he is the immediate past Chair of the FDA's Cardiovascular Device Panel, serves as an ad hoc adviser to the FDA, and is a member of several NIH study sections.
