The American Heart Association recognized three heart leaders
The AHA handed out honors for heart physicians and leaders at its Heart Association’s National Volunteer Awards ceremony June 23. The Gold Heart Award is the association’s highest volunteer honor.
Here are three cardiology leaders recognized for their work in 2026.
- Gold Heart Award: Joseph Hill, MD, PhD, professor of internal medicine and molecular biology and director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
- Gold Heart Award: Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, cardiologist, epidemiologist, AHA volunteer president 2021-22, and director of the Framingham (Mass.) Center for Population and Prevention Science.
- 2026 Physician of the Year Award: Keith Ferdinand, MD, the Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology and director of clinical cardiology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.
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