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Peter Libby, M.D., is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Libby’s current major research focus is the role of inflammation in vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.

He has received numerous awards and recognitions for his research accomplishments including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2006.

His areas of clinical expertise include general and preventive cardiology. An extensive author and lecturer on cardiovascular medicine and atherosclerosis, Dr. Libby has published numerous research articles in medical journals including Circulation, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Nature.

Dr. Libby has served as associate or consulting editor for Circulation, Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis and The Journal of Clinical Investigation.