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I went to medical school at the University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand. I completed my residency and fellowship in cardiology at Auckland City Hospital. I had a research fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. In 1978, I joined the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and was Co-Director of the Samuel Albert Levine Cardiac Unit at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
In 1981, I was appointed Cardiologist at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland. I returned to the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 1985 as the Co-Director of Clinical Cardiology.
From 1993 to 2004, I was the Gail Griffiths Hill Chair in Cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern. I have been the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. I hold the Jonsson-Rogers Chair in Cardiology and since 2001, have been Vice President for Clinical Operations.
I have published more than 100 articles, books, chapters and abstracts on cardiology and heart care. My research interests have included myocardial infarction and the surgical and medical management of coronary artery disease. I researched the advantages of lowering cholesterol after heart attacks and the benefits of using angiotensin-converting enzyme intervention to reduce the load on the heart after a heart attack.
My daughter and son-in-law are staff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. My wife is the first holder of the Cynthia and John Rutherford Distinguished Chair in Haematology and Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern.