FORA.tv Speaker - Victor J. Dzau

Victor Dzau, MD, is the chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System. Most recently, Dr. Dzau was the Hersey Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic (Medicine) at Harvard Medical School and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Dzau has been the recipient of many awards and honors, including the prestigious Gustav Nylin Medal by the Swedish Royal College of Medicine and the Swedish Cardiology Society. Dr. Dzau was also the previous chairman of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee.