8. Received the Caring Physician Award and was named Teacher of the Year at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he served as Assistant Dean of Clinical and Translational Research, professor of internal medicine, director of the heart failure and transplantation program at Saint Louis University Hospital, and adjunct professor in the College for Public Health and Social Justice
9. Served as faculty at Harvard Medical School and as an attending physician in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham
10. Researches outcomes in advanced heart failure, patient-physician communication, and trends in cardiovascular care
11. Has authored numerous abstracts, articles, book chapters, consensus guidelines, and reviews
12. Holds extensive clinical trial experience as site principal investigator and as an active member of steering, clinical events, and data and safety monitoring committees
13. Is nationally recognized as an investigator in outcomes assessment in advanced heart failure, the evaluation of cardiac care delivery, and clinical trials
14. Has consulted with the Circulatory System Devices Panel and Medical Device Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
15. Has received research grants from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
16. Has served as a reviewer for the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
17. Served as Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Cardiac Failure” and as an Associate Editor at the “European Journal of Heart Failure”
18. Served as part-time Chief Medical Officer of BioControl Medical, which evaluated vagal nerve stimulation for the treatment of heart failure