Gary Gibbons, Ph.D

cardiovascular

Gary Gibbons, Ph.D

Dr. Gary Gibbons is the Director of the Morehouse Cardiovascular Research Institute, a NIH-NHLBI sponsored Research Center of Excellence. He is also an attending cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Gibbons earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.

His research mentors include Drs. Victor Dzau, Thomas Smith, A. Clifford Barger and Eugene Braunwald. He has been selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Awardee, a PEW Foundation Biomedical Scholar and, an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association (AHA). Dr. Gibbons was a member of the faculty at Stanford University (1990-1996) and Harvard Medical School (1996-1999) before becoming Director of the Morehouse Cardiovascular Research Institute in July 1999. He says he made the switch for two reasons: to train minority students and to bring the very best of research to the minority community that Morehouse serves.

Dr. Gibbons believes "If one wants to make an impact, go to the front lines. That's where you get insights, test hypotheses; see what works and what makes a difference. Dr. Gibbons feel obligated to the next generation of minority students. Working at Morehouse, he is where the minority students are and where he can be a role model in the areas of science and medicine. In 2007, Dr. Gibbons assumed the role of Co-chair for the RCMI Translational Research Network (RTRN) Steering Committee. He is charged with providing direction and leadership for the governing arm of the Network. His work with RTRN also know more

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