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James T. Willerson M.D. has served as chairman of our scientific advisory board since January 1990 and has been a member of the board of directors since May 1990. Dr. Willerson was appointed in March 2001 to serve as President of The University of Texas Houston Health Science Center and is also a professor at this institution. He served as the chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston from 1989 to 2001. In 1995 he was appointed Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute Houston Texas. He was Chief of Cardiology of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas Texas from 1975 to 1989 director and principal investigator of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Ischemic Heart Disease Specialized Center of Research in Dallas from 1975 to 1989 director of the cardiology division at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School from 1977 to 1989 and professor of medicine and professor of radiology from 1979 to 1989. He also served as co-director of the Bugher Molecular Biology and Cardiology Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas from 1986 to 1989. Dr. Willerson has published nearly 700 manuscripts and has been editor or co-editor of 18 textbooks. He was selected for membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1998 and named Distinguished Scientist of the American College of Cardiology for 2000. In 1961 Dr. Willerson received a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin graduating Phi Beta Kappa. In 1965 he received an M.D. from the Baylor College of Medicine graduating as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Willerson s medical and cardiology training was undertaken at the Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts. | 