Elizabeth Nabel, MD is President of Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Nabel is a board-certified cardiologist and previously served as the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Prior to her appointment as Director, she was the Institute's Scientific Director of Clinical Research. She previously held the title of Chief, Division of Cardiology, Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Nabel has received numerous awards including but not limited to, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Council of the American Heart Association and the Amgen-Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Nabel received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Dr. Nabel was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and was elected to serve on the IOM Council. She received her medical education at Cornell University Medical College.