Eugene Braunwald

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Eugene Braunwald (born August 15, 1929) is an Austria-born American physician. He was inspired to pursue a career in cardiology after practicing in the Bellevue Cardiology Clinic during his time as a medical student at New York University.

He taught at University of California, San Diego (1968-1972), now teaches at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard University (since 1972).

Dr. Braunwald has over 1000 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His work has dramatically expanded knowledge of heart disease in the area of Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, and Valvular Heart Disease. He is the editor of the premier cardiology textbook, Heart Disease, which is now in its 7th edition. Dr. Braunwald was instrumental in running the TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infaraction) studies, which developed the concepts of thrombosis superimposed on atherosclerosis as the pathological bases for acute myocardial infarction.

Dr. Braunwald's lab was the setting for the infamous case of John Darsee. Darsee was thought to be brilliant by Dr. Braunwald. Fellow young researchers in the laboratory caught Darsee fabricating results. Braunwald denied knowledge of this academic misconduct despite two earlier accusations and his own internal investigation which found "no misleading information" (ref 3).