Past Council Named Lecturers
Council Named Lectures feature presentations from some of today’s foremost clinicians and researchers as well as those with a lifetime of contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The lecture is often named in honor of a pioneer and leader in the field related to one of the AHA’s 16 scientific councils.
These lectures are presented at the AHA’s Scientific Sessions and Specialty Meetings. Honorees are selected by the council leadership and are invited to present a lecture on a topic of their choice.
2021 AHA Past Council Named Lecturers
Ancel Keys Memorial Lecturer

David C. Goff, Jr., MD, PhD, FAHA
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecturer

Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecturer

Mark Robert Nicolls, MD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
George E. Brown Memorial Lecturer

Rong Tian, MD, PhD, FAHA
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecturer

Karin Bornfeldt, PhD, FAHA
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
GPM and EPI Mid-Career Research Award Lecturer

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Helen B. Taussig Memorial Lecturer

Roberta G. Williams, MD, FAHA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
James B. Herrick Award Lecturer

Alice K. Jacobs, MD, FAHA
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Katharine A. Lembright Award Lecturer

Anna Strömberg, PhD, RN, FAHA
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Kathleen A. Dracup Lecturer

Christopher S. Lee, PhD, RN, FAHA
Boston College, William F. Connell School of Nursing
Newton, MA
Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology Lecturer

Jane A. Leopold, MD, FAHA
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Laennec/Clinician Educator Lecturer

N.A. Mark Estes, III, MD, FAHA
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburg, PA
Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecturer

Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, FAHA
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology Lecturer

Denisa D. Wagner, PhD, FAHA
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Science Catalyst Keynote & Thomas Smith Memorial Lecturer

Christine E. Seidman, MD, FAHA
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis Lecturer

Alisa S. Wolberg, PhD, FAHA
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Stroke Council Award Lecturer

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, MAS, MBA, MLS, FAHA
University of California
San Francisco, CA
William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecturer

Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington, DC
William W. L. Glenn Lecturer

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD, FAHA
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
2020 Past Council Named Lecturers

University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Scientific Sessions 2023
Pre-Sessions Symposia & Early Career Day: November 10, 2023Scientific Sessions: November 11–13, 2023
Pennsylvania Convention Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania