What are the qualifications of Dr. Suzanne Oparil?
Dr. Suzanne Oparil is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, and Physiology & Biophysics, and Director of the Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned her medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York and completed her medical residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr Oparil is Past President of the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Society of Hypertension, and a member of numerous editorial boards, societies and important advisory positions with the NIH (Co-Chair, JNC 8). She has published over 700 journal articles, books, and book chapters on topics in clinical cardiology, vascular biology and hypertension.