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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Lori Mosca, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., is Director of Preventive Cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and is Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Mosca founded and is Director of the Columbia Center for Heart Disease Prevention in midtown Manhattan. She is author of Heart to Heart: A Personal Plan for Creating a Heart-Healthy Family, published by HCI Books. Dr. Mosca received her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, and her Masters in Public Health and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Columbia University. She completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Syracuse and a Fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at Columbia University. Dr. Mosca is listed as a Top Doctor in the New York Metropolitan Area. Dr. Mosca’s area of clinical expertise is preventive cardiology with an emphasis on the management of lipid disorders. Her research is focused on novel methods for the early detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease. She is Principal Investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study to test the effectiveness of a family heart health screening and educational intervention. She currently holds an NIH Mid-Career Investigator Development Award. Dr. Mosca is Immediate Past-Chair of the AHA Council on Epidemiology and recently served on the National Board of Directors. Dr. Mosca chaired the Expert Panels for the AHA Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women, and Hormone Replacement Therapy. She also chaired the AHA National Women’s Heart Disease and Stroke Campaign and was the recipient of the 2004 Women’s Day Red Dress Award, and the Upstate Medical University Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She has participated in several national news programs and documentaries. She is an invited lecturer at many national and international scientific programs. Dr. Mosca is Senior Editor for Preventive Cardiology and serves as a reviewer for several journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and Journal of the American Medical Association. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications. Dr. Mosca is a mother of two boys, wife of a pediatric cardiac surgeon, is a competitive triathlete, and Hawaii Ironman finisher.
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