Alan Hinderliter MD

Alan Lee Hinderliter, MD's principal clinical interests are hypertension, valvular heart disease, and echocardiography. Alan Lee Hinderliter is recognized as a Hypertension Specialist and sees patients with high blood pressure that is difficult to control in the multidisciplinary UNC Hypertension Clinic. Alan Lee Hinderliter also enjoys seeing patients with a wide variety of other cardiovascular problems in the Cardiology Clinic. Alan Lee Hinderliter serves as the Medical Director of the UNC Hospitals echocardiography laboratory and works closely with the structural heart disease program to provide contemporary treatments for patients with diseased heart valves.

Alan Lee Hinderliter's research has focused on lifestyle interventions for the treatment of hypertension, novel treatments for resistant hypertension, and blood pressure measurement. Our research laboratory utilizes ultrasound imaging to examine the effects of hypertension on cardiovascular structure and function, the relationships of systemic diseases and cardiovascular risk factors to vascular endothelial function, the influence of oral health on cardiovascular disease, and the cardiovascular effects of air pollution.