Arthur Agatston MD, FACC

Arthur Agatston, M.D., FACC, is medical director of prevention and wellness at Baptist Health South Florida, a professor of medicine at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Agatston’s work with Warren Janowitz, M.D., resulted in the Agatston Score, a method of screening for coronary calcium as an indicator of atherosclerosis that is used at medical centers throughout the world and considered by most experts to be the single best predictor of a future heart attack. Author of the internationally best-selling book The South Beach Diet, his first nonacademic work, Dr. Agatston created his balanced approach to healthy eating to help his patients improve their blood chemistry and lose weight. He has published more than 100 scientific articles and abstracts in medical journals and is a frequent lecturer across the U.S. and around the world on diet, cardiac imaging and the prevention of heart disease. In recognition of his contributions, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography created the prestigious Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award in 2011, which is given annually to pioneers in the prevention of coronary artery disease.