Christopher Paul Cannon MD

Dr. Cannon is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior physician in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He worked for 25 years as an investigator in the TIMI Study Group, then for 5 years with the Harvard Clinical Research Institute (now Baim Institute). While finishing off projects with those groups, he now has joined Cardiovascular Medicine Innovation at the Brigham, to serve as Director of Education.

He earned his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and did an internal medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and a cardiovascular fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Cannon has published over 1000 original articles, reviews, or book chapters in the field of acute coronary syndromes and prevention and has authored or edited 18 books. He has received numerous awards, including leadership awards from the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and National Lipid Association.

He has been the principal investigator of more than 20 multicenter clinical trials, including TACTICS-TIMI 18, PROVE IT, IMPROVE-IT, and RE-DUAL PCI trials. He is currently working on clinical trials, registries, and quality improvement projects in the fields of acute coronary syndromes, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, lipids, and prevention. In his new role at Brigham Cardiovascular Medicine Innovation, he aims to help develop and implement quality improvement programs, including pragmatic clinical trials, into new care delivery systems.