Clyde Yancy MD, MSc, FHFSA

Dr. Clyde W. Yancy is Vice Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of Cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He concomitantly serves as associate director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He holds the Magerstadt Endowed Professor Chair and holds an adjunct appointment as professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences.

Yancy is a native of Louisiana, where he earned his bachelor’s degree at Southern University in Baton Rouge and medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He served an internship and residency in internal medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Yancy completed his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he received research training in the human physiology laboratories of Drs. Gunnar Blomqvist and Jere Mitchell, as well as advanced heart failure and heart transplant training from Dr. Maria-Teresa Olivari. He received his initial faculty appointment in 1989 and held a position on the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, for 17 years. While at UT Southwestern, he held the Carl Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research, was associate dean for clinical affairs, and served as medical director of the Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program. In 2006, Yancy was named director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas. In 2010, he completed a master’s degree in healthcare management at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.

Yancy’s research interests are heart failure, clinical guideline generation, outcomes sciences, personalized medicine, and health equity. He is extensively published, with more than 700 peer-reviewed publications, an h-index = 117, and annual recognition over 7 consecutive years (through 2023), as one of the most highly cited scientific authors worldwide (top 1%). Yancy is deputy editor of JAMA Cardiology and senior section editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Heart Failure. He also serves on the editorial boards for Circulation, Circulation: Heart Failure, the American Heart Journal, and JACC: Heart Failure.