Eric R. Bates MD, FACP, FAHA, FACC

Dr. Eric Bates is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Bates graduated from Princeton University and the University of Michigan Medical School. He trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals. His major clinical interests include acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, and coronary artery disease. His research efforts have focused on fibrinolytic and catheter-based reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock, antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy for coronary thrombosis, and coronary artery revascularization. 

Dr. Bates has served on the steering committees for several important international multicenter randomized clinical trials. He serves on the editorial boards of a dozen medical journals. Dr. Bates was Vice-chair for the 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Writing Committee. He is a former member of the ACC Board of Governors and Board of Trustees.