Jan Basile MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA

Dr. Jan Neil Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA, served as chief of primary care at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center for 31 years before retiring from that role in 2009. He is currently a professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Basile earned his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he also served as chief resident.

He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Hypertension, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Basile is board-certified in internal medicine and has been designated as a specialist in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. A recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Golden Apple Award from the MUSC College of Medicine, Dr. Basile has a special interest in resistant hypertension. His research focuses on outcome-based clinical trials involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes, with an emphasis on improving patient outcomes through pharmacologic therapy.

In addition to contributing to the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), Dr. Basile has authored more than 400 scientific publications, including original research articles, abstracts, and book chapters. He served as senior editor of The Journal of Clinical Hypertension and co-authored the textbook Hot Topics: Hypertension.

In 2019, Dr. Basile received the American Heart Association's Marvin Moser Award in Clinical Hypertension in recognition of his contributions to the field. Dr. Basile sees only patients with resistant hypertension who are referred by their treating clinician; he does not accept self-referrals for hypertension. Clinicians with questions regarding their patients may contact him directly through his MUSC email address.