Joseph Stephen Alpert MD, MACP

Joseph Stephen Alpert, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, came to the University of Arizona from the University of Massachusetts in Worcester where he served as the Edward Budnitz Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine as well as vice-chairman of Medicine.

A native of Connecticut, Dr. Alpert obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Yale University where he was elected to Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. He obtained his Medical Doctorate (Cum Laude) from Harvard Medical School where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. In 1967, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the University of Copenhagen for excellence in a scientific thesis. Dr. Alpert did his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, a teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School, and was a research fellow of the Massachusetts Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health.

Following his fellowship, Dr. Alpert became a staff cardiologist and director of the Coronary Care Unit at the Naval Regional Medical Center in San Diego and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Following his military service, he returned to Harvard Medical School and was appointed as assistant professor of medicine and director of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.