Keith C. Ferdinand MD, FACC, FAHA, FASH, FNLA

Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand is Professor of Medicine, Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology at the Tulane University School of Medicine, and previously Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at Xavier University, New Orleans, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Ferdinand received his medical degree from the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. He is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease, certified in the subspecialty of nuclear cardiology, and a specialist in clinical hypertension.

Dr. Ferdinand is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists, past Chair of the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and prior Chief Science Officer and chair of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). He is presently on the board of the Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health, the National Lipid Association, and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology.

He has conducted numerous trials in hypertension, lipids, cardiometabolic risk, and cardiovascular disease, especially in racial/ethnic minorities, with over 300 peer-reviewed publications and lectures nationally and internationally.

Furthermore, he is the president of the Healthy Heart Community Prevention Project (HHCPP), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit health organization in New Orleans.