Ralph Gerard Brindis MD, MPH, MACC, FSCAI, FAHA

Dr. Ralph Gerard Brindis is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, at the Department of Medicine & the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, the University of California, San Francisco. He is also Senior Medical Officer, External Affairs at, ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Previously, Dr. Brindis served as President, of the American College of Cardiology, and the Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease for Northern California Kaiser. He received his undergrad education at MIT and has a Master's Degree in Public Health from UCLA. He graduated from Emory Medical School Summa Cum Laude. All of his graduate medical training was performed at UCSF as a Resident and Chief Resident in Internal Medicine and then as a Cardiology Fellow.

Dr. Brindis has served previously as the ACC Governor of Northern California and as Past President of the California Chapter of the ACC. Dr. Brindis is the immediate past Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the ACC National Cardiovascular Registry (ACC-NCDR) Management Board now overseeing six cardiovascular national registries assessing cardiac catheterization and angioplasty, implantable defibrillators, carotid stenting, acute coronary syndromes, ambulatory cardiovascular treatment, and congenital heart disease. He also is the immediate past Chair of the ACC Appropriateness Use Criteria Task Force developing appropriateness criteria for non-invasive testing and coronary revascularization procedures in cardiovascular disease. He has served as Chair of the ACC Quality Strategic Directions Committee. Dr. Brindis was the 2007 recipient of the national ACC Distinguished Fellow Award.