Prof. Dr. Stavros G. Drakos is a Professor of Cardiology and
Physiology at the University of Utah Health & School of Medicine and holds
the H. A. & Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair. He is the Medical
Director of the University of Utah Health's historic Cardiac Mechanical
Support/Artificial Heart Program, Co-Director of the Heart Failure and
Transplant Section and Director of Research for the Division of Cardiology. Dr.
Drakos is one of 27 cardiologists in the country being recognized by Forbes as
an exemplary physician in the field of Cardiology. He is the chairperson of the
Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences (CCHS) at the
NIH and a visiting professor in academic medical centers nationally and
internationally. He co-chairs the annual international Utah Cardiac Recovery
Symposium (UCARS), and the NIH Working Group on Myocardial Recovery and is an
elected member of the ASCI (American Society of Clinical Investigation).
