Dr. William E. Boden is Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the Physician Research Lead for the New England VA Healthcare System and Scientific Director of the Clinical Trials Network and Senior Investigator at the VA Boston’s Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology, Research, and Informatics Center. Dr. Boden has been involved in clinical research investigator activities as the project director, study chairman and co-chairman for multicenter clinical trials including COURAGE and AIM-HIGH, and served as a principal investigator, steering committee member, and co-PI for the NIH-funded ISCHEMIA Trial. Dr. Boden has lectured widely (both nationally and internationally) and has written over 600 peer-reviewed publications, original articles, books, chapters, and abstracts. He also serves on many international editorial boards and is an Associate Editor for the European Heart Journal.