Dr. Ohman is Professor of Medicine, and received medical degrees from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the National University of Ireland, and completed his training in cardiology at Duke University. In 2001, he became Chief of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he founded the UNC Heart Center and became its first director. In 2005 he returned to Duke to pursue his interest in advanced coronary disease as the Director of the Program for Advanced Coronary Disease. He is Associate Director of the Duke Heart Center, the Kent and Siri Rawson Director for the Program for Advanced Coronary Disease, and most recently, Vice-Chair of Development and Innovation in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Ohman’s clinical and research interests include interventional cardiology and patients with complex coronary disease He is a consultant for the FDA Advisory Panel for Cardiovascular Devices. Dr. Ohman has published over 600 peer-reviewed papers.