Dr Ballantyne is the Chief of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Reserach at Baylor College of Medicine, a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Genetics and Physiology, and hold the J.S. Abercrombie Chair for Atherosclerosis Research. His major career focus has been in the area of preventive cardiology with research interests in lipoproteins, atherosclerosis, inflammation, biomarkers and genetics in both clinican and basic research.
