Dr. Annabelle Santos Volgman is the founder and medical director of the Rush Heart Center for Women, the first heart program in Chicago devoted exclusively to women that opened in 2003. Her research has been particularly pivotal in the area of atrial fibrillation and heart disease in women. Since its beginning in the early 2000s, Dr. Volgman has been a prominent leader in the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” and wears red every day to remind people that heart disease remains the leading cause of death among women in the U.S. Since 2006 she has consistently been recognized in Chicago magazine’s annual listing of “Top Doctors” and earned similar accolades in Women’s Health Magazine. Dr. Volgman was featured in O Magazine as Ms. Oprah Winfrey’s cardiologist in 2002. Among her many awards are the WomenHeart Wenger Award for Innovation in Heart Care for Women in 2019 and the Woman’s Day Red Dress Award in 2020.