Dr. Michael Solomon completed his undergraduate degree at Brown University and his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine. After a residency at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, he completed a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the NIH Clinical Center. He returned to UT Southwestern Medical Center to complete a second fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases. Subsequently, he joined the cardiology faculty of UT Southwestern specializing in caring for patients with advanced heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and those receiving a heart transplant. He next returned to NIH, receiving a joint appointment in both the Clinical Center's Critical Care Medicine Department and the Cardiovascular Branch of the NHLBI. Dr. Solomon serves as the Vice-chair of the NIH Staff Clinician Council and the Chair of the NIH Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He also serves as the Chair-elect for the ACC Critical Care Cardiology Leadership Council.