<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="905671120" paraeid="{87fb68cb-7727-48e5-ae9e-3b4332529b34}{25}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Eugene<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, MD, MACC,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">pioneer, inventor and world-renowned cardiologist,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">passed away on Wednesday. He was 96 years old.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="918314642" paraeid="{643827c9-0213-4bf6-90db-6b37ac0f3833}{181}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">had</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>many groundbreaking discoveries throughout his career.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>In 1958,</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">he exposed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>the genetic components of</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">hypertrophic cardiomyopathy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>as a distinct conditio</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">n. In 1967 and 1968, he<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">found better ways to treat angina and manage patients with myocardial infarction</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>(MI)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">,</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">commonly known as<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">a<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">heart attack</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="253889782" paraeid="{7507278b-5c7d-40ff-aa31-0e28cf5f51e8}{124}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>observed new concepts in physiology and pathophysiology</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>that are</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>now foundational<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">in</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">treating cardiovascular disease</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">including myocardial oxygen consumption and assessment for valvular heart disorders.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>He founded the Thrombolysis in MI</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>(TIMI) study group in 1984: A group that<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">translated data from large cardiovascular trials to clinical practice.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="357694662" paraeid="{1556dd54-9d02-45b2-a610-9a068c79acad}{77}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Though b</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">orn in Vienna, Austria, Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and his family left<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">the country<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">in 1938 shortly after Austria was annexed by Germany.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>He was a refugee in<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">the U.K. for a while</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, and his family landed in New York in time for him to begin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>grammar school and high school. In college, he chose to study medicine, and this is where his career as a cardiologist began.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="452833534" paraeid="{c6159940-abe7-4576-968b-bd8083ab0fcd}{90}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at New York University (NYU) and went to Johns Hopkins for his internal medicine residency. Later, he was Chief of Cardiology</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and Clinical Director of the National Heart,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Lung</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and Blood Institute, as well as the Chair of Medicine at the University of California – San Diego. He chaired the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Boston and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>was a Distinguished Hersey Professor<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, also in Boston.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="2089024329" paraeid="{23786c7f-1338-4e5a-bc24-654968f81f1e}{41}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Ron Waksman, MD,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">D</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">irector of Cardiovascular Research and Advanced Education at MedStar Heart Institute in Washington, D.C.,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and Editor-in-Chief</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">of the<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Cardiovascular Revascularization<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Medicine</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>journal,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">spoke with<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">CRTonline</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>about Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="824528600" paraeid="{0e6a4f05-f862-42df-8065-08e4c44b099e}{179}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">The cardiology community los</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>a legend in the field. Eugene<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>leadership<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">impacted</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>all subspecialties in cardiology and contributed immensely to the understanding of heart disease and beyond</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">,” said Dr. Waksman. “He</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>was an<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">inventor,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">educator</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and mentor. He</span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"> will be missed.”</span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1231434585" paraeid="{0c931a7e-a29f-4735-a4bb-c8dac14eff7a}{155}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Other leaders in cardiology<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">spoke</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>about Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>legacy across online platforms</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and news outlets</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, including doctors in Europe.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1353743037" paraeid="{e3e09c3d-b09a-417e-9cd4-9301c589a512}{46}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">“Eugene<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>exemplified what academic medicine can be at its very best: precise thinking, fearless innovation and an unwavering focus on what improves patients’ lives,” said Professor Filippo Crea, Editor-in-Chief of the<span> </span></span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">European Heart Journal</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, in an<span> </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW92733833 BCX0" href="https://www.escardio.org/news/press/press-releases/european-society-of-cardiology-pays-tribute-to-professor-eugene-braunwald-19292026/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">ESC press release</span></a><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>on Friday</span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">. “He had a rare ability to connect fundamental biology to clinical decisions, and to do so while elevating everyone around him</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1722383099" paraeid="{b7e65b38-84fe-4cce-83fd-d0fcfec17f97}{195}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Dr. Braunwald was awarded several honors throughout his distinguished career</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, including from the ESC, American College of Cardiology (ACC</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and university hospitals.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="2120289425" paraeid="{7507278b-5c7d-40ff-aa31-0e28cf5f51e8}{118}"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, MACC, Editor-in-Chief of the<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Journal of the American College of Cardiology</span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, posted an</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>appreciation for Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"> on LinkedIn, “</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">He kept going because he loved it — the interactions, the intellectual challenges, the opportunities. And even toward the end, you had the sense that he was the best in the room. You always wanted to hear what he had to say. I remember a recent lecture of his on the future of cardiology, still looking ahead. He did what he loved, and he did it his entire life, and we are all the better for it.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1928543854" paraeid="{73bfd02a-3c24-40be-800f-36abdabd5d35}{190}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Dr.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>legacy will continue to influence the world of<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">cardiovascular disease management. He has authored over 1,000 peer-reviewed research articles, dozens of<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">textbooks</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>and clinical recommendations that will be used for centuries to come.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="798693015" paraeid="{af2f1628-1be5-4865-8f23-40216d59bef5}{159}"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Sources:</span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1786949327" paraeid="{138c8c8d-8fb3-4c30-853b-4e168663c205}{210}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Staff ACC</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">. In<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">memorium</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">: Eugene<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">, MD, MACC.<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">A</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">merican<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Colleg</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>of Cardiology</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">.<span> </span></span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">https://www.acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles/2026/04/23/22/08/In-Memoriam-Eugene-Braunwald-MD-MACC.</span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="234092161" paraeid="{9e0edd36-b8cb-4fe5-b70d-9adfb91895a0}{212}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Neil US,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>E. A conversation with Eugene<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW92733833 BCX0">Braunwald</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">. Interview by Ushma S. Neill. </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><em>J Clin Invest</em>.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0"><span> </span>2013;123(1):1-2. doi:10.1172/JCI67778</span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW92733833 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW92733833 BCX0" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" paraid="1716028267" paraeid="{c066972d-db38-4354-8bee-47094be4da5c}{57}"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW92733833 BCX0">Image Credit: American Heart Association, U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/11/15/how-dr-eugene-braunwald-changed-cardiology</span><span class="EOP SCXW92733833 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></strong></p> </div>