Amir Lerman, MD. Is an endowed named Barbara Lips professor of medicine and a consultant in the department of cardiovascular disease at the Mayo graduate school of medicine and a Mayo Clinic distinguished investigator. Prof. Lerman is the Director of the Mayo Clinic cardiovascular research center and the medical director of the chest pain and coronary physiology clinic. Dr. Lerman graduated from the Technion school of Medicine in Haifa Israel and completed his training in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and invasive cardiology at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Leman is serving as the medical director of the Mayo-Israel start up imitative, a faculty member of the Merage foundation and an associate chief editor of the International Journal of Cardiology.

Dr. Lerman’s areas of research interest are the detection and treatment of early coronary artery disease, coronary physiology and imaging and the role of novel therapy of the microcirculation and endothelial function in cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Lerman’s research program is also active and publishes in the area regenerative medicine, innovative technologies, artificial inelegance, and digital health.

Dr. Lerman published more than 900 manuscripts, book chapters and reviews; the NIH, AHA, and several foundations support his research program.