Jeffrey Carr, MD PhD

CURRENT POSITION

  • Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Informatics & Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair in Radiology and Radiological Sciences

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

  • 2013-Pres.: Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Informatics & Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair in Radiology and Radiological Sciences
  • 2008-2013: Affiliate, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2006-2013: Professor of Radiology, Cardiology and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2009-2012: Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Translational Science Institute, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 2004-2010: Vice Chair Clinical Research, Radiology, Wake Forest University Health Science, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

FUNCTIONS IN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS, ADVISORY COMMISSIONS AND OTHER INITIATIVES

  • 2014-Pres.: Member, Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • leader of a CARDIA ancillary study that is using CT to measure coronary plaque and remodeling and the surrounding pericardial fat depot as novel predictors of acute myocardial infarction
  • leader of NHLBI’s Cardiovascular Research Grid Imaging Informatics project