The History of Heart Failure
Clyde W. Yancy, MD
Medical Director
Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Clyde Yancy is Medical Director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas where he is also Chief of Cardiothoracic Transplantation.
Dr. Yancy earned a medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. After completing his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, he received his initial faculty appointment there in 1989 and held a faculty position for 17 years where he ascended to the rank of Professor of Medicine. Concurrently he was the holder of the Carl Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Medical Director of the Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program.
His research interests include the broad areas of clinical congestive heart failure and heart transplantation. Widely published with more than 100 abstracts, manuscrips, editorials and book chapters to his credit, Dr. Yancy also holds several editorial positions including an associate editorship for the American Journal of Cardiology and Congestive Heart Failure; and editorial board memberships for The American Heart Journal ; and an invited guest editor for Circulation.
Currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America, the ACC/AHA Guideline Writing Committee for chronic heart failure, chair of the FDA’s cardiovascular device panel, and consultant with the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Yancy’s influence in the area of heart failure is far reaching.
His recent interests include quality of care in heart failure, heart failure in special populations and ongoing efforts to identify and correct disparate health care in these populations.