Dr. Carl J. Lavie graduated from Louisiana State University Medical School in 1983 and completed an internal medicine residency at Ochsner and a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Mayo, where he joined the faculty in 1989. He is a Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology; Director, Exercise Testing Laboratory; and Staff Cardiologist, Echocardiographic Laboratory at the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute in New Orleans, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine. His research interests include cardiac rehabilitation and prevention, lipids, hypertension, obesity, and exercise, as well as non-invasive testing, encompassing echocardiography, exercise testing, and nuclear cardiology. He has over 1700 medical publications. He also served as Chairman of Vascular, Hypertension and Prevention for the American College of Cardiology. He is an Associate Editor and Cardiovascular Section Editor of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, an Associate Editor of Current Problems in Cardiology and Heart and Mind, and Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. Dr. Lavie is on the Editorial Board of 50 journals.