Eugene Braunwald

Eugene Braunwald (born August 15, 1929) is an Austria-born American physician.

He taught at University of California, San Diego (1968-1972), now teaches at the Brigham and Womans Hospital Harvard University (since 1972).

Dr. Braunwald has over 1000 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His work has dramatically expanded our knowledge of heart disease in the area of Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, and Valvular Heart Disease. He is the editor of the premier cardiology textbook, Heart Disease, which is now in its 7th edition. Dr. Braunwald was instrumental in running the TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infaraction) studies, which developed the concepts of thrombosis superimposed on atherosclerosis as the pathological bases for acute myocardial infarction.

Dr. Braunwald's lab was the setting for the infamous case of John Darsee. Darsee was thought to brilliant by Dr. Braunwald. Fellow researchers in the laboratory caught Darsee fabricating results.